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Continuing my theme for the photography blog posts on Dorset's premier photography locations this week we will be looking at Kimmeridge Bay and it's surrounding areas. Kimmeridge bay is a photographers dream and one that you should all visit at least once in your lifetime. It has so many features to shoot and so many interesting little areas you could shoot there for years and still not cover it all, I should know I've been photographing it since 2010 and still find new areas

This week I thought I would do a review of a product that all landscape photographers should own, The polarising filter. So why should you own one of these ? What can they do to improve your photography ? Can you live without one ? All questions I hope to be able to answer and give you a bit of background into as well. What is a Polariser ? The basics of a polarising filter are pretty simple really, it’s a small filter that goes in front of the lens that when twisted will rem

Hello again and thanks for checking out my blog. If you're here you've probably found it by chance or your one of the loyal readers who come back every week and who can't be thanked enough for supporting me :) So this week its all about that photographers favourite, the seascape. So what is a seascape ? Why are they so loved by photographers ? What can you do to improve yours ? All questions I hope to be able to give you some help with. So what is a seascape then ? Well, it's

Hello everyone, and once again thanks for reading my landscape photography blog. I have had a request from a couple of people to do one based on the photographers favourite capture, the sunrise & sunset and how to get the most out of them, So heres my top tips to improve your pictures of the golden hour. 1. PLAN, PLAN & PLAN It might sound like such an obvious thing but it can be overlooked by so many. So what should you plan for ? Do you have a shot in mind ? Is it just a lo

Well, I thought i'd give the technical stuff a break this week and tell you what i've been up to and what i've got planned for the next few weeks. Sadly it's that time of year when shooting every day becomes a major problem. The light starts to fade before you finish work, and your already on your way to work when the sun rises. It's a very frustrating time when the only opportunity you will get to shoot is on the weekends, couple that with the fact that it will be glorious w

Well, this promises to be a controversial topic, and the irony is not lost on me that I'm sharing a topic about social media on social media ! Love to or hate it social media is here to stay, but is it a good or bad thing ? Lets take a look on the pro's and cons of the platform that can make or break you. Pro's Well, lets be honest, never has it been so easy to get your work seen by so many people, you can put a single picture up and within the hour it has been shared all rou

I was asked the other day "what filter did you use for that picture", to which I replied a Lee 0.75 hard graduated filter. They looked blankly at me and somewhat confused, I asked them what was wrong, and their reply astounded me......."I've not seen that on Instagram, where do you get it from". To say I was horrified was an understatement, so I decided to explain what a filter actually is to a photographer and not a person of the Instagram generation. A Neutral Density Gradu

So a lot of you do fantastic pictures and get them featured on some form of media or another, be it Facebook or a news paper or a web site etc... We all love it when we get a message from a publication praising our work and then the elation of them asking if they can feature it in their magazine, you are overjoyed that your work has been recognised and someone wants to pay to feature it right ? Wrong, because its usually followed by "we don't pay for pictures but we will put

Sea of Gold, Turlin Moor, Dorset. Well for once i've managed to get out quite a bit and get a few decent shots as the weather has played ball. Most of the photographers out there will know the feeling of when all the elements are looking like they are coming together and its going to be a special sunrise/sunset so they grab the kit and rush out to their chosen location only too see the weather changing right before they get there and that sinking feeling of disappointment tha

Really proud to have been asked for some images for www.heredajo.com to go on their site promoting the Jurassic Coast. Read the full article here.... #danielwrethamphotography #jurassiccoast #landscapephotography #article #photography #seascape #kimmeridgebay #osmingtonmills #sunrise #sunset #canoneos5dmkiii #canon1635F4 #dorsetlandscapephotographer #Dorset #danielwretham #coastalphotography

After a couple of failed trips to get a shot of the gorgeous Heather on the heath i finally managed to get one ! i am really hoping for some nice misty mornings to shoot the heather if possible in the Autumn but this will do nicely for now. There is something special about the glow of heather in the golden hour, soul replenished for another week :) #danielwrethamphotography #canoneos5dmkiii #photography #Dorset #Heather #canfordheath #sunset #starburst #sky #sunrise #canfordh

A trip to Knowlton Church produced a few images this week, was very nice to see the wild flowers in bloom. This place is a real hit or miss venue for me, i still haven't quite got the shot i want from it yet and I'm guessing i won't till winter time when i will make a return here, it seems to be getting more and more popular in recent times with photographers but tonight i was fortunate enough to have the place to myself, heaven. I hope you like. #leefilters #sunset #canon163

July saw the Opium poppies flower, every year there is a mad dash to find the new secret location at which they have been grown, this year however saw a pretty easy spot which was seen by MANY photographers ! I like to shoot on my own where possible but with these fields being so visible from the road that wasn't going to happen, however a very early morning midweek trip produced good results and saw a lot less people there fighting for a shot, all in all i was happy with the

Its been a funny month, non stop heat with the promise of some storms but sadly they haven't come this way just yet. I've been bogged down with work and have struggled to get out really but i have managed a few trips here and there. Holes bay is my local 'go to' spot when it suddenly looks like it might do something and i managed to bag a few shots of the old wrecks that line the banks. #sunrise #danielwrethamphotography #photography #dorsetlandscapephotographer #poole #poole