Llyn Padarn Stickers

Working with tone and grain - I wanted to capture the essence of a beautiful summer morning across the Llanberis lake "Llyn Padarn" towards Dolbadarn Castle and the Snowdonia Mountains.

My first proper attempt at landscape photography as a much different ~ slower paced genré of photography to that of wildlife photography which in itself quite slow and methodical, which suits me just fine... A friend mentioned that this had some merit and so I tidied it up a little and its gotten into portfolio. The 'Sleeping Swan Lake' of Snowdonia I have allocated just metal print format for this piece as I think that it will better exemplify the work.

I took a handful of images of these paddlers both coming towards me and turning back on the lake - just two images - I liked the look of for the balance of the image and their combined movements in the water. Working in full frame with a full frame lens and shooting manually - I set up beforehand to capture this stunning vista - so well known in the Snowdonia mountains here in Wales... In post allowed me to better adjust the fine tuning of light and shadow and for the first time ever - I stumbled upon the magnifier key on my keyboard to check the focus detail of the background and foreground with the two paddlers! Sony A7

Shooting with vintage glass on full frame Sony, using vintage grad filters, I composed this image of one of the most frequently shot to death locations in Snowdonia. Having said that, the conditions and lighting was just perfect, and magically, the swans did their 'seven swans are swimming' dance for me this morning ~ composed just beautifully... but I think I can count 8

Llyn Padarn Lake - Llanberis, Snowdonia Wales

This illustrated Llanberis print features original artwork of Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia, Wales. Illustrated by Welsh artist Natalie Thomas.

This shows the lone tree in the lake, Llyn Padarn, in North Wales, with a vivid orange, red, pink and blue predawn sky.

The Lone Tree at Llyn Padarn, North Wales, on a still, cloudy morning.

Looking across Llyn Padarn to Anglesey from Glyder Fawr at dusk in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales