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End Frame: Hans Strand, Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden, November 2009
Lars-Åke Nygren chooses one of his favourite images
Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios
Andy Gawthrope, Barry Dunn, Linda McKnight & Paul Hetzel
Photography as Performance Art
Metaphor making
Simon Baxter on Vlogging
A new paradigm for landscape photography?
Guy Dickinson
Featured Photographer
Exploring the Suffolk Coastline
Lots of potential & yet strangely neglected
The Galápagos Islands
I had a dream
Shoshin
Beginning Again Every Time

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Tim Parkin

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been out and about in Scotland accompanying a range of outdoor folk and taking part in a few training days. The main one was an outdoor first aid course that a friend had recommended for me. It’s not something I had thought about that often but as a photographer and walker spending a lot of time a fair distance from the nearest road and often without phone cover, the ability to deal with emergencies, of the minor or major sort, is probably a “good idea”. And so I got chatting with the people involved with the sorts of injuries they deal with when they are out in the hills and the answers made me realise a few simple steps could make one very useful. Firstly, as photographers, we’re pretty useless in terms of looking after ourselves. Given the choice between a litre of water or tele zoom lens, I know what most people go for. And a bit of spare clothing? Pah! So to know that dehydration and hypothermia are two of the most common causes of accidents (usually prompting bad decisions and poor coordination). Also, non-diabetic hypoglycemia can really mess up your day out. So, an extra layer, some water and sweet stuff and you’ve helped yourself loads. Beyond that, heart attacks & strokes are very common so keeping up to date with CPR techniques can really save lives (a mountain leader friend has seen many people treated on Ben Nevis). Most people get away without ever getting in trouble in the hills but why risk it? My outdoor first aid course cost under £100 and I hope to bring you a few pointers in an article in a future issue. My main advice though? Always carry some extra suncream and water if you want a happy day out over the summer! (oh and a load of “Smidge”, a teuchter’s best friend!)

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Issue 160 PDF

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been out and about in Scotland accompanying a range of outdoor folk and taking part in a few training days. more

Hans Strand, Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden, November 2009
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End Frame: Hans Strand, Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden, November 2009

Lars-Åke Nygren chooses one Hans Strand's images, "Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden" as our End Frame more

Paul Hetzel landscape photography 2
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Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios

Our 4x4 feature is a set of 4 landscape photography portfolios from our subscribers: Andy Gawthrope, Barry Dunn, Linda McKnight & Paul Hetzel. more

Alister Benn ~ Inside Out
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Photography as Performance Art

In landscape photography, transcending the subject is quite difficult and is far less emotionally compliant than some other genres - portraiture, or street photography for example, where human values are explicit in the content. more

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Simon Baxter on Vlogging

A few weeks ago, Simon Baxter and his dog Meg joined us in the Highlands to sample some of the delights that the Atlantic rainforest of Ardnamurchan has to offer. Simon is one of a new breed of communicator called a 'vlogger'. more

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Guy Dickinson

I am open to anything that makes you stop, think and question what’s in front of you; I have little time for the purely picturesque. more

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Exploring the Suffolk Coastline

David & Alan happened to be visiting the same area on the Suffolk coastline this February. David's images are intended to show the ‘moodiness’ of Walberswick and the coastline of Covehithe beach. Alan has chosen to show the results of mono conversions of some classic Suffolk landscapes. more

Kenneth_Meijer ~ The Galapagos Islands 6
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The Galápagos Islands

During the second half of the 1960s, I saw a few 30 minutes TV programs on Swedish television. As I watched them a dream was born – a dream of someday being able to visit this archipelago myself. more

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Shoshin

All it took was adopting a simple attitude change. Instead of judging the weather and light (or even looking at the weather forecast ahead of a shoot), I felt grateful for whatever Mother Nature provided to me. more

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