Long time since my last blog update, so here's been happening.............
Liz and Pete's Wedding
December 21st was Liz and Pete's wedding at Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island. A few images of the wedding will be downloaded soon...........so add me to your favourites for immediate updates.
Due to the timings of the wedding and the tides we could not get across to the island until 11.00pm on the 20th, so that was a good enough excuse to drive up earlyish and stop off at Bamburgh village for a meal.
Singing along to Christmas Carols by Frank Sinatra, Judy and I were soon feeling in the Christmas spirit and as we arrived in Bamburgh village Frank was singing 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing'........
As we entered the village we had to stop the car the village green was festooned with lights on the trees and illuminated Christmas deer, sledges............well you get the picture It was beautiful, and we must have sat there for some 10 minutes just taking in the scenery and listening to the Christmas Carols. Perfect.
After a lovely meal in the Victoria Hotel we crossed the causeway, which felt quite eerie with it being pich black and, with the bad weather we were experiencing, the sea, which normally wouldnt be on the cause way, was being blown across by the strong winds making it even trickier (I had visions of helicopters having to be called out lol)
Home for the next couple of nights was the lovely www.bamburghview.co.uk, which is run by Jamie and Carol Morrow, two wonderful hosts. This was our second stay at the Bamburgh View and we were welcomed like long lost friends by our hosts. This bed and breakfast comes HIGHLY recommended. Not only is it very comfortable, clean, quiet and in situated on this lovely island, but Jamie's breakfasts keep you going the the entire day. .
The wedding itself was great, Liz and Pete looked fanatstic and their guests were good fun to be around. Not forgetting their son............who wasnt shy when being in front of the camera (as you will see when I download some images). The day went very well but unfortuntely, the weather wasn't what we ordered. It was windy, wet and very grim, so there was very little opportunity for pictures that would normally include this spectacular setting.
All credit to Liz and Pete who still enjoyed their day whilst we made the most of the interior of the castle for the majority of their pictures.
The evening saw everyone congregate in 'The Ship', for a few drinks and a céilídh with music by the very talented band.
Our congratulations to Liz and Pete for a very long happy life together.
Landscapes
I have also managed to get myself out and grab some new landscapes - you still cant beat the feeling of being out there absorbing the light of a brand new day or catching the last dregs of the days light. Here are some for you to peruse.
Cullercoats Bay
This image wasnt quite how I had visualised - but this is how it was on the day.....
I had planned (or so I thought) that my timings would include the tide receeding across the old stone jetty whilst catching the sunrise. However, either the tide timetable was wrong or, I read it wrong (more likely) but the tide had receeded a little while before I got there. Ho hum.
I still quite like the result, with the lead in lines of the jetty and the warm feel of the early morning light catching the row of houses. Two images were exposed (one for the foreground and one for the sky) before doing some localised blending in Photoshop.
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Seven Sisters
Been many a few year since I last took images of the 'Seven Sister'
The top one was a blending of two images.
The second image was taken a week later using a 10stop filter to give more drama to the image. Finally cropped to give a panoramic.
Roker Pier
An incredible sunrise on Roker Pier a couple of weeks ago.
Todays the 19th and its tipping it down with snow...get the batteries charged lets get some great winter images in the bag
So there's my first posting of the New Year. I hope you enjoy the blog feel free to leave a comment or become a member to automatically receive updates.
