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The UK lockdown has continued and at the time of writing this Greater Manchester is in Tier 4. This means most places are closed and opportunities to travel and go places are severely limited. However, one thing I know is that going out into our fantastic countryside with my camera is a great way to […]

This time of year is usually very busy with preparations for the Christmas festivities and couple that with the changing guidelines about lockdown, its meant that I have less time on my hands than previously. These are factors as well as more work and exciting things going on in my personal life, means that I

What to do on a rainy Saturday morning? Well I’m sure you know the answer to that, and yes it will involve some walking and one of my cameras. The moors around Ramsbottom, Walmersley and Nangreaves are all places that need to be explored as the OS Map shows lots of interesting places. Armed with

We have had so much rain this past few weeks that it was welcome relief that Saturday was forecast to be a lovely day, and that’s exactly how it turned out. You will recall that I visited this area previously but on that occasion it rained so hard, I got soaking just walking across a

The weather forecast in England has been for typical for this time of year. It’s getting colder and wetter, but this weekend we had lots of mist and fog. Which means that we can get some nice atmospheric images out and about when the rain eases off a little bit.  You will recall that I’m

This week I was continuing my photography project of the Companion Stones in the Peak District. It didn’t quite go to plan.

England is still in the 2nd lockdown and as a result my travel to take images has reduced to stay within the spirit of the lockdown. The guidelines do allow a more liberal interpretation of where we can take exercise and for how long this can be done.  I’m not going to be back in the

For those who are regular readers of my blog you will remember I went up to The Lake District in early October for 4 photo shoots over 3 days, 2 sunrise and 2 sunsets. I had a fabulous time whilst I was there and learned a significant amount in the process. I was invited by

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