Photosets 2011

Bearded Dragon

Darren — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:43:04 +0000

I am looking after two handsome Bearded Dragons for the week. Here are a few images from the studio. She seemed to enjoy sitting still under the hot lights.

Edale

Darren — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:14:09 +0000

A set of images from a walk on the Pennine Way up Kinder Scout in the Peak District this weekend before a mega-storm swept across and forced us back down again. First time there visiting friends who’s amazing home is right next to the “official” start of the Pennine Way walk.

Coedydd Aber

Darren — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:48:49 +0000

A set of images from a walk in Coedydd Aber in Snowdonia, North Wales. It’s a pretty impressive landscape and a pretty easy walk too.

Hengistbury Head

Darren — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:32:33 +0000

These are all images for a walk on Hengistbury Head in Dorset this Easter Sunday. They were all shot using a flash gun at arms length on a cable and my 24-70mm Lens. I overpowered the suns light with my flash gun to keep the blue sky dark and so that I was able to shoot at a small aperture for sharpness. (remember, when you click on one image to enlarge, you can move backwards and forwards through the set with the arrow keys on your keyboard.)

Mexico on Film

Darren — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:58:09 +0000

Last year I took a trip to Mexico for the wedding of Ben and Ems. It’s the most beautiful place. I only traveled up the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsular, so I’ve plenty more to see on other trips there. These are some images I took with a this Holga 120 film camera. The scratches and light leaks are all part of the joy of it. These films have been sitting, undeveloped in the sun for almost a year. Here’s a Video I made on that trip also.

Bonfire

Darren — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:00:53 +0000

A set of images from a bonfire in the garden on Saturday night. The flames make people strange, everybody ends up hypnotised by them.

Basingstoke Canal

Darren — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:03:54 +0000

Images from a walk along Basingstoke Canal Starting at the Barley Mow pub and ending in Fleet. An excellent walk with allows stops at 4 pubs along the way. Ahhhhhh. I decided to focus on the riverbank in this set. Everything teal.

Dunraven Secret Garden

Darren — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:35:09 +0000

Before getting to Southdowns Bay, we all took a walk through Dunraven Walled Garden. Next to the remains of Dunraven Castle. The castle was used as a hospital during the first world war, and has some good ghost stories surrounding it. (although I obviously and sadly saw nothing). There are some other creepy tales of the area also, like ‘the wreckers of wick’, who would tie lanterns around the necks of sheep and let them wander the hill side to confuse ships and have them wreck on the rocky cliffs. You can drink in the pub where the wreckers used to rob and hid the bodies before they were buried. (now the plough and harrow). It’s a black and white set, as the colours in the garden were pretty dull, so the B&W make for more textured images.

Southern Down

Darren — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:48:54 +0000

Photographs from a walk along the cliffs at Southerndown south of Bridgend in Wales. Wild weather made for some interesting shots. The view there was incredible in that light. The images were taken walking from Southerndown carpark walking east along the coast and back around ‘The Witches Nose’ peninsular. (Is it big enough to be a peninsular?) All images shot with 24-70mm f2.8L. Some with Flash.

Fan Fawr

Darren — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:41:11 +0000

Fan Fawr is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons. It’s summit is around 740m. The clouds were moving in pretty quickly soon after I started walking and you can see Pen Y Fan in the distance with it’s peak in the clouds. I shot some video from this walk and also includes some footage from the last post too. You can watch that Here. Click here for a Map.