Rain, Ruins, Mustard and a Slightly Terrifying Tree One of the things I enjoy most about photography is that it gives me an excuse to wander around places I would otherwise never visit. My latest outing took me into Cheesden Valley, visitin...

Landscape photography is often portrayed as a calm and dignified pursuit. A photographer quietly arrives at a beautiful location, carefully composes the scene, presses the shutter and returns home with a masterpiece.This is complete nonsense.T...

One of the unexpected side effects of landscape photography is that I occasionally set out in search of a photograph and accidentally stumble into a history lesson. That is exactly what happened when I visited Buarth Brwynog near Trawsf...

Sometimes when I am out looking for a scene to photograph, I wonder what I must look like to anyone watching. If they are of a certain age, they would probably think they were witnessing a lost episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Perhap...