New Gallery

I have added a Most Recent gallery where I will add newly edited photos whilst I decide if they are keepers… or not.

As I write this, the photos are from holidays taken in 2021 to both the Yorkshire Dales and to York but I still have photos from more local walks to sort and edit.

Video Options

I have recently started dabbling in video, two of my stills cameras will also record 4K video but I also have the following:

  • Fimi Palm v1 (gimbal camera)
  • Insta360 One R (4K module)

Both are usually mounted in a holder that fastens to my rucksack strap and I use them to record my country walks, the Fimi in good weather, the Insta360 in other conditions (it is waterproof)

I have recorded a few walks but reviewing and editing is very time consuming, so the finished output is very slow to appear.

Camera History; Complicated

(3/3) In 2011, I wanted a more lightweight alternative to the Nikon D200 outfit and so this led, over time, to some… complexity:

  • Olympus PEN E-PL1
  • Nikon D7100 (to replace the D200)
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10
  • Fujifilm X-E3
  • Olympus OM-D E-M1 mk ii

So now I have 3 outfits, Fujifilm, Olympus and Nikon. The Nikon gear does not see much use these days but I am not getting rid of it!

Photography Method

This post is about how I take landscape photographs. When I choose a country walk, it is usually with photo opportunities in mind.

In terms of lenses, I usually have two with me, a lens in the range of 18-135mm and a wider-angle option in the range of 10-20mm.

The lenses usually have a circular polarising filter fitted but on duller weather days I carry a square filter system with three ND (Neutral Density) Graduated filters (0.3, 0.6 and 0.9) to put some detail in grey skies.

I usually shoot with a single focus point set a small as possible and use Single AF mode (for landscapes)

If there is running water, especially a waterfall, I will also take a tripod and either square ND filters or a circular, variable ND filter.

In terms of camera settings, I shoot RAW file format, usually deliberately underexposed by 0.3 of a stop (-0.3) to preserve detail in the highlights (if the situation requires, this gets adjusted). The colour space is set to Adobe RGB as this captures a wider range of shades (the gamut) than the standard RGB colour space.

I mostly shoot in Aperture Priority, usually between f5.6 and f16 with image stabilisation on unless the camera is on a tripod. ISO is usually on auto but with the upper limit set to ISO 1600. If the camera is on a tripod for long exposures, I would then manually set the ISO to either ISO 200 or sometimes ISO 100. Metering is usually multi pattern.

White balance is always on auto, shooting RAW file format allows easy adjustment of white balance during editing.

That’s about it, nothing that complicated but it works for me. If you have any questions, please use the comments to ask. Any trolling will be deleted.

This site is now live

Although I have a few more things planned for this site, all the test content has been removed and the new photo galleries added. I have a little more work to do with the titles of a few photos but for now it is done.

I have tested using an Android mobile phone, an 8″ Android tablet, iPad Air 2, Windows 10 laptop and a Chromebook. For phones and 8″ tablets I recommend viewing in portrait orientation, for 10″ tablets, either portrait or landscape orientation, both work well. I hope you enjoy browsing.