A Journey Through Wharfedale – Third and Final part Welcome to the third, and final, part of your journey through Wharfedale in North Yorkshire. A valley that continues much further downstream than our starting point and diverges to many different points of interest along its way and at its destination. From today’s starting point in …
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A Journey Through Wharfedale 2 – Exploring one of Yorkshire’s Dales by car, bicycle or foot.
A Journey through Wharfedale – Part Deux ………. Welcome to the second part of your journey through the valley of Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales. Where you start and the route you take depends on your mode of transport. Either way you will be spoilt for choice of fantastic Yorkshire Dales scenery. If you were …
A Journey through Wharfedale – Part 1
A Journey through Wharfedale 1 – Moving upstream from Bolton Abbey ………. Wharfedale is just one of the many valleys that, along with moors and fells, forests and rivers, form the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. A stunningly beautiful part of God’s own county which makes up but one of our country’s National Parks. It is surrounded …
It’s in the Bag
Many times, I’m asked, what gear do you carry in your camera bag Steve ? There is no one simple answer to that question. And before I go any further this blog is not about bragging what gear I own. It is intended to offer some help to photographers who either have difficulty in deciding …
Slowing things down – Taking time to enjoy my photography
SLOWING THINGS DOWN What does that mean and why do it ? To begin with, I mean using a tripod for almost every shot. In this first blog of 2026 I need to explain why I have adopted certain practices to cope with my age (77) and some physical health issues I must overcome whilst …
Upgraded Website and Expansion of Online Shop
Throughout 2025 I have been upgrading the website, adding a retail shop to sell my images in various products direct online to new and existing customers. Whilst I have been writing the text and taking the photographs, I have delegated the technical website wizardry to Jenny Hannigan, a very talented web designer, of 8woodview in …
Landscapes and Lockdown – What to do when we can’t get out
A very warm welcome to everyone and may I wish you all a very Happy, Safe and Healthy New Year. What does a landscape photographer do when its winter, it snows a bit, it rains a lot, it floods a very lot and there is a raging pandemic all over the country? Answer: – …