Tuesday, December 10, 2024
It would seem that we are running out of days in 2024 very quickly. This is always a busy time for me with the end of the year stuff that I have to do with the business end of the photography, and I also have two different blog entries that will be getting published soon which have required several days each to work on. You can expect to see a countdown of the most significant images of the year coming up in a few weeks, followed by a recap of the year on New Year’s Day. These are annual pieces that I have been doing for some time now, but they do take a bit of time to work through which leaves me with only a little bit of time to focus on photography in December.
I know that it has been a while since I’ve posted about a trek here, with the last one being toward the end of November. While the day almost blew me away in the literal sense of the word, it was a good chance to get out with some good light for some photography. The catch was, there wasn’t that much photography to be had as it was mostly driving around and scouting areas that I have not been in. It was quite lucky that I managed to get a solid photograph from that day, and it was quite nice to be able to sit down and crank out a blog in record time with just one photo to talk about. There was still a bit of disappointment in the day though because I really felt like creating much more than just that one photo. As you all know by now, I can have the best conditions in the world (which I really don’t think that I had) and still not come back with any photos. It is all up to whether or not I can find subjects to shoot. That was just not the day.
Since that time, I have done a family portrait shoot in Lake Norman which turned out quite nice. That took a good bit of my time during the last weekend of November and into early December. Since that point, the weather has been rather bland with bright sunny skies and some rather cold temperatures. That changed this past Monday when the temperatures rose quite a bit, and we started to see clouds and even some rain which was nice. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to take advantage of the conditions on Monday, but Tuesday promised to be even better with some morning fog thanks to the rain that had fallen. The clouds weren’t looking to be all that spectacular, and would likely be just a low overcast, but the fog was something that I was interested in.
Several weeks ago, I had to take the convertible to the dealer for an airbag recall and chose to go to the one in Gastonia because it was really no further than my other option in Greensboro, and the route would take me down back roads that I wasn’t familiar with. This was an opportunity to scout a bit. Once I got past Taylorsville, I started to get into some uncharted areas and found that there was a lot of potential along those back roads. I saw plenty of older cars out in the open and in open barns which interested me. Of course, since I was in the Miata, there was no stopping for photos as it is just too difficult to get all my gear in that car, and then there is no way I can safely pull off the road with the minimal ground clearance. It was just a scouting expedition, but I was making notes along the way.
One location that I spotted that interested me was an old barn which was reasonably isolated from any background. The field around it had been corn by all appearances and everything had been bush hogged which set kind of a dismal mood to the scene. My first thought was to come back in the evening when the sun was illuminating the barn with some interesting clouds overhead, possibly catching the light from the dropping sun. I think that this would work, but with the textures in the field, there might be too much going on in the scene. I really felt that the underlying tone was more subtle than that and needed a calmer look to it.
Seeing that there was fog in the forecast, I thought that might be an interesting idea for it. I could shoot it in black and white which would focus the attention on the textures of the field and then the barn would be the main focal point against a mostly blank background. The contrast of with all of the shapes and missing panels of the barn would provide the visual interest needed to ensure that the focus was on the barn. The sky would be selectively darkened with a custom vignette to keep the eyes in the scene. It was a pretty simple idea behind the composition, I just needed to get the right conditions to give it a try.
When I woke up this morning at 7am, there was currently a fog advisory from home down to Gastonia which indicated that I was going to have good conditions for what I wanted to accomplish and that I would have until at least 10am to make it happen. That gave me plenty of time, provided I didn’t linger too much at home doing my normal morning routine. I skipped most things except eating and getting dressed before I was on my way out the door.
I wanted to check out a couple of scenes locally which I knew would work in the fog before I headed out of town. As they say, a bird in the hand…blah, blah, blah. The first barn I went to, had no fog to speak of around it and the rain was steadily falling which made me bypass that one right off the bat. There was a second barn that I wanted to capture which wasn’t too far off which I headed to next. This one had the best potential and I was looking forward to getting a quick composition of it. When I got there, the fog was good, and the rain was not terrible. However, there was a logging truck that was parked right next to the barn that would be included in any composition that I would want to shoot. That was a deal breaker and something that I wasn’t able to work around at all, so I continued on my journey.
My next stop was another barn which was located near Fairplanes that I have passed many times over the years. The angle is terrible on it, and there are trees that are blocking the view that I would want. However, with the fog in the picture, I would be able to adjust the visual weights a bit with the compromised composition and I thought that I might be able to make it work. When I got there, it was raining pretty good, and the fog was not nearly thick enough to work for what I needed. I did look at the different angles here because the light was really good at the moment. Sadly, there was nothing that I could do with the barn that I hadn’t already considered.
I had spent enough time looking locally, it was time to head South to check out the barn that I had driven by a couple of times now. It was about an hour away at this point and I knew that I was going to be losing the fog sooner than later, if there was still any fog to be had down that way.
I made the trip rather quickly and noted that the fog was still pretty good in some places all the way down to Taylorsville. I found the road that I needed to be on and took it just out of the county into Iredell County. There was the barn still quite visible in the fog. This was a good sign because too much fog and the barn would have been too faint at the distance, and too little fog the sky would have just looked white with no reason. The visibility looked just about perfect for what I was after, and the rain was even holding off for the most part. The little mist that was falling was something that I was easily able to deal with.
I got the truck pulled over onto the shoulder and pulled out the camera. I went for the telephoto lens because I knew that was going to give me the reach that I needed for this barn. Since fog was the dominating element, I went with no filters for this one. It would also make it easier to deal with the mist in terms of protecting the front elements of the lens. I had already decided which direction I was going to shoot the barn from based on where the power lines were and the utility pedestal which was out front. By shooting from the right side, these elements would be easy to deal with in post.
I got the tripod set up and started to work through the exposure and depth of field. I tried both vertical and horizontal compositions but landed on the horizontal one for the visual flow through the image. Depth of field wasn’t too critical for this as I only needed the barn in focus. If I got the field in focus that would be icing on the cake, but I needed nothing in the background sharp, so I went with a very moderate aperture that suited the image quite well.
Just like that, I had the first image in the bag. It wasn’t a stellar photograph, but I knew from experience, I needed this subject to give me a reason to be out here. From here out, I was going to be hunting for subjects that work with the conditions. Usually, it is the following photographs that turn out much better than the one photo that I had planned for. This is how I usually operate when it comes to my treks. I start off with a previsualized image and try to make everything work towards that end. I give that one the most thought and consideration, but it is those photos that I react to on that particular day which usually speak to me stronger. I was expecting that to happen as long as the rain didn’t get too heavy.
I finished driving through the small section of Iredell County and then entered Catawba County as I had planned on doing. I didn’t really have a destination in mind, but I knew that out this way had shown a lot of potential while I was driving through earlier. I just kept my eyes out and hoped to find something that was of interest. The conditions were pretty good for the mood that I was wanting to incorporate in the photos for the day. The fog was lingering nicely, and the rain was off and on, which gave me the hope to be able to work a scene without having to clean off the lens time after time. It was just a matter of finding a location to shoot that fit the mood of the morning.
I’m not sure I saw the building that I ultimately stopped at when I was driving through earlier, but off on the left side of the road was an obviously old building that looked awesome in the fog with the bar trees around it. The only thing that I didn’t like about it was the power pole that was erected right beside the building which was linked to several power lines. Under normal conditions, I would have skipped this scene because I really don’t like power lines. However, with the blank sky and the fog, the pole and the associated lines seemed to fill a void in the scene. The negative space wouldn’t have been terrible, but I would have needed to shoot this as a 16:9 or something similar to keep the balance right in the frame. With the power lines and the transformer atop the pole, the visual balance was much better through that negative space. With the absence of clouds, the power lines were no longer a distraction, but a worthwhile addition to the scene.
Because of that, I decided that I was going to incorporate those aspects into the final composition. I pulled the camera out and mounted the standard zoom as the rain started to fall a little heavier. It wasn’t terrible, and thankfully there was no wind which meant that I could use my umbrella setup to keep the rain off my lens. It was a relatively simple attachment that clamped to my tripod and to the handle on the umbrella. This allowed me to work the camera as I would normally while keeping everything dry. I added a polarizer to the lens this time because I knew that the roof would benefit from that filter and with the umbrella attached, I wouldn’t have to worry about rain on the front and rear of it.
With the camera all put together, I ran across the road and found my position off to the left of the building. There was a sign on the front that read Catawba Farm Service which is what I suppose this was at one time. It was an interesting building and showed enough neglect and decay to really speak to me. I basically shot a single composition here with a bit of time dedicated to small framing changes to make sure that everything was placed in the frame the way that I wanted them placed. I’m sure that I could do this much quicker by overshooting a scene and doing a crop later when I get home, but that has always felt like cheating to me. It is also a waste of pixels in my book, so I choose to do all of my creative crop choices in camera at the time of capture.
Those little changes took a few minutes, but in no time, I had captured enough frames that I was pretty sure that I was going to be happy with at least one of them. I made a quick look to see if there were any isolations that I wanted to shoot of the place. Since I was going to have to stay on the far side of a fence, I wasn’t going to be able to get in close enough to justify working any isolations which meant that I was pretty much done here. I wasn’t complaining at all because I was pretty sure that this building was going to be a favorite of mine from the day. If nothing else, it was my favorite of the two locations that I had shot thus far. I broke everything down and put it back in the truck before continuing South towards Gastonia.
During my travels, I found one of the old cars that I wanted to shoot which was a Chevy Sedan sitting in a barn. I pulled up to the house and knocked on the door. There was no answer, and it looked like the house was unoccupied. There was a link in the yard to a neighboring house, so I drove over to that one and knocked on the door there too. There was another ’50’s car sitting by the woods near that house and I was really hoping to get somebody to answer the door. There was no such luck unfortunately. Without seeing any other place to knock, I got back in the truck and didn’t try to conceal my movements as I was hoping that somebody would hear me and come out to see what I was doing. With no movement in either of the houses, I made a quick second look at the two cars and considered whether or not I would be in the right to stop and get photos of either of them. There was no way that I could justify the photos at this point and decided that I would do it right at another time when I could make contact with the owners.
I continued on my way South and eventually ended up at a garage that I recalled seeing before. There were several interesting cars in the parking lot, so I pulled in and started to look at them critically. The best example was a Chevy Apache which I always enjoy photographing. This one was parked next to a Honda Odyssee and had cars all around it in all directions. My only chance for a photo would be a series of isolations. The patina on the truck wasn’t quite interesting enough to pull that off unfortunately. The other vehicles that were interesting had similar positional issues which prevented me from figuring out a good set of compositions. I’m sure I could have shot a few with these vehicles, but it wasn’t enough to prompt me to get permission. I don’t like wasting folks’ time when I am not sure that I can get at least one really strong composition out of the stop. It was just not meant to be today.
Knowing that I had traveled about as far South as I had intended to go, I got turned back around and went a different way back home where I had seen some other potential in a previous trip out here. I followed my path toward home in hopes to find some of the things that had caught my eye before. There was a Ford Fairlane tucked in some woods by the road that I wanted to look at and thought that I remembered it being out this way. I didn’t find it, but as I was trying to work through a complicated intersection, I took a wrong turn that brought me down a very interesting street.
Just off on the right side of the road I spotted what looked to be a prewar business coupe of some sort. It was tucked between some trees, one of which had a “No Trespassing” sign. There was an old school bus to the rear the car, and a tractor on the other side of the large tree to the front of the car. The only way to capture the car was going to be to get basically a profile shot. There was a lot of clutter behind the car like buildings and wooden structures. There was a utility pedestal in the yard between the road and the car that would also have to be taken into consideration. It would be a great time to really pull out the Remove Tool in Lightroom, but I still count that as cheating in most cases like this. The car was too good to pass up on though, so I pulled off on the opposite side of the road in a ditch.
This was one of those times when I was really happy that I had the lift installed on the truck. I know many will think that I went overboard with that choice, but my sliders were inches above the ground, and the door was able to swing open because of the extra height that I had with the lift. When I got out of the truck, I saw that my tires were basically buried in the soft soil of the ditch. I had experienced no difficulty in getting positioned which made me feel really good about the tire choice on the truck as well. It was working exactly as intended as a result of the build on it.
I went around to the back and grabbed the camera to which I mounted the telephoto lens. I needed the compression of the background for this composition and knew that this lens would give me the flexibility to capture just the car and to include the tree with the sign that I thought might just work out nicely to tell part of the story. Getting the camera positioned was not as easy as I had hoped it would be. There were lots of little things that I had to take into consideration that forced certain decisions on where I placed it and how high it was elevated. After what felt like 10 minutes, I finally had the right spot and I started to make exposures with slightly different framing between them.
I wanted to feel excited about this subject, but I just wasn’t sure if it was going to work as a photograph or not. It seemed to be coming together quite nicely in the image reviews and each modification that I made to the composition appeared to be making it stronger. Even when I included the tree, it seemed to work well. It was just photographing the broadside of the car, seemed rather boring and I really wanted to get a quarter view of it. Fortunately, I had managed to inch my way to the left of the car enough so that I could get a little of the front of the car in the shot. It wasn’t much, but it did show off the void where the grill had been and both headlights. That was the last variation on the composition that I shot here.
I saw no advantage of getting in closer, so there was no reason to ask permission from the owner to step onto the property for any additional photos. It would appear that I was finished here. I had now shot three different locations and had three different compositions that I felt would yield keepers from the day. It was not a volume photography day by any stretch, but it had been a good one. There was a time when three locations would be my norm for a day out with the camera. It was nice to have done just that with this outing once again. If I found nothing else on the way home, I wouldn’t be upset at all. In fact, I was thinking if I got back early enough, I would get the truck washed because at this point, it was horribly nasty with mud from pulling off of the road several times in the squishy ground.
The best I could tell, I had been in Lincoln County photographing the 1940 Ford. I wasn’t completely sure, but I felt that I was between Catawba and Gastonia when I found it. What I did know was that I needed to head North at this point to get back in the direction of home. I was really happy to see that the rain had pretty much stopped, and while the fog had lifted, the clouds were still very low which gave the feeling of fog in several places. There was every chance that I was going to find more subjects to photograph and if they appeared, I would certainly take advantage of them.
I kept looking for that Ford off on the side of the road but never did find it again. Once I made it back to Hwy 16, I knew that I had missed it somewhere. I would have to go back out and try to find it another day. It was getting late, and I needed to be getting closer to home. Once I got back to my familiar stomping grounds, I stopped looking quite as intently and started to go through my mental notes about what was in the area. One place that jumped out to me was a repair shop that was on the East side of the road just as I got into Alexander County. I had been by this location several times and had stopped to make contact with the owner a couple of times before. I had never been able to find anyone there and decided that I might as well try one more time since I was going to be going past it anyway. They usually had several vehicles on the property that were worth photographing.
When I arrived, I went up the driveway and saw a Chevy Nomad rat rod with a clear coated patina finish on it. There was a blue Chevy II four door that was set up as a drag car which looked interesting. There was also a large Chevy sedan in a shelter which had no rust but was obviously a hot rod. None of these cars were on a must photograph list, but it was enough to stop and see if I could get permission to shoot. As I got into the main parking lot, I saw an International pickup that was built as a rat rod drag truck. This thing looked really cool, but it was parked in a shelter next to a Jeep TJ that was in really good condition with tire shine on the tires. There was also a skid steer on the other side of the truck which made it impossible to get a good overall shot of the truck. It was still cool, and I knew that I could get some isolations of it if given the chance.
After I parked, I saw the door to the office open and there were people moving around. I was at least going to get to talk to someone this time. I went and introduced myself and asked for permission to get a few photos. The owner was very gracious and allowed me to photograph whatever I wanted. With that, I went back to the truck and grabbed the camera with the telephoto lens attached. I chose that lens because it has become my preferred glass for most types of photography, and I knew that it would let me pick out isolations in the crowded conditions that I was going to be working in.
The neat thing about this lens is that it works for objects in the distance such as the barn that appears in the opening image. It is also great for controlling how much of the background is included in the photo as in the Ford coupe I had last photographed, and now I was using it up close and personal to get detail shots. The 70-200mm really is a flexible lens and one that I wish I had learned to use much earlier in my time as a photographer. As they say, better late than never though, so I am content to be as proficient as I am with it currently.
In order to get my feet wet with the rat rod drag truck, I started out looking at the sides of the hood over the fenders because I knew that there is always a composition there as long as the side emblems are still present. Both were, so I was able to pick the best side, and I started to work out a composition that fit the overall look of the truck. Since this truck was a bit wild, I didn’t want to shoot this straight on and have it perfectly horizontal. I really wanted to incorporate some diagonals to showcase the rowdy side of the truck. By shooting off axis, I was able to get some very good angles introduced that fit with the bright color of the fender. I shot a couple of variations of this before I decided to move onto bigger and better things.
For my next composition I moved to the front of the truck. This is the part that had grabbed my attention to start with. I loved how the truck was sitting on the ground with the airbag suspension fully lowered. The colors worked great, and you could see that there was a rather potent motor under the hood. The problem that I was having to deal with was that the surroundings were filled with elements that I didn’t’ want in the photo. The way that I chose to deal with that was to get a cheater panorama of the front clip, not to include the windshield, or much of the surroundings on either side. I got the camera down pretty low to make this happen and went with a moderate to narrow depth of field to deemphasize the background as much as possible.
The resulting photo captured the essence of the truck and all the things that captured my eye when I saw it. There was something about this photo that resonated with me during the edits and processing as well as while I am writing about the experience. I’m pretty sure that this has become my favorite image of the day. I love how the colors work together, and the directness of the composition while making you unaware that there are some missing elements like a windshield and what is atop that blower that is sticking out from the hood. The story of this truck is all about those mint green fenders sandwiched between the rusty hood and rusty bumper. The white grill becomes the focal point and the headlights the visual anchor for the entire frame.
By this time, I had figured out that what I really liked about the truck was the front end of it. With that in mind, I settled into capturing some different compositions that featured the front of the truck. I went in close and then backed off to include more of the truck. I liked the drag tires with the yellow “Goodyear” logo on them as the color provided some emphasis to the image as well as told more of the story of this truck. In all of the variations on this compositional idea, I made sure that the viewer could see that the bumper was sitting on the ground which told a lot of the story of the suspension. This truck was just full of surprises, and it was a treat to get to photograph.
Not wanting to miss out on a chance to check out the other vehicles, I moved over to the other side of the lot and took a moment with the large Chevy under the shelter. This car appeared to have been painted with a silver rattle can and then sanded to show off the ruddy brown primer underneath. It wasn’t a particularly great paint job, but it did provide a bit of interest for me photographically. I just had a hard time getting a good angle on the car because of the cars that were parked all around it and the fact that it was at the edge of the shelter. It was going to be another case of isolation work, and I started to look for something that made sense to photograph.
What I landed on was both sides of the hood. The vents provided a keen visual anchor while the gentle shapes and overall monochromatic finish gave it kind of an abstract vibe that I liked. I started off with the passenger side that had the most contrast in color from the paint to the underlying color that had been revealed through sanding. I figured out the composition based on the rule of odds which prompted me to only include three of the vent openings for a bit of added visual interest. Again, I went with a composition that allowed me to present the main lines as diagonals within the frame for a bit of visual excitement. The image on the review looked very boring because there was no contrast and no saturation to show off what I was seeing. I knew that I was going to be able to bring that back in post, so I didn’t worry about it at all.
I moved to the other side that had more of the rosy hue to it and composed another composition, but one that looked completely different. I thought that this was the stronger of the two, but when I got it home on the computer, it wasn’t nearly as successful. I had missed the depth of field that I had intended, and the overall color lacked the contrast that the other side had which made for a stronger image overall. I only shot a couple of frames on each side, so not much time was spent with this.
I also fired off one frame with the hood ornament using the side of the neighboring Dodge van as a backdrop for the ornament. It worked reasonably well, but it was one that I wished that I had shot a safety image with. While I was processing the one frame that I had shot, I zoomed in and realized that I hadn’t allowed enough time for the camera to stop moving from me getting the settings dialed in. There was motion blur in a critical area and while it didn’t show in the full viewing of the image, I could make it out without any question when zoomed into 100%. This was determined a fatal flaw and the file had to be deleted unfortunately.
I then moved down to the blue Chevy II that was on the side of the driveway. There wasn’t really any rust on the car, and what paint damage was seen had black spray paint covering it up. The chrome was in good shape, and it had really nice rallysport wheels. Essentially, it was a little too nice for me photograph. I looked it over and found that I liked the rear quarter and the emblem that was on the quarter panel. I already knew how I wanted to shoot this, so it only took a minute to set the shot up. I knew that it was going to be done in black and white because the overall blue of the car was just too much for the photo and the color would have ended up being a distraction. by changing it to black and white, I was able to do more with the shadows within the image and provide more depth and visual interest.
A couple of vehicles down was the Nomad which had been clear coated over the patina. This car offered very few compositions when it came to isolations thanks to the clear coat. I would have enjoyed doing an overall composition of this car, but with the truck parked on the driver’s side, there was no way to get a clean composition from downhill. If I had shot it from above and into a clear driveway, I would have included the highway, traffic, and many other buildings which wasn’t what I wanted to capture.
I ended up shooting a single isolation of a badge below the rear taillight that I thought might work as an abstract piece. It looked decent in the camera, but when I got the files home, I looked at it on the computer and found it to be boring and very much unbalanced as a composition. The one idea that I had for this car turned out to be a bust, but I’m not complaining at all because there were a lot of other great photographs to be had at this location. Most of them happened to be with the International pickup where I had started off.
Before calling it a day, I went back over to that pickup and started to look for other compositions that I could shoot. I liked the side view mirror and how it looked surrounded by the patina of the door and how the raindrops appeared on the glass. In fact, as I looked at the scene, I found that the mirror was holding onto two droplets which I thought was an interesting little detail. It was enough for me to get set up for a shot that included those elements. I almost didn’t have room because of the Jeep that was parked beside the truck, but I managed to make it work.
Here recently, I have been having a lot of fun photographing the glass in these old vehicles, but having the addition of water on the glass made it all that much more interesting. I guess I just don’t get out enough in the rain, so any time I get water like this on a subject, it is an added bit of interest that I usually don’t get to appreciate. it sure worked for this composition and gave a sense of texture to the glass that without being broken would have been more or less negative space within the frame.
When I was done with the mirror shot, I moved back to the front of the truck once again since that had been my favorite aspect of the truck from the beginning. I decided that I wanted to capture the hood emblem this time because I don’t think that I have one of these in my collection. The mint green was a great complimentary color for the rust and the golden hued “IH” emblem really jumped out because of the colors here. I tried this subject as a vertical composition with the different layers of the grill below, but that seemed to be too complicated to look at. It was the horizontal one that seemed to be the more effective composition. That was the one that I stuck with as the keeper. It really did turn out well and I’m happy to have this added into my collection of hood emblems.
Feeling like I was pretty much done, I wanted to try just one more thing. This was going to be an abstract shot of the grill and turn signal light. I liked the contrast between the mint green and the white grill with the colors of rust tying it all together. Usually, I would include a headlight in this type of composition, but I wanted it to have a bit more visual tension than that. I chose to omit the headlight and focus just on the turn signal which would change up the scaling of the image and possibly lend more of an abstract quality to the frame. The end result is one that I don’t recognize as one of my compositions, but I think that it is still effective and fun to look at. It satisfies the abstract quality that I was looking for and forces the viewer to look within the image to determine what they are looking at. Unless they happen to be very familiar with this body style struck, chances are, they won’t be able to fill in the blanks and will be left exploring the textures and shapes of this composition.
With that composition, I was done at the shop. I had shot a total of 45 frames over the four locations that I had stopped at. Normally, I would have shot a lot more, but the rain kept the exposures to a minimum to start out the day, and by the time I started working the cars at the last location, the light was very consistent which eliminated the need for a lot of different exposures. Of the 45 frames, I ended up with these twelve keepers which is a really good return for the time spent today. I might have had better conditions the last time I went out, but I found much better subjects this time which allowed me to take advantage of the decent conditions that I had for the vast majority of the day.
Hopefully, you have enjoyed the account of what all happened through the day. I do appreciate you joining me for this trek, especially those of you who have read through this entire blog. Should any of these photos jump out at you and beg to be taken home, please let me know. There is still time to get a print to you before Christmas, and remember, art makes a great gift. There is also nothing at all wrong with getting yourself a little something to put on your wall. Any of my photos can be had as a print and I do love seeing them come to life in a physical form. It is always so much more rewarding than seeing them on a computer screen.
As we get started with the new year in a few more weeks, if your resolution happens to include wanting to learn or improve on your photography, I can help with that. Not only do I offer mentorships which cover a wide range of needs, I am also working on putting together workshops for 2025. As of right now, I have one which has been released that will happen in April. It will be an updated version of a very successful photo walk that I hosted earlier this year in North Wilkesboro. Check it out and if it is something that you think might benefit you, let’s get you signed up. I’ll also being some variation on my decay workshop once again as that is always a crowd pleaser. I’m also working on an introduction to landscape photography workshop which hopefully will be done at Doughton Park if it is opened in time next year. Keep your eyes out for those workshops and any others that I’ll be releasing during the year.
Until next time….
