Royal Photographic Society Competition

My submission for the Royal Photographic Society Competition - www.inspired-by-the-sea.com

Exciting moments at Natural Scene HQ, alpine photo-shoot booked, Aviemore photo trip planned and competition submissions happening thick and fast, so glad I have been shooting new work so that I have plenty to choose from, sometimes TOO MANY!!!

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Black & White Spider Awards

Black & White Spider Awards - www.inspired-by-the-sea.com

Sorry for the lack of blogs of late, I have been very busy shooting a new body of work, very exciting times, plus entering the very prestigious competition Black and White Spider Awards. My entry is a selection of my latest project "Inspired by the Sea"....

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Black and white California

Black and white California, Image from San Francisco 

Black and white California
California for me holds a strong sense of inspiration and belonging every time I have visited there. It could be the light or it could be people but I always have been very inspired by the place. From the street markets of Venice beach, L.A. to the stunning vistas in Yosemite National Park North California, all of it is just truly amazing.

Even though the colours of the sunsets and sunrises are stunning in California I always prefer shooting Black and White images of California. My black and white California images always have stunning whites and rich grey tones through-out, California has to be one of my most favourite places to be shooting images...

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Golden Gate Bridge Black and White

Golden Gate Bridge Black and White, San Francisco, from China Beach

Golden Gate Bridge Black and White
The celebration weekend is here, I want to wish the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco a very happy 75th Birthday. To celebrate I wanted to share one of my favourite images of the Golden gate Bridge, obviously for me it has to be Black and white. This image shows the dramatic weather that can occur on China Beach in San Francisco, big waves, stormy skies and almost unreal feel to the Golden Gate Bridge in Black and White, featured in the background.

To see more of my work and China Beach pictures please click here.

There are many events taking place this weekend to mark this great celebration, please check out this Facebook page for more info
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Thanks for reading my blog and for those of you luckily enough to be in San Francisco I hope you have an awesome weekend.

China Beach Pictures

China beach pictures, San Francisco

China Beach Pictures

I have many China Beach pictures from my visits to San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. But often its the old californian cars that catch my attention, this Karmann Ghia was one of these occasions. A beautiful image not far from China beach, that I found on one of many walks of this fantastic Californian City...

The weather was perfect glorious sunshine and a deep blue sky, the type of deep colour that always migrates well into black and white.

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Taking landscape photos in Devon

Inspired by the Sea - Blackpool Sands,
images of Devon

Taking landscape photos in Devon

I'm currently working on my latest project "Inspired by the Sea" and spending more and more time at the coast. The last two evenings have been spent wading knee deep in the chilly waters of Devon or to be more exact Blackpool Sands and Compass Cove.
   

Taking landscape photos in Devon is always different every time I visit, storms, calm weather, windy weather, and plenty of driftwood after last weekend’s storm all making this coastline one of most interesting I have been gifted to be able to visit. If you are in the area I highly recommend visiting Compass Cove, Dartmouth at sunrise or sunset the tranquillity is just magnificent!!!
    

As part of the "Inspire by the Sea" project I will be running Coastal Workshops in and around Dartmouth during the summer, for more information on these or to enquire about  landscape  photography workshops please visit www.naturalscene.co.uk, "Be warned, there will early starts to get sunrise and misty shots in the summer!!!"  

Zone System Digital

Gloss - "Brecon Beacons Pictures"
Wales National Park

Is the Zone System relavent today as it was 70 years ago? I would say it certainly is and without my knowledge and training on the Zone System when I was printing and using film, I don't think I could understand what I'm trying achieve in the digital darkroom today. I'm currently working through a digital workflow of how I use the Zone System in the digital world, this will be available as a E-book soon.


"If you don't use the Zone System, then what system will you use to know what you've got as you photograph?" Ansel Adams true words even today.

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Planning my next Landscape Photography Trip

I'm still working away on editing my backlog of images, however I'm still trying to plan my next adventure away to create a new set of images. Looking at travelling to the French Alps in December to hopefully get more more stunning black and white winter images. Morzine, Avoriaz to be exact, stunning area and somewhere I have yet to photograph.

Image pictured - Aviemore Loch - can be found on www.vesuviogallery.com/