This location has always had a bit of a tug on my memory strings, for more than one reason, one very good, one nearly very bad! It was here on my first photo workshop with Nick Jenkins that the penny dropped for me on how to compose an image, rather than just take a picture. […]
The River Usk, alomng with the Wye and Severn, experiences a very high tidal range. This results in extensive tidal mud flats which, as in this case, can take on extraordinary patterns – created as the water drains off the flooded river banks, onto the flats and into the river as the tide goes out.
The start of the Wales Coastal Path (in the south). Whether I’ll get all the way round it … who knows. At the the time of writing this, I’ve reached The Mumbles. You can follow my progress here.
Chepstow Castle from the old bridge Read More »
What a wonderful view to wake up to every morning. Well this is the view we had for a whole week whilst staying with the family in Deniliquin, NSW.
Mclean Beach Deniliquin NSW Read More »
What do you do with a reasonable composition opportunity but pretty awful light. Well … you apply Lightroom. In this case stopping down the exposure, increasing the contrast and then decreasing (massively) the Clarity. So, all the rather dreary sky just seems to fade away. Other pictures taken with my TZ10 the same weekend can
River Severn at Bewdley Read More »
I was having a drink in this bar and saw a picture like this one on the wall, so I thought I’d try and reproduce it. The trick was to use a half-pint glass, it looks like a pint – but it isn’t. 🙂
This is a heavily edited image that was taken with the Lumix the day before the Jubilee River Pageant as Jenny and I walked upstream from Canary Wharf to Temple Underground Station on the Embankment. I uploaded it into Lightroom for editing where the photo was enhanced (given the low light levels and general overcast
A picture from the Yorkshire Dales Photo Workshop. This is where I learnt to do silky waterfalls. The secret, if there is one, aperture priority and use a graduated filter to reduce the shutter speed. I actually like the composition of this image with the river exiting the picture to the right front. Below is
Elan Valley Village Another picture taken on a Nick Jenkins workshop. It was the first location of the Workshop and as is usual for me, I find it slow to get going. Whilst others are capturing wonderful images – which I just don’t see – I’m scrabbling around for something to take; and at the
Another river picture Read More »
This picture was taken on another of Nick Jenkins’ (Freespirit Images) Photo Workshops – this time in the Yorkshire Dales. The combination of the dark, stormy clouds, the sunlight breaking through them to highlight a field of wheat and the derelict farm building makes for a moody composition. One I particularly like. Re-publishing earlier work