Jun
21

Coastal

 

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Now the steel works is gone, there’s not much left of our manufacturing heritage in Workington. Being the environmentally conscious bunch that we were in the past hundred years or so, we decided the best thing to do would be to dump the byproducts of steel making along the coastline. Not the best idea, but as the waves and wind and weather have had their time to work, they have left some interesting structures behind.

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Maybe to make up for how terrible we were in the last century, we now have a coast of windmills, which I guess is okay, too.

 

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Jun
18

Buttermere

Buttermere

Another day exploring away from the roads. I love this valley. Most of the automotive work in my portfolio is shot in or around here.

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It gets great evening light, the road varies from the sparse valleys of Honister Pass to quaint Lake District scenes. It’s really a great place to shoot.

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I decided now would be as good a time as any to get out of my car, and go for a walk. And I had a really great time of it. Summer really brings this place to life, all the fields surrounding the village are carpeted in buttercups, the trees and hedgerows are alive and green (for once).

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Once you get on the hillside, there are some great views of the village and the surrounding fells, as well as some pretty neat waterfalls.

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Jun
15

Lodore Falls

Lodore Falls

Sometimes things can hide in plain sight. Behind the Lodore Falls Hotel in Borrowdale, there’s a really great waterfall. I drive past the place fairly often, but until today I’ve totally ignored the waterfalls a short walk from the road.

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Apparently the place can turn into a raging torrent after the rains, but it was pretty tame today, which let me climb around on the rocks without too much trouble.

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It’s one of my new favourite places, so I’ll probably come back here a few times and see how much in changes. I think this place will look great in autumn, once the leaves are turning red. Although it was nice to see some greens in the Lakes! Sometimes this region can look a little bit dead.

Oct
01

Jaguar XJ-L

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I found myself back home this weekend, in the English Lake District. With a Jaguar. And a camera, and some of the best scenery in the UK. Aside from this small introduction, I’m going to let the images speak for themselves. All images are captioned with a 1920×1200 resolution wallpaper.

This was my first static, and directed shoot since since I seriously started photographing cars. Only one image in this set uses artificial light, and it was an on-camera speedlight. Shot on Newlands Valley, Buttermere, and Workington.

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