Landscape photography in Norfolk and Northumberland - Norfolk landscape photographer
When I'm not being paid to take photographs I still enjoy taking landscapes and thought I'd share a few recent ones I've taken in Norfolk and on our recent trip to Northumberland & Durham.I'll be producing a 2017 North Norfolk Landscapes calendar again (missed 2016 as I was too busy tending an allotment which seemed to revert to a weed garden the second we turned our backs, sadly we decided to give it up as it was taking up way too much time). Some of the shots here will appear in the calendar but I have plenty more to get and a few others which I'm holding back. I hope to have the calendar finished & ready to sell in a few more months time, watch this space!This first shot is of the iconic Cromer pier at dawn, I love how the image has a very quiet feel to it almost.
Next is this shot of snowdrops at the National Trust's Sheringham Park - this was actually the same morning as the above shot, once the sun had risen more. I positioned myself to backlight the snowdrops with the sun so that the light shines through the petals & stems a little.
Cromer pier again, this time at sunset (although it does look like the sun is behind the pier to the East it's actually behind the camera and the light is the sunset's sunlight bouncing back off the clouds).
The below shot was just something I spotted while walking along Sheringham prom, the gates in the groynes are there to allow the coastal protection team to open them to allow the flow of stones at certain times of the year but here someone has very artistically stacked the stones up. I like the different textures and colours of the flints and the old weathered groyne.
We are lucky enough to have fulmars nest on the cliffs here at Sheringham. They are very curious birds and will fly quite close to check you out so I took advantage and took a few shots of them swooping about in the wind...
A couple of weeks we had some stormy weather and some quite dramatic squalls passed through, moving along the coast, I was out on the saltmarsh at Morston (part of the stunning NT Blakeney Point reserve) when this one came through. Luckily just as I got back to the car the heavens opened, there's not much cover out on the marshes so I was pleased with the timing!
I can never resist a shot of Cley Mill if I'm passing when the light & skies are looking good. Not much more to say about this one!
Just to mix things up a bit (and keep my flying skills fresh) I take the quadcopter out with me and try to get some aerial landscapes too. This was a beautiful morning to be photographing Cromer Pier (again!) from the air...
Last one of Cromer pier I promise! Sunset again with a long exposure to capture the motion of the tide coming in.
Last week we took a trip up north to Durham and Northumberland, myself & Leanne had both always wanted to see the Angel of the North so it was a lovely surprise when we discovered it was only 5 miles from our hotel (and even better that we had the statue to ourselves!)...
While up north we took a day trip out to the Farne Islands, sadly it was a really foggy day so we didn't get to see the islands in all their glory but enjoyed getting so close to the amazing (and very smelly!) wildlife. Below is a Shag on her nest...
This female Eider duck had her nest right next to the path, didn't seem fussed at all by the constant influx of human visitors...
...and back to North Norfolk - these last shots are very fresh - this morning I was up at 4am to head to Wells beach for dawn, the forecast had been good and it didn't disappoint...
