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A Photographer’s Ramblings: Over And Underground In The Yorkshire Dales
A visit to Ingleborough Cave made a fascinating afternoon’s outing recently and a photographic challenge! Taking quick photos during a guided tour was very tricky, owing to the lack of time, people getting in the way, but most of all, the … Continue reading
A Photographer’s Ramblings – The Middlewood Way
Welcome to my latest rambling. A recent breath of fresh air took me out the other side of Manchester to the very popular and well-trodden Middlewood Way. This ten mile stretch of former railway line between Macclesfield and Marple makes … Continue reading
Schools Out!
As schools break up for the Summer, I have been busy working at School Proms. Last week saw my fourth successive invitation from Central Lancaster High School to be their official Prom photographer. It … Continue reading
Rod Stewart Tribute Photo Shoot
Just finished working on pictures I took at a photo shoot of Lancaster-based Rod Stewart tribute act Jason Stardust. I managed to create a live-on-stage look quite nicely with my portable studio lights and black backdrop. To see the rest of the … Continue reading
What’s That Bright Ball Of Light In The Sky?!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?… No, it’s a rare glimpse of the sun, complete with quite a striking halo. This isn’t a trick in Photoshop or lens flare, the light, faintly coloured ring around the sun is … Continue reading
A Photographer’s Ramblings – Humphrey Head
At last, the rain stopped, for one day at least and with an equally rare day off, I headed up to one of my favorite areas for an afternoon’s ramble, the South Lakes. I hadn’t visited Humphrey Head for several years and … Continue reading
Two Weekend Visits To Lancaster Priory
A hectic weekend saw two consective visits to Lancaster Priory. The first on Saturday was for Emma and Robert’s wedding. It was the first time I had been booked for a wedding at this stunning and by vicar Rev Chris … Continue reading
A Photographer’s Ramblings (No. 2)
Welcome to my second rambling!… I traveled a little further than my back garden this time: by ship overnight from Aberdeen to the Shetland Islands. This was my first trip to Britain’s most northerly and remote islands, which are equidistant to Scotland and Norway … Continue reading
A Photographer’s Ramblings (No. 1)
Welcome to my first ‘Rambling’…. Well, to make life easy, as well as show that there are good photography possibilities right on your doorstep (literally), I ‘rambled’ no further than my small back garden for this article! This was primarily an exercise in … Continue reading
Successful PAWtraits Day With Animal Care
Pets and people portraits were the order of the day at Animal Care’s annual open day, at the Scotforth rescue centre recently. See my gallery of pet pictures here I added my portable outdoor studio to the list of attractions … Continue reading
CancerCare Star Walk
As part of one particularly busy weekend in May, I spent an evening in Kendal photographing participants in CancerCare’s annual fundraising ‘Star Walk‘. With most of the walkers (and runners) festooned in pink wigs, feather bowers and hats etc, it … Continue reading
Doubly Charitable Weekend!
This coming weekend is going to be especially busy for me, with two weddings and two charity events… On Saturday night (19th May) I shall be snapping during CancerCare’s annual Starwalk event in Kendal. I’m really looking forward to this … Continue reading
Ready To Fly The Nest
No more distractions from photo editing. The bird has flown the nest! Getting up to date with Thurnham Hall wedding pics. www.stevependrillphotography.com
Nature Close-Up!
Sparrows nesting in the garden. An interesting distraction from a lot of wedding photo editing! Fab weather for Sarah & Damien’s wedding at Thrnham Hall last week. Very relaxed event: A joy to photograph.
Hands on with nature…
Hands on with nature last week… Sparrow flew into the kitchen, caught it and put it outside, but it didn’t want to let go! Not a brilliant pic but it was mobile phone in one hand and wild bird in … Continue reading
A Photographer’s Ramblings…
Thanks for reading this. Watch this space for my monthly photographer’s blog about walks and days out with my camera. Join me on a ‘virtual day out’ and enjoy some of the scenery, as well as pick up a few … Continue reading
