Landscape Photography: Maximising keeper rate at epic locations Easterhorn, Iceland As an amateur landscape photographer, opportunities to visit epic locations such as Lofoten, Iceland or the Scottish highlands are limited. When an opportunity for travel arises, an overly ambitious plan is often drafted in an effort to squeeze every last drop of potential from the…
Donegal: The Crohy Sea Arch, Bunbeg and Sheskinmore It’s a fortnight since I walked barefoot across the bay to the white dunes of Sheskinmore. The sun warmed sand softly received each footstep. An Arctic Skua broke the near silence and harried a Comic Tern. The only other sound became apparent – the surf resonating from…
Donegal: Dunlewey and the Poison Glen Dunlewey Lake rests under the looming presence of Errigal. The Poison Glen provides a western entry point into Glenveagh – a protected, boggy valley that deceives to end suddenly beneath granite cliff faces. The ruined church at Dunlewey is cradled between these two fine locations. As such, the area…
Donegal: Melmore, Fanad and Horn Head With a dearth of Irish portfolio landscape images, I promised myself earlier this year to spend more time exploring Ireland. Birdwatching, holidaying and scuba diving have brought me to many beautiful locations in Ireland and unsurprisingly these locations double as prime landscape photographic sites. Each pursuit reveals the same…
Time passes quickly. However, I had to pinch myself when I realised it was only two years since our last road trip through Northern Spain. Every day was an adventure on that trip with new locations to wow at every turn.The north of Spain was demanding attention and we were an appreciative audience. A road…
The Isle of Skye and Glencoe: Landscape Photography Skye is arguably the most popular and varied landscape photography location in Britain. And for good reason. The Old Man of Storr, the Quiraing, the Fairy Pools and Neist Point Lighthouse draw photographic pilgrims from around the world,burdened with heavy bags filled with lens, filters and a…
Lofoten, Norway: A Landscape Photographer’s Dream Due to the pioneering adventures of a few, the Lofoten Islands have become a winter magnet for landscape photographers. Light has begotten this new pilgrimage. And February is the high season. The month commences with 5 hours of daylight and ends with 10. The arc of the sun is…
Northern Spain: Seascapes and Mountains It was winter 2017 and whilst browsing the web for Icelandic landscape images, a seascape from Northern Spain was returned with a note that it reminded the photographer of Iceland. My interest was piqued. Further searches revealed other worldly sea stacks, spectacularly empty beaches, the jagged peaks of the…