Landscape photography, not so much something you just 'do' but something that is all-consuming of your life and as is with life, variety is alleged to be the spice of it.
I've lived in this county for my entire life with the time being divided between the urban areas of Ipswich and my current location in the heart of the Mid-Suffolk rural coast, so trying to find new locations within a relatively short drive becomes increasingly difficult with every successive photoshoot you embark on.
I've lived in this county for my entire life with the time being divided between the urban areas of Ipswich and my current location in the heart of the Mid-Suffolk rural coast, so trying to find new locations within a relatively short drive becomes increasingly difficult with every successive photoshoot you embark on.
Rising before the Sun has had his coffee and hit of nicotine, let alone put his hat on is extremely demanding on the mind and body. Prying yourself from the gloriously warm comfort of your eiderdown duvet is tricky when you really have to and near impossible when you don't, so the less distance you have to spend in the car expediting yourself to the days choice of location, the better the chances are of not feeling like your alarm clock has some secret, unwanted vendetta against your sanity. Trying to not travel too much has depleted the availability of fresh, virgin locations and scenery for me to train my camera and all too eager mind on.
This, however, is Suffolk.
I like to photograph landscapes with water in them and I like to do it in the near dark. I find the Oxford Blue hues of the night as they give way to the Azure, Magenta, Lilac and Bronze as dawn breaks provide the perfect light for what I'm trying to capture in my images.
I've been to most points on the Suffolk coastline, many times. Being able to navigate narrow coastal paths in the near pitch-black has become almost a sixth sense and the feeling of sand working its way down my socks is all too familiar.
The problem that I feel that I have is that locations near enough to not need a pre-3am rise that are photogenic are a finite resource that I thought I had exhausted. Wow, how I was wrong...
Realising that Pin Mill and The Shotley peninsular were roughly the same distance from my location as the well-visited Southwold, I set off hoping to capture the wonder of a new location and all the photographic possibilities that it brings.
This, however, is Suffolk.
I like to photograph landscapes with water in them and I like to do it in the near dark. I find the Oxford Blue hues of the night as they give way to the Azure, Magenta, Lilac and Bronze as dawn breaks provide the perfect light for what I'm trying to capture in my images.
I've been to most points on the Suffolk coastline, many times. Being able to navigate narrow coastal paths in the near pitch-black has become almost a sixth sense and the feeling of sand working its way down my socks is all too familiar.
The problem that I feel that I have is that locations near enough to not need a pre-3am rise that are photogenic are a finite resource that I thought I had exhausted. Wow, how I was wrong...
Realising that Pin Mill and The Shotley peninsular were roughly the same distance from my location as the well-visited Southwold, I set off hoping to capture the wonder of a new location and all the photographic possibilities that it brings.