Lovely Easter break in Palma Nova Majorca, now refreshed and raring to go.
So whats on the schedule for the rest of this month...A wedding blessing this weekend with a wonderful couple, Alex and Dina, lots of processing to catch up on and, hopefully grabbing the opportunity to get out and about to make more wonderful images.
In the meantime here are a couple more for you to peruse. Please feel free to comment on if you wish
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Looking north into Newcastle along the Swingbridge, with the Castle in the distance and the High Level bridge to the left
The last remnants of the evening light glistening of the Sage along Gateshead Quayside
A lovely view of Newcatle late evening
6th April 2012
For the record..........here we are into April already. The weather has been so quirky, we have had wonderful warm summery days, cold wet and windy weather and snow all in a very short period. On top of the that alot of the country is suffering from a drought and a hosepipe ban has been enforced.
Time to talk about one of life's more important areas....photography. Everywhere you turn people have cameras capturing a moment in time, taking something special that they maybe able to look back on and enjoy. And I think its wonderful that so many people enjoy this creative art, but what really gets my back up is when you have set everything up, the camera is primed and ready on the tripod, you have checked and rechecked your composition, taken a couple of test exposures and made any minor adjustments and now you wait for the moment......... the right moment which maybe a very short window of opportunity but, you instinctively know its just about there when.....some ignorant so and so, who may I add has been standing watching what your're doing, decides to wander right in front of the camera at the most critical time and before you get the chance to take a shot he's gone and the moment has gone with it. So please be aware and considerate when us photographers are spending - sometimes ages - setting up and waitng for the right moment to capture a scene, which may only last a fraction of a second.
There thats my moan out of the way, you have to sometimes.
I am including more images from the Lake dirstrict, and nearer to home, Newcastle.
I just love the lakes and never get fed up with its amazing scenery, I could easily spend the rest of your life there taking photographs and being memerized by the incredible views. Here are a couple more, this time from Friars Crag on Derwentwater.
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Newcastle
Its actually amazing when you have a good look around at some of the beauty we also have nearer home. Ive recently spent some time capturing new images of Newcastle and around the quayside which I would like to share with you.
Some of this new work was taken at one of my favourite times of the day - dusk. Mixing a blend of wonderful views with the late dregs of the ambient light and the street and building lights.
Compare those to the sinster looking images which I captured when there was a heavy fog hanging over the river Tyne. These images were captured between 6 and 7.30ish. Its actually amazing to see people still staggering around after a couple of drinks in the town. A special mention has to go to a friendly young chap who stopped for a chat walking home along the Tyne Bridge. He was interested in what I was doing as well as being into photography himself. As he stood there the smell from his take away pizza hung in the air - I really wanted a slice and was disappointed that he didnt offer me a piece. Its hard work being a photographer at times!!. But also nice to see that not all young people who are drunk are thugs...............just greedy.
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