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The Pros and Cons of Clichés
We all need that echo of familiarity to help us have the confidence to make a body of work. We want to emulate the impact that these images had on us, and this can be as restricting as it can be liberating. more
Scouting in the Lake District
Just before Autumn, Mark Littlejohn and I went for a couple of days wandering on Holme Fell and approaching Grange Fell. We thought we'd write a little about our morning scouting on Grange Fell and show a couple of images made whilst planning a longer journey sometime in the future. more
Go Your Own Way
The national parks have a rich history of photography and in fact the first national parks owe a great debt to early landscape photographers for their very existence. more
Sean Goswell
I still consider myself relatively new to photography, and I think it takes time to find your own way and a way of presenting your vision that shows who you are. more
Verzasca Valley in Switzerland
If you’re looking for a location which can offer both boundless photographic potential, and also plenty to entertain non-photographer members of the family, this is it more
Thomas Peck’s Critiques
If our reading of a picture is based on a literal, descriptive level, then the inclusion of a figure in the landscape has a very simple function: it is there to suggest a sense of scale. The figure acts as a basic juxtaposition between a known height/size and the rest of the content of the image. However, if a photograph is also to be read on a more metaphorical level, then the inclusion of a figure suddenly becomes much more
Romancing the American Southwest
This mysterious land of enchantment, a siren song seducing many an explorer, writer, poet, miner, photographer, artist and even those seeking healing of the metaphysical kind. more
Hillary Younger
Hillary Younger returned to her native Tasmania after an extended period of travelling and living overseas. Drawn back by the island’s wilderness areas which she had previously explored on horseback and on foot, a new passion for photography emerged. more
Travels in a Strange Land : Dark Spaces
Over the last few years, Matt Botwood has been exploring the creative side of his landscape photography in various ways. The most significant of which is his series "Travels in a Strange Land". more
The Focal Length of the Eye
Whilst putting together the pub quiz for our landscape photography conference last year, David Ward and I wanted to add the question "What focal length is the eye?" more
Featured Interview with Rob Knight & Steve Devonport
Dark Visions is an exhibition of monochrome photography by landscape photographer and photographic educator Rob Knight. It seeks to provide a mixed media experience drawing together through collaboration photography and writing as creative arts. Tim catches up with Rob and Steve to talk about the making of the exhibition & ebook. more
Fragments & Impressions
Roger and I have been talking on and off over the last couple of years and I've been dragging my heels for a while in getting this interview completed. As it turns out, this hasn't been such a bad thing as Roger has continued to produce some excellent photography over this period and he has just won the Black and White category and been highly commended for a portfolio of 3 images, in the USA Landscape Photographer of the more
Creative Lightroom Pt6
Continuing in our Lightroom for Landscape series, Joe Cornish and I are looking at the radial selection tool and also we're taking a closer look at the hue, saturation and lightness sliders. more
Thoughts about Post Processing
Visual information processing is the reasoning skill that enables us to process and interpret meaning from our eyes. The way we perceive plays a big role in our everyday life. more
Finding the Individual
Every time I read an article that advocates individuality in photography I let out a silent cheer. more