North Wales Landscape Photographer
Here are a few more shots from the past few months at sea. I’ve seen some good weather fronts so I thought I’d try to capture them as best as I could. Here’s what I got.
The view from the river including Talacre Light House
Some good patterns are made from the wake of other vessels on a calm day.
Minimalist during the fog
Occasional visits from Dolphins
Stunning sunsets
And some good cloud formations
We decided to get one last holiday before the baby comes in September so we decided a few nights down in Cornwall would be an ideal break away. Laura booked us into a small holiday cottage for the first night a few miles from Weston-Super-Mare which was an ideal stop off point on the way to her aunties in Porthpean on the southeast coast of Cornwall.
Weston-Super-Mare sand sculpture
Then on to Cornwall via a couple of National Trust properties.
Mevagissey
The Tall Ships at Charlestown
And the Milky Way taken from Porthpean beach
So the wife and I managed to get everything sorted for Christmas with time to spare so we decided to make the most of a free weekend together and go away. I found a nice hotel near Ironbridge as we had some vouchers to see the attractions there. Something I’d highly recommend.
First stop was Blists Hill.
The Baker
Blacksmith
Candle maker
The dentist chair
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our-attractions/blists-hill-victorian-town/
We then went into Ironbridge to look at the at the Bridge and have a look around the town. There’s a brilliant shop if you like a good selection of Beers and spirits.
Ironbridge
Next stop was the hotel for some rest, food and drink before a busy day on the Sunday. Up and out fairly early, we headed to RAF Cosford which I was looking forward to. I was amazed by the architecture of one of the Hangars there, especially with the light I had.
RAF Cosford
Laura with Airfix James May and his Spitfire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May%27s_Toy_Stories
I really wanted to get a good shot of the Vulcan but just couldn’t get the angle I wanted with it being indoors and surrounded by other planes, not to mention the size of it! I would definitely recommend RAF Cosford though and I’ll definitely go back there.
We then headed over to Attingham Park for a bite to eat. Whilst driving up to the house I noticed a few Deer in the grounds. We had a walk over and I was surprised at the numbers there, between 160 & 200 according to one of the notices.
Deer
Attingham house
The Skylight
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/
We had booked tickets for the light show at Erddig as it was on the way home and something we had both seen last we and wanted to photograph. This was the first year that they had put the event on and after speaking to a volunteer, it looks like they will be doing this next year as it paid for itself and had a very good response from the public.
View from the canal
Reindeer
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/
And thats it. A filled weekend before christmas thanks to being very organised with most things. Something we will hopefully be able to do again next year.
240 ish miles. 9 Hours there and back. 3 hours in the club. A lot of good music.
I’ve wanted to see R.A the Rugged Man for a long, long time so when I found out he was playing in the UK I made plans to go see him, wherever he was playing. With my work rota, it turned out Bristol was the only date I could make so booked tickets. When booking I noticed Pharoahe Monch was the headliner for the night with Blak Twang also playing.
R.A also had a few guests with him: Locksmith- a rapper from California who I’d seen on Youtube a while back and has very good flow. Eamon- who had worldwide chart success with “Fuck it (I don’t want you back)” a few years ago, and has more recently provided the backing vocals for two tracks on Rugged Man’s album, Legends never die, and A.F.R.O – a 17 year old kid with ridiculous flow, who had recently won a Rugged Man contest.
I only took my 50mm f1.8 and my Canon 550d with me. I forgot my flash and my on camera flash decided not to work so there are a lot of noisy images here. The lighting wasn’t great – especially after Blak Twang and being at the front of the crowd with a fixed lens meant I was fairly restricted in what I could shoot. Still, a cracking night.
Blak Twang
Locksmith
Eamon
A.F.R.O
R.A.The Rugged Man
Pharoahe Monch
Liverpool has long been one of my favorite cities in the UK, maybe the world.
It boasts some of the best architecture, some brilliant people and it comes alive at night. Its also only an hour drive for me which is a bonus! With some nice cloud movement on the day I opted to go, it was a good day for long exposures.
One of Banksy’s walls. Pre plastic protection.
We headed up to the Anglican cathedral. For £5.50 you can go to the roof to take in the views. On a clear day you can see Snowdonia. We got there for the sunset but it wasn’t that good. Once the street lights came on though, it looked fantastic!
Before heading up to the top, I got one a shot inside. A fabulous building!
And the view!
Then back to the docks before heading home.
Aaron Crowe Photography 