dobbiemark1509

Wast Water Sunrise - The Lake District Coniston Water Serenity.. Early Doors and not a cloud in the sky Ask most landscape photographers and a blue, cloudless sky are likely to be some of the least favourite conditions. They are, for me pretty uninspiring in relation to photography: Give me misty, rainy or even stormy vista, but not bright sunshine and cloudless skies. especially in the middle of the day. I have just returned from a week away in the Lake District: an area I am woefully...

After such a dismal period of rain and gloom, the promise of sunnier and warmer weather over the second part of last weekend eventually motivated me to get out and create some landscape images up on Dartmoor. For many reasons, I have been struggling with motivation to get out of late and I haven't been feeling the draw of landscape images; I have found it hard to feel creative and also find new locations for some reason. In such a beautiful part of the world, that may come as a surprise, but...

I've alluded a number of times that the last 12 months have been a challenge. My love of photography, remote places and creating images that I am proud of has generally been a very positive to my mental health and wellbeing. I actually sought out solitude in the way I pursued passion: there is something naturally solitary about landscape photography: maybe it has something to do with wanting to create images that no-one else has because you were the only one there at the time? For me, there...