Almost at the Start
So April has almost ended and yes, I still have left writing a blog for a number of weeks. However, bear with me there is a reason…
In just a couple of days I’ll begin a walk across England , following the route as defined by Alfred Wainwright back in 1973. This hike is around 184 miles in length and traverses three of the UK’s national parks - The Lake District, The Yorkshire Dales and finally the North Yorkshire Moors. Given the distance involved and the terrain to pass through , I have focussed a little more on getting fit(ter) and ready to make it firstly to the start and beyond that the aim is to reach the finish in twelve days.
So now the Photography Club season has come to an end it is time to return to look at gathering more images to take into the next season, and based on that I recently attended an event hosted by Photography Session Days , having previously met both Emma and Graham that run the company and had time to chat with them at The Photography and Video show back in March they let me know that they had space on an event at Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire so I took the plunge ,despite not being usually comfortable photographing people, and booked to attend.
The event timing was for a morning session , so it was necessary to get up and get on the road early to arrive on time. The event was really well organised and all of the models available were able to offer great advice on what may work well in each of the settings available. That being said if you have no idea as to how to get the best out of your camera it is daunting at the beginning , but by the end of the session it is possible to achieve some images to be proud of. Editing those images in a creative way will be the key to adding value beyond the initial shoot and that is not something that can be learned on the day.
Would I attend another event , absolutely yes. So I will continue to watch out for the various events coming up and definitely push myself to operate the camera more seamlessly and to possibly take a few more lens options, to give more flexibility and variety to the images I can capture.
Anyway back to where we began , the Coast to Coast walk , I will try to write a few brief notes throughout and maybe if fatigue and weather dont affect me too much will aim to gather at least a few images that I can share..
