| Photography |
| Being able to capture experiences in the mountains on camera and express the feelings of the moment, the weather, the light oan so on is a challenge. In recent years I have made the move to digital photography and the almost unlimited increase in quality it has brought compared with 35mm film. The dynamics of digital technology and the immediate feedback means you have a better chance of taking a decent picture. However digital SLR cameras have such a range of settings that it can be overwhelming. Personally I use a Canon digital SLR's with various lenses. The 5D mark II camera is superb but I often use the 7D as it is a little more compact making it ideal for mountain activities. You can see a selection of my photographs from mountain trips that I feel express what I enjoy about being in the mountains. Several of the pictures are available to download as desktops, see the links on the page. |
| Rypebær or Alpine Bearberry in its glorious autumn colours and below, my friend on top of the enormous cairn on Veslfjellet above Besseggen. |
| A Norwegian girl on the Bøverbrean glacier in Jotunheimen. |
| The river Sjoa near Gjendesheim, a medium exposure shot with a neutral density glass filter on the lens. Below, autumn leaves. |
| Download the autumnal leaves as a 1024x768 desktop here Download the autumnal leaves as a 1400x1050 desktop here |
| Left, kartlav or map lichen |
| Above, Primula Farinosa or Birds-eye Primula in the Swiss Alps in July. Right, the most famous of alpine plants - Edelweiss. |
| Below, Lake Gjende in Jotunheimen. The view down lake is from close to the mountain hut of Memurubu. Download this picture as a 1024x768 desktop here Download this picture as a 1400x1050 desktop here |
| Right, even in a base such a traditional mountain hut in Norway, it can be possible to bring along the necessary technology to run an in-depth photographic holiday. Of-course, both Mac and PC users can be accommodated. |
| Below, a long exposure shot in the evening. I walked out of the shot just before the shutter closed. |
| Finally, the three pictures below are from one of the best destinations in the world for landscape photography - Iceland. Lying close to the arctic circle off Greenland's south east corner and on the mid Atlantic geological border, the island provides a multitude of landscapes and motives in wonderful light conditions. The upper three pictures are by the south coast by Jökulsárlón, where ice breaks off the glacier and slowly flow into the sea. The bottom picture is a night shot of the cabin at Landmannalaugar in the central mountains. In mid October there is a good chance of snow and the smaller roads only being open to four-wheel drives. |
