Diary

Diary entries from January 2010 till December 2011 can now be found here.

4th February 2012

Yesterday I was, at last, blessed with clear sunny skies for my birds of prey workshop in Gloucester! It was very cold but the lighting remained good throughout the day, allowing us to take some great flight shots of various species. One of the highlights was a juvenile African spotted eagle owl called Star....a very appropriate name! The European eagle owls also performed very well for us, and we made the most of the situation by shooting them back lit as much as possible. I have yet to arrange new dates for my next birds of prey workshop, but please register your interest now to stand the best chance of securing a place. When the weather is as good as it was yesterday it's easy to fill a 32GB card!

1st February 2012

My Slovenia in winter workshop ended with a nice sunrise over the foothills of the Kamnik Alps. Next year's workshop will also be held in January so please email me now to register your interest. I will then send out further details as soon as they are available. My next birds of prey workshop will be held on Friday and for once the weather looks very promising!

28th January 2012

I'm now coming to the end of my Slovenia in winter workshop and with 5am starts and 11pm finishes I have had little time to update my diary! So far the trip has gone well with reasonable conditions for winter photography. Temperatures have remained below zero so there are plenty of icicle and frozen waterfalls. There is not much snow, which is a shame, but it allows us to explore further into the mountains than we normally could at this time of the year. Today was overcast so we headed to the coast to photograph the town of Piran at sunset.

25th January 2012

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20th January 2012

For the final part of this week's Dorset workshop we travelled all over the county and beyond! In order to make sure that we're in the right place at the right time I like to keep the itinerary flexible - that way I'm able to tailor the locations to the weather conditions as much as possible. We photographed Wells Cathedral on the wettest day of the week and finished with a 450 second exposure of Portland Bill Lighthouse on the final evening. I'm now starting to prepare for my Winter in Slovenia workshop which begins on Friday.

15th January 2012

My second Dorset and Jurassic Coast workshop started today and thankfully the weather was kind to us. After a cold and very windy dawn at Portland Bill we headed over to Old Harry Rocks. With the waves coming from the south east for a change the sea was quite rough around Ballard Down. Finally we walked across the Lulworth Range Walks to reach Mupe Bay late in the afternoon. The tide was dropping fast so we only had a brief opportunity to photograph the ledges leading out towards the distant coastline of Worbarrow Bay. Sunset was a bit of a let down but things look promising for tomorrow.

13th January 2012

I have just finished my first Dorset and Jurassic Coast workshop of the year. The weather on this occasion wasn't too bad, although we did struggle at the start of the week. We visited a number of locations, mainly along the coast and were lucky to catch a couple of decent sunrises. Durdle Door was particularly good this time. I tried to shoot sunrise there using a single exposure, leaving most of the image fairly dark for a more dramatic and atmospheric result. I quite like the effect, even though it reminded me of the limitations we faced when shooting high contrast scenes with colour transparency film! My second Dorset workshop starts on Sunday and the weather forecast is suggesting that it will be cold and sunny with misty mornings, at least for the start of the week.

4th January 2012

I have three places remaining on my next birds of prey workshop at the Barn Owl Centre in Gloucester which will take place on 3rd February. See the workshops page for further details.

 

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