Intake Quarry

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May 302013
 

Intake Quarry, Middleton

Intake Quarry, Middleton

I spend far too much time being distracted by various film cameras, trying to learn new development techniques or printing in the darkroom to really concentrate on any one thing at the moment. I realised that I’m actually missing out on opportunities that I should be making the most of when I take more than two cameras out with me – if the digital isn’t close to hand, so that it can be in and out of my Messenger bag quickly between rain showers, then I just leave it in my backpack and miss out on the best light.

I should have made more images on the day that I took these at Intake Quarry near Middleton, but the images that I missed later in the day when I was happy just to experience the changes in light and weather reminded me that I need to be a bit more disciplined about my bag packing and slim down my camera choices.

Derelict Barn, Win Hill

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Jun 282011
 

Derelict Barn, Win Hill, Peak District

There are barns like this dotted around the landscape in the Peak District – buildings that have fallen into disrepair as they are no longer required. It’s pretty easy to chalk these things down as yet another photographic cliché and I won’t be presenting any argument to the contrary, but there were enough elements here – the mid-morning spring sun illuminating the building but leaving the foreground in darkness, the partially lit gate and the tree to the right – that made it worth a couple of shots.

Taken somewhere on the footpath from Hope to Win Hill with Dan and Al.

Tree, Win Hill

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Apr 282011
 

Tree, Win Hill, Derbyshire

Whilst getting to choose your own wages is probably the best thing about working for yourself, being able to escape to do something fun when the workload isn’t too hectic comes a very close second. On one such less than hectic day Dan and I decided a trip to the Peak District would be the best use of our time and arranged to meet up with Al Brydon for a moderately paced photographers stumble up and around Win Hill.

This was taken towards the end of the walk, as the sun was disappearing behind cloud and the general mist that had been present all day.

This work is available at redbubble along with selected others

If moody pictures of trees (and moody pictures not of trees) are your thing then you’d do well to check out Al’s Holgascapes book or his work on Etsy. He’s too good – I hate him.

Tree in Cressbrook Dale

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Feb 202011
 

Tree in Cressbrook Dale

Not many blog posts recently – not because of lack of enthusiasm but due to lack of time. Unfortunately earning money has to come before gallivanting around the countryside in all weathers (most of the time)

This shot was taken on a Sunday afternoon walk around Cressbrook Dale in early January with the talented and extremely pleasant Mr Al Brydon (http://www.albrydonphotography.co.uk/ or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Al-Brydon-Photography/329360448276)

I’m often tempted to try and fit all the subject into a shot, but since I took a break from using the wide angle lens I’ve been concentrating more on using longer focal lengths (40-50mm) and trying to crop scenes to make the most of interesting light and detail. Here I liked the curve made by the tree and its shadow, how the winding path filled up the left of the frame and how the branches on the left of the tree extended to fill the sky.

This work is available at redbubble.