This one - definitely my favourite. It's just so shiny!

I’ve been very busy shooting weddings, portraits, engagements and more over the past few months so I haven’t had much of a chance to get out and shoot some landscape stuff. I was driving home today and the sky looked incredible, so as soon as I got back I grabbed my camera and went straight back out again!

I had past a couple of locations on my way home and decided to head straight for the closest one. When I arrived it was drizzling a bit, not too nice but hardly a problem so I grabbed my coat and got walking to the spot I’d seen earlier. I crossed over the road, walked through some woods and came upon a lovely scene. I took a few mediocre photos and walked further into the forest. All of a sudden it started to pour down with rain, luckily I was sheltered by the trees so I wasn’t getting too wet. I shot some more and decided to clamber through a hedgerow into a nearby field.

Whilst in the field the rain was getting heavier and heavier, I was getting soaked. I quickly moved back into my shelter under the trees and hoped for a break in the rain.

I didn’t get that break! I made my way back through the woods and crossed the road to my car, my hair dripping wet and my shorts clinging to my legs.

Anyway, it was worth it.. These images rock

This guy had an awesome beard!

The school of samba is my favourite float, so many colours!

Even the balloon lady was dressed up

The guy on the right is actually a costume

Carnival people enjoying the funky fun

I found this guy amusing

Had an awesome time at the Carnival in Luton earlier today. Loads of colours and happy people as always and the weather just about managed to hold out for us

I shot the Carnival last year as well – check out the images here.

This was shot close to a village called Broom near to Biggleswade

Silhouettes can create powerful images

On the left we have the river Ouse

I found some Bluebells growing close to the river

Another silhouette straight into the sun

I’ve been pretty busy with photo shoots recently and I still have some editing to do, so I sat down after dinner to finish off my last shoot and upload it to the blog. I realised I hadn’t shot any personal work in a while and checked outside to see what the weather was like. Every time I’ve wanted to get out and take some photos recently its been raining! I decided to put my editing on hold as it isn’t weather dependant and go for a little drive.

I love the lines of this hedge following the road

A diptych of two fields close to sunset

I've added some foreground interest to this image by shooting from behind a hedge

I love framing through foreground elements as I have done here

A diptych of two fields of rape seed close to sunset

I've shot this one from close to the ground

I was expecting a very busy time this weekend. I had two photo shoots planned, a portrait shoot on Saturday and an engagement shoot on Sunday. The portraits on Saturday went really well, had lovely weather and got some fantastic photos in a local forest. On Sunday the weather was really ‘touch and go’ so we decided to postpone the pre-wedding shoot for a couple of weeks.

Even though I’d taken a couple of hundred photos on Saturday I still had an urge to take more on Sunday so I went out for a quick drive in the evening around some local countryside.

Super cool reflection shot of Kerry

Really beautiful natural portrait

I think this tree was carved like this - might just be some kind of freaky tree

We visited Aldenham Country Park near Elstree this weekend. We were going for a picnic but I also wanted to be sneaky and scout the location for a fast approaching pre-wedding photo shoot. It was way less interesting there than I had expected (I imagined it would be super amazing!) but still pretty cool.

We got totally lost on the way due to a total lack of road signs and ended up in a really beautiful local village called Letchmore Heath, I’m going to have to return at some point and take some photos there too!

Huge old tree at Stockwood Park

The gateway to Stockwood House

Just a couple of photos from our visit to Stockwood Park a the weekend before last for the annual Country Fair. I took my camera along hoping for something exciting to shoot but it was pretty cold and windy and there wasn’t that much of interest going on so I came back with just a couple of shots.

Fantastic tall slim trees - these would make a great background for a portrait shoot

Spring has definitely arrived!

I love forest floor shots - there is always so much detail in such a small space

I took these at a local forest that I drive past every time I go up to Milton Keynes. I’d been wanting to check it out for a while; I think it would make a great location for a portrait/engagement shoot.

I love putting two slightly different images of the same subject together in a diptych like this

The lines in the field lead your eyes to look at the rest of the image

Some fun textures from a hedge

A slightly abstract tilt-shift shot

I was just driving past this field and the red houses in the distance really caught my eye, so I stopped at the side of the road and wandered over to the hedgerow to have a look. I really love layering elements, it’s something I’ve been concentrating on with my photography recently.

Definitely my one of my favourite landscape shots

I've been playing around with layering elements here

Nice picturesque views

More layering of elements

That first image is probably my favourite landscape that I’ve ever shot. It would be a perfect location for a couple of photos on a pre-wedding shoot. I love playing with depth of field on landscapes, it really puts things into perspective.

I used a tilt shift lens for these slightly different landscapes

I love layering elements like in this photo

I’m trying something a little different with my post processing, on landscapes at least; it’s making me love black and white so much more.

The top two images were shot with my lensbaby tilt shift lens – I didn’t used to like this lens too much but it’s definitely starting to grow on me.