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Alison Taylor LRPS
I retired from teaching and University administration a few years ago and am now a keen landscape photographer. I spend most of my time exploring in the UK around the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, Scotland and the coast.
Since becoming semi-resident in the Yorkshire Dales most of my recent projects involve photographing the textures and patterns that predominate in the limestone features and field barn systems. I also love photographing sheep! I have become a Associate of the Royal Photographic Society with a portfolio focussing on the lonely sea and the sky.
The Yorkshire Wolds are the most northerly chalk lands in the UK and their beauty is often missed by people rushing to the coast or the cities of York and Leeds. The western edge of the wolds has a sharp escarpment which enables people to view across the Vale of York, the three power stations or the Hull estuary. The sides of the dry valleys interlock with the tops of the valleys lined by ancient hawthorn trees and the wolds themselves are highly valued as fertile arable farmland for barley and wheat.
The wolds are wonderful for photography as there are so many shapes and textures in the landscape. And there are no people to get in the way!
