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Old Man of Storr on Skye, ScotlandEvery year I like to provide a free Christmas Gift for Photographers. This is my way of saying thank you to all those who have supported and continue to sup… Read More

The Lenscraft site is now back up and running with the performance issues fixed. We have needed to revert to a backup so it’s possible a couple of people who registered just prior to t… Read More

Sony RX10 image following processing in On 1 Photo RAW. One of the alternatives to the Nik Collection.It seems that there’s growing concern over how long the Nik Collection will now la… Read More

A few blog readers appear to like my recent Trinnacle Rock image, so I decided to publish a video on You Tube demonstrating the editing. But rather than just concentrate on the editing, I ha… Read More

Olympus EM5, Olympus 12-40mm. ISO200, f/2.8, 1/2500″Over the past few months, I’ve been contacted with increasing regularity by people looking for Camera Colour Profiles. In case… Read More

Inside York Minster. Fuji X-T2 with 10-24 lens. Good printer profiles and the ability to handle the subtle tones are essential aspects of the inkjet paper required to print this image well.F… Read More

Wastwater sunset in the Lake District. Captured using the Fuji X-T2 and 18-135 lens. Handheld with 0.6 ND hard Grad filter. RAW conversion in Lightroom.If you read my blog or website I&rsquo… Read More

This image has nothing to do with the blog post. It is though quite calming so if your frustrated by a similar problem to the one I had, looking at it might help.For a couple of years, I hav… Read More

The Peak District in mist. Fuji X-T2, 16-55 Lens, ISO200, f/11.0, 2″Happy New Year. Like most at New Year, I sat back and assess a few things. One of these was the success of this blog… Read More

Dovestones Reservoir, Saddleworth. Fuji X-T2, 18-135 lens at 32mm, ISO100 f/11.0 1.5 seconds. 2 Stop Kase ND graduate filter on the sky. Tripod mounted.Over the Christmas break I bought a ne… Read More

View from the summit of Mam Tor at dawn, The Peak District. Fuji X-T2, 35-140 lens at 140mm. ISO200, 1/10″ at f/7.1. Tripod mounted. Kase Wolverine 0.6 ND Grad.The mist is clearing and… Read More

Latest Book CoverI’m excited. My latest book “The Photographers Guide to Lightroom’s Develop Module” just launched on Amazon. This was the book Lenscraft Members vote… Read More

Stanage Edge, The Peak District in depressingly dull weather. Fuji X-T2, 10-24mm, Kase K8 holder with 0.6 ND Grad and Polarising filter. Even at 10mm there is no vignetting from the filters… Read More

North Wales. Two images stitched together in Lighroom and processed using Alien Skin Exposure X3. Nikon D800, 18-35mm Lens, ISO100, 1.3″ at f/16.0Back in 2014 I had an ill-fated fling… Read More

View down to Honister Pass from Dale Head, Lake District. Fuji X-T2, Fuji 18-135 lens, ISO200, f/11.0, 1/125″.If you know the Lake District, you will know there are a few amazing passe… Read More

HDR image created with Nik HDR Efex in Lightroom. Do you know how to open Nik HDR Efex from Lightroom without looking it up?It sounds simple, doesn’t it? If you want to use the Nik Col… Read More

Last week I posted a new video on Youtube, Pro Tips for Using the Nik Collection in Photoshop. This is part of my Bitesize Nik Tutorials series where I’m posting a new Nik Tutorial ea… Read More

The Peak District, Nikon D800, Nikon 16-35 at 30mm, 1/3″ at f/18.0. Kase Wolverine 0.9 Soft ND Grad, Tripod.I’ll start with an apology that I haven’t posted to the blog thi… Read More

Peak District. Nikon D800, 16-35 Nikon lens, ISO50, f/18.0, 1.3″. Tripod, Polarising filter and 3 stop ND filter.I do hope you aren’t getting tired of these Peak District and hea… Read More

Wasterwater, The Lake District (2012). Canon 5D MKII, 24-105 lens, ISO100, 1/15″ at f/14.0. Handheld.I haven’t posted much on the blog in the past couple of weeks. I’m quit… Read More

The Peak District at sunset. Nikon D800, 24-120 lens at 75mm, ISO100, 1/5″ at f/16.0. Tripod and soft ND grad filter.Yesterday I received an email that’s made me question this bl… Read More

Higger Tor, Peak District. Fuji X-T2, 18-55 kit lens, f/11, ISO400. Three exposures at 2ev intervals shot handheld. Blended image processed using Photoshop Frequency Separation.Following my… Read More

Tongariro Alpine Crossing in New Zealand Let me start today’s post by wishing you a Happy New Year. Over the holiday period I needed to produce my weekly video but didn’t have a… Read More

Scottish Highlands, Lake Assynt. Fuji X-T3, 18-55, ISO80, 1/6″, f/14.0. Tripod and Kase 0.9 Soft Grad.Gigapixel from Topaz is an image enlarger. The hype on the website says it uses ma… Read More

The Scottish Highlands. Four image stitch using a Fuji X-T3 and 50-200 lens. ISO160, 1/25″ at f/11.0. Tripod mounted and Kase 0.9 ND Soft Grad filter.I’m starting with an apology… Read More

Apologies if you were waiting for last week’s Friday Image that didn’t arrive. That’s because I was doing a bit of a tour around the UK and couldn’t fit everything in… Read More

Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall. Fuji X-T3, Fuji 55-200 at 55mm, ISO160, 1/12″ at f/13.0. Tripod mounted with Kase 0.9 (3 stop) Soft ND GRad filter.This week I have another image from my… Read More

Finished example image from my latest YouTube Photo Editing Mini-Series. Peak District Millstones. Click the image to enlarge. Due to the popularity of my first photo editing mini-series on… Read More

Redwood trees in Whakarewarewa Forest near to Rotorua, New Zealand. Fuji X-T2, 18-135 lens, ISO1600, 1/8″ @ f/7.1.I’ve had an Instagram account since early 2012 but never reall… Read More

Derwentwater near to sunset. Keswick, the Lake District. Fuji X-T3 and Fuji 16-80 lens.At the time I didn’t think this image would work. I was certain the conditions were too bright, a… Read More

Snow-covered Silver Brich at Surprise View, Peak District.Let me start by saying Happy New Year and welcome back and I hope 2020 proves to be a super successful year for your photography… Read More

Whitby Pier at sunrise, Sony RX100, ISO80, f/5.0, 1/30″.I know that most if not every photographer reading this post will be aware of the benefits of shooting in RAW format. Despite th… Read More

This week I have a sense of relief with the launch of my latest book “Landscape Photography: Shoot Like a Pro”. It’s currently available on Lenscraft, Amazon and Google wit… Read More

Pools of light on Formby Beach at Sunset. Processed using the new film simulations in the Nik Collection 2.5Have you seen the news? There’s a new release of the Nik Collection. Much of… Read More

As we’re still indoors I’m working through my huge archive of past images rather than shooting new material. Whilst it’s frustrating in one sense, it’s great in anoth… Read More

Arches National Park, Utah. Hasselblad XPan with 90mm lens and Fuji Velvia 50 slide filmIt’s Friday and so I wanted to share another image. This week it’s a scan that I’ve… Read More

Now we can travel a little, I decided to drive to another area (a full 15 minutes from home) from my daily walk. In truth, I was desperate to try out my newly converted Infrared camera. This… Read More

Formby Beach, Fuji X-T3 with Fuji 55-200 lens at 55mm. Tripod mounted exposure of 1/4″ at f/13 and ISO160.I started using Topaz a long time ago; probably around 2008 but my memory seem… Read More

This is an old image that I decided to revisit and add to my Redbubble Shop. The River Twiss, Ingleton in the Yorkshire DalesI shot it using a Canon 5D MkII (one of the best cameras I&rsq… Read More

I often say that I like to leave my images for a few months before deciding on the ones I like. But this image I left over 6 years. Curbar Edge, December 2013 following a heavy storm. Oly… Read More

Now that the COVID lockdown in the UK has been relaxed somewhat, I thought I would be out in the landscape much more. But two things have stopped me: I’ve focussed on finishing my L… Read More

Ramshaw Rocks in the Peak District. Fuji XT3 with 10-24mm lens.Last night the weather looked promising (not raining) so I ventured out to meet a friend who I hadn’t seen since before t… Read More

Near to Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Sony RX100, handheld, 1/100” at ISO80 and f/5.6. Click the image to zoom in a little.Something that I’m always doing is going back to rep… Read More

Last week I mentioned that I was returning my recently purchased Panasonic G9. I had bought a kit and it turned out the lens that came with the G9 (it was a Leica 12-60) was soft down one si… Read More

This week I’m sharing another similar image to last week. I also shot this at The Roaches on the same morning as but 20 minutes later, as the sun started to dissolve the mist. My only… Read More

For once I don’t have too much to say. I’ve spent the week sheltering from the terrible weather; it’s rained here every day and in the brief gaps between the rain it&rsq… Read More

This week I want to share a shot from 2016. Lyn Gwynant, Snowdonia, Fuji XT1 with Fuji 16-55 lens.The lake in the scene is Llyn Gwynant in Snowdonia, Wales. I’ve visited this locati… Read More

Whilst I haven’t done any photography this week, mainly due to poor weather, I have been processing some old images. What I realised whilst doing this was that I had a nice collection… Read More

Yesterday I had a rare chance for a break. I won’t bore you with the details, but I’ve had a lot on recently, and it’s not just work. This made finally getting out feel eve… Read More

This week I did something that I’ve never done before and which I’ve been meaning to do for 20 years. I photographed the sunset on Standedge near where I live. It took me all of… Read More

I haven’t been able to do any photography this past week. I changed cars a couple of weeks back and the transaction hasn’t exactly gone smoothly shall we say. But whilst I’… Read More

Recently I met a friend in the Lake District for some photography. After a good start the light became too harsh, so we waited it out whilst drinking coffee and eating cake. We did though ha… Read More

Earlier this week I was over in Wales, staying at Portmeirion. For those of you who can remember the TV Series “The Prisoner”, Portmeirion was the setting. It was a great place t… Read More

On Tuesday evening, I finally managed to get out to do some photography. Prior to this, I hadn’t been out since mid-March for all sorts of reasons. To say that I was rusty is a bit… Read More

It’s the start of a new year and I hope that it’s a great one for your photography. There are lots of New Year Resolution posts and emails doing the rounds so I won’t add t… Read More

I’m sure that you will have seen these sorts of photos before. The ones where the sky is black, and the buildings are thrown into deep shadows, other than for a shaft of light picking… Read More

Following a chest infection a few weeks ago, I haven’t been doing any photography. The last time I ventured out was to Liverpool with my newly acquired XT5. After that trip, I shared a… Read More

When it comes to new camera equipment, are we placing too much reliance on the media and those held up as experts? I think the answer is probably yes. The problem with the media is that t… Read More

Today is Whit Friday and in Saddleworth that means only one thing – the Band Contest. It’s often described as “the greatest free show on earth” (providing you like Br… Read More

Apologies that I haven’t posted anything recently. I’ve been over in France visiting family. Whilst I was there, I became quite hooked on taking photos with my phone. That’… Read More