Lake District Landscapes

I recently travelled up t'north to the Lake District for a few days away.

That area of the UK has stunning scenery so I took my camera gear with with me and in between the seasonal downpours, snapped a few shots.

Here are a few of the landscape shots that I took.















There will be a follow up post entitled, Lake District Waterfalls so watch out for that!


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Human Rights

It says......"HEALTH AND SAFETY IS AN INFRINGEMENT OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS"

Surprised to see something like this on a wall in a lay by in the countryside so I took a quick snap.

Haven't seen too much stencil work around Salisbury since 2008 when I posted this

Digital Age

Digital television, digital radio, digital music and of course digital photographs have all become the norm in my lifetime but I can't help but reminisce about all things analogue. There was something about loading a camera with film or putting on a vinyl record that makes things seem somehow more substantial.

Of course, everything being digital makes things a lot quicker, cheaper and easier so I'm not complaining but I guess it's just an age thing that gives you fond memories of old technology.

I found this roll of 35mm film recently and thought I'd take some shots but then give it a digital twist...



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Flip Flops Flipped

I have a dark frosted glass computer desk and cleaned it for the first time in a while yesterday and thought "hey, I could get some good reflections in that now it's clean"!!

I looked around the room for something to try it out with and spotted my new North Face flip flops.

Here is the resulting picture...



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Camping - Back To Basics

I recently went camping with a group of friends down in Swanage. I took my trusty S2 but the rechargeable batteries which I juiced up before the trip appear to have given up the ghost :(

I therefore, had to rely on my iPhone 4! I haven't taken many camera phone pictures recently as I had an iPhone 3G for 2 years and the camera was really awful so got out the habit of taking quick snaps with the phone. The iPhone 4 is OK during the day and the HD video is pretty good but the camera does struggle in low light and the flash isn't anything to write home about.

Anyway, here is a quick compilation all my iPhone pictures and videos from the weekend.

Night Light Fun

I went out yesterday evening to do some night photography with Jez from jezwhitworth.co.uk. We had planned to do some night sky / lunar photography but as usual the British weather was a let down and it was over cast.

But, not ones to be beaten we still headed out with our kit to the Clarendon Palace Ruins just outside Salisbury.

Had a really enjoyable evening playing around with cameras, flashguns, torches and LED rings. We did most of the shots on Jez's camera so look forward to seeing how they turned out but here are a few that I did take.

This is me on the DIY LED ring and Jez light painting the flowers


Another shot with the DIY LED ring


A quick shot of the Cathedral captured from the lookout on the way back home


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Sea Sunday

A couple of photos taken on a recent Sunday walk along the beach down at Hengistbury Head.