Central France has some gorgeous scenery that just doesn’t get photographed very often at all. The department of Sarthe is one of those areas that doesn’t get a huge influx of tourists which is nice as it means you’re not jostling for the best spots to take photos. As well as the landscape, there are also a number of historic buildings that are worth visiting such as the abbey at Solesmes and the Beaux Villages de France of Sainte Suzanne. […]
The Holy Grail Time lapse. So called as it’s the most difficult of all to do. But is it really? Well, yes and no. Creating regular time lapse footage during the day is a simple affair. You set your camera up on a tripod, add on the intervalometer, set the number of seconds you want and off you go. But the Holy Grail version requires patience and changing two elements of the exposure triangle as time passes. The two are […]
On Friday 24th February 2017 my photography took me to the Beaux Village de France of Montsoreau in the Pays de la Loire. This mini vlog is an addendum to Vlog 07 where I visited the banks of the Loire to shoot the village but the light was too harsh. Dawn was in the vineyards above the village but what looked to be promising light just afterwards was soon to be gone thanks to a bank of cloud. Although […]
On Sunday 19th February 2017 my photography took me to the Pays de la Loire and Indre-et-Loire in central France. I had two targets in mind. The first was a dawn shoot at Saumur to capture the château reflecting in the river Loire. The second target was to capture the château at Chinon at sunset. In the middle of the day I do a number of recce shoots for the future when the light will be at its optimum. Join […]
On Thursday 9th February 2017 my photography took me to the Pays de la Loire in central France. The best known place in the area is Le Mans but outside of here there is some beautiful countryside to be found. Join me as I shoot dawn; get up above the Alpes Mancelles and discover two beautiful villages during my day.
On Thursday 2nd February 2017 my photography took me to the being of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site at Sully-sur-Loire which is famous for its beautiful chateau. But the weather closes in before the end of the day forcing me inside the amazing basilica at Clery Saint André, resting place of King Louis XI. You’ll see some of the gear that I use in this vlog as well as some of the thinking behind the composition of the […]
A glimpse of a view that I was given access to recently in London, UK. Although I’m British I now live in France so it’s not that easy to just turn up when th light is good. I have to make plans in advance. It’s not always ideal as illustrated here. You’ll some of the gear that I use for my travel and landscape photography as well as the end result of the time lapse work that I was doing […]