Summer competitions
Each year I enter a photographic competition run by the Dorset Arts and Crafts association which is part of their annual exhibition in August which is held at the Purbeck school in Wareham. A number of members from Blandford Camera club enter prints and it’s always an enjoyable trip down
Buckham Fair Aug 18
Another trip in August was to Buckham Fair in West Dorset. Buckham Fair is held on the actor Martin Clunes’ (Doc Martin, Men Behaving Badly) farm he is a lover of dogs horses and animals and the fair celebrates dogs and horses with all sorts of events going on Like
Sidmouth Folk Festival Aug 18
My first visit to Sidmouth Folk festival in Devon in August 2018. So many photographic opportunities around every corner. The day was very hot and a friend and I went on a coach trip that took us to Sidmouth seafront and we spent a lovely couple of hours looking around
Latest Images – September
These are some of my latest images taken in September 2018. The weather has produced some lovely mornings during September so I have been enjoying the landscape around home with Tilly my dog. I am now out well before dawn and it enables me to be ready for sunrise. Along
Landscapes
I think taking Landscape images is probably my favourite genre of photography. I am so lucky to have been born in North Dorset and I have only moved from just over the hill to where I live now. So I have the added advantage of knowing the area quite well
Infrared
Here are some examples of my infrared photography. The infrared light is not visible to the naked eye so infrared photography shows us a different world to what we normally see. Green grass and trees become white. Water and the sky become a deep blue. Scenes are saturated with crisp
Bluebells, Poppies and Lavender
There are certain times of the year when there are those images I need to go out and take. These are the swathes of flowers whether wild or cultivated. The first of these in the year are the Bluebells and I never get tired of the wonderful display in the woods