In Camera ... Multihued Palette of Light

The sunset at the beach on this very cold day was a much more subdued scene compared to yesterday's vibrant colours. A calm sea, dotted with numerous sea birds reflects the colours of the sky like an artist's oil palette with warm and cold hues blending softly together.

Standing at the edge of light, the water's edge becomes the start of a multihued artist's palette reflecting the colours of a winter sunset.

In Camera ... Tropical sunset on a cold winter day

The sun appears to slide behind snow covered Welsh hills as the earth rotates eastward into darkness, the western sky ablaze, almost tropical in intensity on this bitterly cold evening. The gap between earth and sky aflame with the afterglow, the underside of the clouds tinted deepest amber by the light from our nearest star.

Driving through Little Crosby on a very cold and frosty Saturday afternoon, the winter sky was a clear deep blue with the sun, now low in the west hidden by a band of magenta, pink and mauve cloud edged with gold that lay in a strip above the snow covered Welsh hills. I reckoned that the sunset in ten minutes time at 16.00 would be one worth capturing and drove down to the Hall Road car park. As luck would have it the tide was just receding, leaving the sand sparkling and moist, reflecting the reddish gold light from the sun which had now emerged below the band of cloud and was intensifying in colour every minute. 

For some reason the seabirds were disturbed and agitated, flying around an area of water close to the beach, their raucous calls sharp and clear in the freezing air, feathered outlines silhouetted against the strong low light. The sun appeared to slide behind the white Welsh hills as the earth rotated eastward into darkness, the western sky ablaze, almost tropical in intensity on this bitterly cold evening. The gap between earth and sky aflame with the afterglow, the underside of the clouds tinted deepest amber by the light of the now hidden star.

In Camera ... Sophie Maddocks Fashions

A client of mine, Sophie Maddocks, has just opened a new shop in Southport, selling her handmade fashions and designs. These are some pictures we took last week with model Chloe to illustrate some of her work.

Click here to view Sophie's Website

Talk at Botanic Gardens Museum, Churchtown on 11th November

I will be giving a talk about my photography of Antony Gormley's Another Place at the Botanic Gardens Museum, Churchtown near Southport on Thursday 11th November at 2.00pm.
The talk entitled "Another Place in Words and Pictures" is part of the Sefton Celebrates Writing Event. The talks are free but places are limited to a maximum of 50 so please book by calling 01704 227547 to reserve your place.
I will be discussing my photography and the way in which I link words to the pictures in an hour long talk. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and I will be signing calendars and cards at the end of the session.

In Camera ... Beach Workshop

A recent beach workshop session last week produced this striking monochrome image taken long after the sun had disappeared below a bank of clouds , the exposure was 5 seconds long and has resulted in the ripples in the foreground pool being smoothed out. The original was in colour (below) but I think I prefer the black and white version.