It’s been a while since we were allowed to leave the county so it was not only enjoyable but quite a relief to get up to Snowdonia and play in the hills for a few days. We had perfect weather so enjoyed a few good days out on the bikes and also explored some familiar and some new parts of the area. Despite the great weather it was fairly quiet due to the fact that visitors from England are not currently allowed across the border. Up on top of the Glyders, after a scramble up Tryfan, we were treated to amazing views as the clouds parted and we were able to see them swirling and spilling around the peaks and cols.
Anna Platts Health Coaching
in Commercial, People
Last week I took some pictures for Anna to promote her new Health Coaching business. Anna will be offering diet and health advice. We were lucky enough to be able to use a nice cottage in St Davids with a great dining table and good window light to make for a fun and relaxed afternoon and a variety of shots.
Interiors
in Commercial
A few images from shoots for The Pembrokeshire Holiday Co for properties in Newport and Pontsian. Please get in touch if you would like a shoot to improve the appeal of your rental property. Quality photographs make a big difference to success especially in areas with plenty of other choices available.
Preseli sunset
in Landscape
It was nice to head out of the county the other day to take some property pictures for clients in Newport and Llandysul. On the way back I struck gold as I found myself on top of the Preseli Hills as a great sunset was developing. It was a lot colder than it looked from inside the car with a Northerly wind whipping over the tops of the hills but it was a fine sunset to enjoy before my fingers became too cold to feel.
There's the remains of an ancient settlement up here so I guess there's a long tradition of watching the sunset from this vantage point. The view would have been very different when the settlement was occupied. Most of the hills and valleys would have been thickly forested but the land has long been shorn of its trees and is now primarily used as grazing for sheep and cows. There's an element of the concept of shifting baselines at play when enjoying this view. Daniel Pauly developed this concept in reference to fisheries where scientists would set a baseline for the expected prevalence of a species based on numbers encountered at the start of their careers rather than before human intervention. This explains why we readily accept the decline in species because we are usually only comparing what we see to what we have seen in our living memory. Early records show that mariners would be able to scoop fish from the sea with a saucepan as populations were so healthy yet over the generations the baseline has shifted and now we accept that the oceans are far less populated. Looking over this view we accept that the nearest group of trees is in the far distance yet if I was 1000 years old I'd have been shocked at the loss of trees and wildlife. Wouldn't it be something to see trees return to this view and get the chance to ride a wolf into battle against a massive bear thats trying to eat all the chanterelle mushrooms growing in the woods!?
Playing with collage
in Life
There’s a lot of corvids around at the moment. Just down the road they are making the most of the recent muck spreading on the local fields and are pecking around for minibeasts in amongst the clumps. I always like to see what they are getting up to. One of the most intelligent birds around they are also mischievous and curious and so always worth a watch.
This is an image comprised of 3 layers. Made just for fun really.
Cards available on Etsy
If you would like to order greetings cards you can still have a look here and order with me direct but if you’d prefer to order via Etsy, I am now selling collections of 10 cards through my shop there.