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Focus On Imaging

March 08, 2012 • Leave a Comment

I've just returned from the Focus On Imaging exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham, the biggest photorgraphy industry show in the UK. There was some interesting gear there, the new Canon 1Dx and Canon 5D Mkiii were both on show, as was the Nikon D4 and D800. In time I am wondering about a change to a 5D Mkiii, it is certainly an impressive bit of kit...

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A Trip to Bamburgh Castle

February 25, 2012 • 1 Comment

I had a free weekend so headed up to Northumberland to explore the amazing coastline up there. I headed up on Friday night and got an early night, the hotel receptionist taunted me with the prospect of a cooked breakfast from 8am onwards but I knew that by 8am I would be more than likely just packing my kit up either happy that the sunrise was good...

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A Photography Mission Planned

February 23, 2012 • Leave a Comment

This weekend I have a trip planned up to Northumberland. I'm going to be at Bamburgh Castle in time for the sunrise and then work back to my home in Scarborough along the coastline. My planning for a trip like this involves researching locations on the web, on Flickr (which has a useful mapping facility), using The Photographer's Ephemeris to see...

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The Sunrise That Nearly Never Was

February 19, 2012 • 3 Comments

I went out early this morning to photograph what I hoped would be a nice wintery sunrise. Leaving the house at 6.30am the sky looked promising but as I approached the coast I could see a thick band of stormy looking cloud hanging over the sea. I tried a couple of favourite haunts along the coast but there was nothing, the sun was shrouded by the cl...

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A Nice Relaxing Saturday

February 18, 2012 • Leave a Comment

I don't very often get a Saturday off my day job (Sales Manager at a Porsche specialist) so when I do I try and make the best of it. This Saturday my girlfriend and I went across North Yorkshire to Bolton Abbey near Skipton. The estate runs to around 30,000 acres of land and is home to the ruined 12th century priory. Leaving Scarborough the day di...

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