Licenciateship with the Royal Photographic Society
I have been working towards a LRPS distinction with the Royal Photographic Society for a little while now and on Sunday 2nd March 2014 I had the honour of being awarded my Licentiate Distinction from the Royal Photographic Society. The distinctions have three levels of namely, Licentiate, Associate and Fellow
Bird watching
On the Thursday 27th February I spent a day at Netherbury near Bridport in bird hides with a group of friends from Blandford Camera club. The hides are in the garden of natural history photographer Colin Varndell and through the winter he allows photographers to use them for days at a
Silton Oak
I had seen pictures of a tree called the Silton Oak and that it was in Dorset but I never knew where it was! On Wednesday 26th February the weather looked promising for a change so we decided to find it and after checking the internet we saw that it
Otters for the third time!
Tuesday 28th January Oh dear once again we had to go into town and I took my camera, of course. As we were only going into one shop for a small carpet I carried it with me over the bridge. I shouldn’t make apologies as they are one of my
Otter watching…again!
On Saturday 25th January, Rod my husband wanted to go into town for some bits. It was a pleasant morning, a little changeable with cloud and some sun. He suggested I took my camera, well he didn’t have to say it twice. This time I decided to put my 500mm
Otter watching
I had been watching the weather forecast for a few days waiting for some better weather. I had heard that the Otters were quite active in Blandford at the moment, even though the river has been in flood and it was still running high, I wanted to go down to
Early light, Shillingstone
As it was such a glorious morning, on Friday 14th January, I decided to go further afield with Kim. It has been impossible to get over the meadows to the trailway near Shillingstone since before Christmas because of the floods and to have a clear frosty morning was a bonus.
West Coast of Ireland – The Aran Islands
Monday 17th September We had a short while to take a breather before getting our luggage together for the ferry trip and our visit the Aran islands. We would be staying for two nights on the island of Inis Mór. There are three Aran islands, Inis Oírr, the smallest island and closest