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Black And White

May 11, 2012 • Leave a Comment

We've had pretty grim weather here in Scarborough for the past few weeks, more or less non stop rain, cold, grim, dreich weather. Today was no different, non stop rain from leaving the house at 8.30am till I got back around 5pm. In times like this the grey skies we get can look boring in a colour shot unless there happens to be some sun cast on th...

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Washed Up

May 10, 2012 • 2 Comments

Here in Scarborough we'd had rough seas for a couple of days but I'd been working and hadn't been able to get down to the sea to capture them. On Monday evening I popped down to the seafront to see if it was still rough. Sadly the sea was much calmer than previously but I was heartened to find this log which had washed up from the high seas. I use...

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A Trip To The Lake District - Day 1

April 02, 2012 • 1 Comment

My girlfriend was going on her friend's hen night, leaving Carnforth on the edge of the Lake District at 5am on Saturday morning and returning late on Sunday evening. It seemed only logical to turn the weekend into a photography expedition. I had some company in my father who was once a professional commercial photographer and who was testing out h...

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A New Tripod Head

March 23, 2012 • Leave a Comment

As a landscape photographer one of the most useful things I own is a sturdy tripod. Most of my exposures are far longer than I could possibly hold the camera steady for, sometimes into minutes rather than the usual fractions of a second. Most high quality tripods come with separate legs and a head which attaches the camera to the legs. The idea beh...

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A Different Angle

March 12, 2012 • Leave a Comment

The alarm on my blackberry woke me at 5am, it was Sunday morning, my day off work, and I planned to be up to photograph the sunrise. I'll be honest, I'm not the best in the morning and this morning I just couldn't stir myself, I couldn't leave the warmth of my bed. At 9am I did finally drag myself out of the house and went down to the sea, I took...

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