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Sarah and Rob’s Country Wedding

Hamish — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:15:30 +0000

On an early June day, and perhaps the nicest day of the year so far, a small gathering of friends and family attended Sarah and Rob’s wedding on the border between Wales and England in Monmouthshire. It turned out to be a fantastically relaxed occasion and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Another superb wedding for another wonderful couple! The full set of images may be found here.

Great news!

Hamish — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:35:09 +0000

Just got confirmation a photo I submitted to a magazine as part of a competition won first prize! so, here it is folks: Llangranog Gap. Shot on the west Wales coastline just as the sun fell over the horizon but not before giving in to the most amazing light display. To get as much of this on camera I stopped down the lens to is maximum f/22 and put a couple of Neutral Density filters in front to level the brightness of the sky to that of the water, fired the shutter and 25 seconds later had the shot. I made that sound simple, what I didn’t mention was the treacherously slippery rocks I was precariously balancing on at the time and the fact that the tide had come as I was shooting meaning my return to the car in virtual darkness over wet rocks and seaweed was a little less than simple – especially carrying camera, tripod and bag…thankfully I didn’t slip and stayed nice and dry. So, it’ll be in Issue 3 of Photoplus magazine folks…

Rapid

Hamish — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:19:16 +0000

More churning, boiling water as a result of the rains in the mountains above us, once again shattering the picture-postcard views we had seen of the area. At this point rain was falling heavily around us as we huddled beneath a big old tree beside the water, for what meager shelter it would give us, large drops still managed to find their way through the leaves and patter loudly on my head. Not so bad until they roll down your neck! Archie always seems to want to dive into water at any given chance but on this occasion he just gazed at the rushing waters rather tentatively, the uneven and turning surface being somewhat less inviting this time round…suddenly the sun broke through the clouds, creating static patterns on the moving water below, quite an interesting contrast I thought.

Break Through

Hamish — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:03:28 +0000

A view from Capel Curig across the waters of Llynnau Mymbyr towards the ‘Snowdon Horseshoe’ as the sun started to fall behind the mountains, its light shining through the cloud cover as it descended casting long streaks across the dark peaks in the distance…

Torrent

Hamish — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:50:40 +0000

Although postcards from local post office’s showed Fairy Glen to be a mere trickle of water, serenely meandering its way round some rocks, the odd leaf casually twisting in the gentle eddies…our introduction to this water way was somewhat different. A pounding torrent charged through a narrow gorge throwing spray and a fine mist into the air making the surrounding rocks slippery and a little treacherous to safely navigate and place a tripod and camera…managed it though!