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How many times do you photograph a location? Do you try to capture it under the best light conditions or are you happy with the light of your first visit?

Amazing events and colour displays can happen just after a heavy storm, and such displays enable the creation of inspiring and unique landscape images.

If your focusing technique in landscape photography is a weak point and a question of hit and miss, then this article is for you; help is at hand …

I had heard of Loch Druim Suardalain in Assynt, Scotland, but had not visited it beforehand. Usually, I avoid visiting new locations during a workshop as …

Many things can be said about “getting old” and all the disadvantages, I dare say, that come with it. Some of those disadvantages can be little aches and …

We should never have high expectations when it comes to weather, but accept gladly what nature offers on each occasion.

The Quiraing, part of the Trotternish peninsula on the north east of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, is a spectacular location; an ideal paradise for…

Having started photography in the film era and to be more specific, the era of the beautiful Velvia film, I have used a number of different camera …

This place has become my nemesis. I have been there multiple times so far – so many times that I don’t even seem to remember any more – and yet, I have …

What do you do when you visit a location and you realise that there are no pictures available? Always try to remember that there are probably quite a few …

Some times we find a composition that we really love but circumstances require the most peculiar tripod setup and a very uncomfortable body position …

Nature might throw at you any kind of situation and any type of light conditions at any given time. The point is, will you be ready to capture the moment …

Early July I was in the Lake District for a one-to-one photo workshop. The participant had been with me on my previous group workshop in the same area …

How do you compose a picture when you have no background? This question usually comes from people who live on locations with no hills or mountains to …

What is it that you really like in a picture? Does it make any difference if that picture has been set up or manipulated in one way or another …

We all know that light is the ultimate ingredient for landscape photography. However, I often hear about good or bad light! Is there such thing really?

When it comes to landscape photography, a series of key elements need to be taken into account. All these elements have to be …

Making images of iconic locations is fine, but, making images of locations you have discovered is even more rewarding. Do you walk off the beaten …

Iconic locations have been ‘done to death’, as many would say. Do you photograph them? Is it time to rethink about our ‘iconic location’ attitude perhaps?

Isle of Skye in Scotland. Where would you go once there? Fairy Pools or Fairy Glen? Decisions, decisions …

What is the reason for using ultra long exposures in your landscape photography? Is the reason that you wish to follow the latest trend? Or perhaps that …

Do you pay attention when you are on location looking for beautiful compositions? Do you care not leaving your footprints on wet sand?

Three years ago my aim was to tackle Inverpolly and Assynt in December; areas of Scotland that contain some of the most stunning scenery in the world …

Just because the camera says your exposure is spot on and the histogram shows the proof of the pudding, does this also mean that you have exposed the …

What do you do when you have high expectations of a location, only to find out that the place you expected to be perfect is actually…