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Beautiful light and clouds scattering over Bohinj Lake, ,Triglav National Park, Slovenia.

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Full moon (January Wolf Moon) rising over Veliki Vrh mountain peak at sunset beside the island church at Lake Bled, Slovenia. Taken on 13th January during the major lunar standstill of 2025

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Sun rising over Lake Bled and the island church of the assumption of Mary with the Karavanke mountains in the background, Slovenia.

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Full moon rising at dusk over Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and Storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.

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Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and Storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.

Lens Flare - How to avoid it

One of the problems a photographer has to deal with when shooting into the light...

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How to Increase Contrast in Low Contrast Photos

In this tutorial I show you how to increase contrast using levels & curves in Adobe...

Star trails behind a small chapel in Vodice, Gorenjska, Slovenia. The brightest stars around the church spire are from the Orion constellation. This small graveyard is also lit by candles on the graves, which is a common practice here in Slovenia. This image was captured just as the moon was waning at 96.4% and just rising to the east, which, along with cars and streetlights, helped to nicely illuminate the chapel and graveyard.

How to photograph stars and star trails with a dslr

Night photography is not as difficult as you might think. I this tutorial I'm going...

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Morning at Saint Margaret Bay, at the famous White Cliff of Dover, Kent, England

White Cliffs of Dover Saint Margaret's Bay at Cliffe

White Cliffs of Dover - Saint Margaret's Bay at Cliffe - Another in my series of...

The hanging gallows of Combe Gibbet, on Gallows Down near the village of Combe, West Berkshire / Hampshire border. Erected in 1676 for the purpose of displaying the bodies of George Broomham and Dorothy Newman after their execution for murdering his wife, but has only ever been used for them. The gibbet was placed in this prominent location as was meant as a warning, to others of what happens to criminals. I grew up near here and often visited this place, but only thought of photographing it now. As luck would have it, I arrived as a storm was blowing over at sunset, blessing this region with stunning light as the clouds cleared over from the west. This hill provides commanding views across Hampshire and West Berkshire.

Hanging Gallows at Combe Gibbet on Gallows Down

The hanging gallows of Combe Gibbet, on Gallows Down near the village of Combe, West...

Church of Saint Michael by Joze Plecnik at dawn, Crna Vas, Slovenia.

Best time to photograph Saint Micheal's Church on the Marsh

There are hundreds of churches scattered across Slovenia, but none as interesting...

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View from Rantovše hill across to Sveti Tomaz nad Praprotnim (church of Saint Thomas) as it appeares out of the thick morning mist in the Skofja Loka hills, Slovenia.

The elusive Mr Thomas peeks out of the thick mist for a quick look around!

After photographing Jamnik Church at sunrise, I headed over to the other great church...

Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician at sunrise, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.

The Annual Jamnik Church Sunrise

Every year the sun rises over the majestic peak of Mt Storzic behind Jamnik Church...

The old cobbled Banjo Jetty at sunrise in Swanage, Dorset, England.

Photographing the Swanage piers

The Cobbled Banjo Jetty At the end of April, I started a trip around Dorset to get...

How I saved over £1000 on a Canon EOS R5 camera.

Cheapest Canon R5 - Best place to buy

Following the advice of my good friend Melvin Nicholson I found a Canon R5 for over...

What happens if you lose your holiday photos?

How to avoid losing your holiday photos

There can nothing worse than losing your holiday photos, especially while still on...

View across Lake Jasna to the beautiful Julian Alps, near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

Long Exposure over Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora

I had been watching the weather forecast and Lake Jasna on the webcam most of the...

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