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The weather in the North West of England has been really awful for a couple of weeks. We’ve had days where the weather has been good but those haven’t lasted long. This has meant that we have had a thoroughly soggy time this last few weeks. Some landscape photographers would be out in all weathers […]

A huge part of photography is planning, and this has been a recurring theme over quite a few of my blog posts. The OS map website is a really useful source of research material and scouring the maps does throw up a few things that I really didn’t expect to find.  I knew that on

It’s no secret that I’ve spent time with a professional photographer during the past few months, and I have been to two workshops and had two 121’s. It’s also no secret that the professional photographer is Chris Sale. I’ve thought about why I chose Chris from the variety of professional landscape photographers to help me

We are very lucky to have such wonderful things on our doorstep, and most of the time we don’t appreciate them. Back in the day Salford Quays was a working docks, complete with all sorts of storage buildings, and channels for the ships. Not that I know definitively but the Manchester Ship Canal ends here.

It’s strange but somehow things always feel better when I’m beside the sea. I’ve always loved the seaside, this is a legacy of my parents who always took us on holiday when we were children. The seaside was always the destination. Either Blackpool, Scarborough or North Wales.  As an adult I’ve carried on this tradition

I’ve been toying for a while about having a go at some street photography, it’s a genre that is very popular and I see lots of adverts for courses and walks etc. Me being me decided I’d like to try it for myself before signing myself up to any courses. This is what I’ve done

The more regular readers will know that I have been on two other photography workshops in the Lake District and that I had booked onto a third. All of these have been with Chris Sale the wonderful landscape photography professional based in the Lake District.  In the pre workshop (and 121) planning I had agreed

It may come as a surprise to a few but I do have an “O” level (GCSE) in History. Some of you might say that it’s ancient history when I got that but I’ve always loved history. I was looking out on when the National Trust and English Heritage would open up again after Covid,

It will come as no surprise to quite a few of you that I decided to cancel my overseas holidays for 2020, and spend more time exploring parts of the UK that I’ve not really been to before. I know that quite a lot of people are choosing to go abroad but that’s their decision. 

One of the things that was annoying (yes just one of the million things) during full lockdown was the weather. It was fabulous, hot, dry and great weather for all manner of adventures. We were stuck inside. Since lockdown easing, I’ve tried really hard to get out and about as often as I can, and