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Scotland Trip Day 3

November 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

Today started much the same as yesterday, a frighteningly early start, accompanied by torrential rain! I was out of the hotel at 4.27am and heading North West from Fort William to Eilean Donan Castle near Kyle of Lochalsh. En-route I had to be careful as the road was flooding from the torrential rain which also kept turning to sleet, just to liven...

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Scotland Trip - Day 1 & 2

November 09, 2012 • 1 Comment

I finally got away on Thursday in a different vehicle (my trusty Alfa daily runner), having gone to collect some gear out of the Trooper. A good drive up saw me get to my hotel in Kinross early in the evening. As the nights come in early at this time of year I took an early night before an early start Friday morning. The alarm seemed to come aroun...

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Landscape Photography Truck - An Update

November 07, 2012 • 1 Comment

Well, my trip to Scotland in my new landscape photography truck didn't go exactly to plan... I set off on Monday, first headed over to the Lake District to recce a shot I have in mind (there isn't quite enough snow on the tops yet for that one) so had some tea, watched some fireworks in Ambleside and then decided to make a late run North, I reckon...

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Heading to Scotland In My Landscape Photography Truck

November 04, 2012 • 3 Comments

Shortly I leave for a 8 day photography trip to the highlands of Scotland. My girlfriend is working in Jerusalem so whilst she is away I decided to head out on a good long trip. Previously I've stayed in hotels, the trouble is not many are set up for checking out at 5am ready for a sunrise shoot. As such I had to think out of the box. A quick lo...

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Long Exposure Photography - My Tips

August 30, 2012 • 6 Comments

A popular style of photography at the moment involves long exposures which enable the photographer to capture a scene in a way that can't be seen normally. Clouds become streaky, flowing water becomes silky, waves on the surface of lakes or the sea are smoothed out, people walking through the scene disappear or become ghostly shadows of themselves.

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