This one - definitely my favourite. It's just so shiny!

I’ve been very busy shooting weddings, portraits, engagements and more over the past few months so I haven’t had much of a chance to get out and shoot some landscape stuff. I was driving home today and the sky looked incredible, so as soon as I got back I grabbed my camera and went straight back out again!

I had past a couple of locations on my way home and decided to head straight for the closest one. When I arrived it was drizzling a bit, not too nice but hardly a problem so I grabbed my coat and got walking to the spot I’d seen earlier. I crossed over the road, walked through some woods and came upon a lovely scene. I took a few mediocre photos and walked further into the forest. All of a sudden it started to pour down with rain, luckily I was sheltered by the trees so I wasn’t getting too wet. I shot some more and decided to clamber through a hedgerow into a nearby field.

Whilst in the field the rain was getting heavier and heavier, I was getting soaked. I quickly moved back into my shelter under the trees and hoped for a break in the rain.

I didn’t get that break! I made my way back through the woods and crossed the road to my car, my hair dripping wet and my shorts clinging to my legs.

Anyway, it was worth it.. These images rock

This was shot close to a village called Broom near to Biggleswade

Silhouettes can create powerful images

On the left we have the river Ouse

I found some Bluebells growing close to the river

Another silhouette straight into the sun

I’ve been pretty busy with photo shoots recently and I still have some editing to do, so I sat down after dinner to finish off my last shoot and upload it to the blog. I realised I hadn’t shot any personal work in a while and checked outside to see what the weather was like. Every time I’ve wanted to get out and take some photos recently its been raining! I decided to put my editing on hold as it isn’t weather dependant and go for a little drive.

I love the lines of this hedge following the road

A diptych of two fields close to sunset

I've added some foreground interest to this image by shooting from behind a hedge

I love framing through foreground elements as I have done here

A diptych of two fields of rape seed close to sunset

I've shot this one from close to the ground

I was expecting a very busy time this weekend. I had two photo shoots planned, a portrait shoot on Saturday and an engagement shoot on Sunday. The portraits on Saturday went really well, had lovely weather and got some fantastic photos in a local forest. On Sunday the weather was really ‘touch and go’ so we decided to postpone the pre-wedding shoot for a couple of weeks.

Even though I’d taken a couple of hundred photos on Saturday I still had an urge to take more on Sunday so I went out for a quick drive in the evening around some local countryside.

I love putting two slightly different images of the same subject together in a diptych like this

The lines in the field lead your eyes to look at the rest of the image

Some fun textures from a hedge

A slightly abstract tilt-shift shot

I was just driving past this field and the red houses in the distance really caught my eye, so I stopped at the side of the road and wandered over to the hedgerow to have a look. I really love layering elements, it’s something I’ve been concentrating on with my photography recently.

Definitely my one of my favourite landscape shots

I've been playing around with layering elements here

Nice picturesque views

More layering of elements

That first image is probably my favourite landscape that I’ve ever shot. It would be a perfect location for a couple of photos on a pre-wedding shoot. I love playing with depth of field on landscapes, it really puts things into perspective.

I used a tilt shift lens for these slightly different landscapes

I love layering elements like in this photo

I’m trying something a little different with my post processing, on landscapes at least; it’s making me love black and white so much more.

The top two images were shot with my lensbaby tilt shift lens – I didn’t used to like this lens too much but it’s definitely starting to grow on me.

Field of Sheep with baby Lambs under a dramatic sky

Field of Sheep with baby Lambs under a dramatic sky

Farm Machinery left by the side of the road

For some reason I’m posting things in reverse order at the moment. The previous post had images shot after this one and my next post includes images from a couple of weeks ago.

I was on the way back from Costco when I noticed some Lambs in a field and made a mental note to pop back later with the camera. These are the results.. No you can’t see the Lambs (never mind!)

View from the window of the coach - driving down to the Azure Window

The Inland Sea where we caught the boat ride

Travelling through one of the caves in a boat

Long exposure of the boat travelling through a cave

The cliffs of Gozo

Crack in one of the cliffs

Long exposure of the wonderful colours from the blue sea and coral

The Azure Window seen from a boat

Skeletors Evil Hide Out

The floor of The Inland Sea

Cool old building at The Inland Sea

A lady walks by The Azure Window

One of the Knights Lookout Towers

On the way back - The island of Comino from the ferry

Self portrait in the window of the ferry

This is the last post in the Gozo series. We’re back in Malta after this one! I’m about half way through the Malta photos now, I’m working on some way of collecting them all together in order and organising them as a story.

This post contains probably my favourite photos from Gozo. I really enjoyed the boat trip, Kerry wasn’t too sure to start with but she changed her mind when pretty much everyone else on the excursion went for it! Luckily the sea was super amazingly calm – like floating on a pond so we didn’t get drenched

Gozo is a truly beautiful island, I’m certain that it’s slightly hotter than Malta; when we were there it was boiling. I’m pretty sure we’ll go back one day.

Village of Xlendi

Gorgeous little cave at Xlendi

The beach at Xlendi

Big wide landscape of Gozo

Cool crops

An old air raid shelter

A Roman spring

Xlendi is a beautiful little village on the island of Gozo, we stopped here for some tasty sandwiches on our excursion. It was lunchtime when we arrived so it was unbelievably hot. I decided to venture out of the shade to get these photos, it was definitely worth it.

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Gozo's Capital Victoria

A typical town house

A man window shopping on a side street

On the way back down into the middle of the city of Victoria

Beautiful streets in the Citadel

Cheesy pic of me at the top - I climbed a LOT of steps to get there

A couple walking along the pathway at the top of the Citadel

Views from high up at the top of the Citadel

More amazing views of Gozo

A view through a hole in the wall

More amazing views of Gozo

Second post of shots from our excursion to Gozo, these are all from Gozo’s capital city Victoria. It was insanely hot when we visited, I think I was the only person on the tour who was mad enough to climb the hundreds of steps to the top of the Citadel. There were only two other people up there when I got to the top! As you can see from the photos there was an incredible view from the top, you could see all over the island.

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