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Something amazing has happened, something I never thought I would even consider doing for a moment. I have switched from Lee Filters to Kase Filters, let me explain why. Now before I do this I want you to know I am in no way endorsed by Kase filters in any way and all of my new filters were paid for with my own hard earned cash. I've always been a Lee Filters fan, I have used them for over 13 years and I have around £2k worth invested in them and I have enjoyed using them and

January 2020 blogged as it happened. The ups & downs of a landscape photographer.

Exciting times, One of my favourite companies, Lee Filters has released a brand new filter holder and polariser ! Being a bit of a Lee Filters fan boy I simply couldn't wait to get hold of one to put through its paces and try. Those of you who follow this blog know I always shoot with them and really don't have a bad word to say about them. The review I did of the Lee Filters Landscape Polariser will have left you in no doubt how much I liked the product and how much faith I

Hello again everyone, How have you all been ? I've recently had a major change in direction and have become far less interested in Dorset having shot the vast majority of it for the past ten years and needed fresh landscapes to really enjoy my photography again. I love Dorset with a passion but theres only so long you can keep going to the same old places and couple this with the absolute explosion of photographers here now and the constant clashing of tripods along the coast

Once again its that time of year when we all go crazy chasing Poppies, that most elusive but beautiful mistress that takes so much of our time and effort but is worth every second. So its been a while, some of you have been asking where i've been as I used to blog almost weekly and there has been a 6 month gap since that last happened ! Well, to cut a long story short I haven't been very well and have been dealing with getting myself better and back out there, also with a bit

Hello again everyone and sorry for the long absence. Since October I have been flat out at work and under huge amounts of pressure and getting out to do pictures has been a rare treat. Work deadlines have been hanging over me and the never ending workload has been brutal to say the least. I try to always have a blog ready for release every Friday but work simply wasn't giving me a chance to do so and any rare spare moments I got were spent rushing out with the camera to try a

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

Well what can I say ? It's been one of the most amazing weeks i've ever had. So much has happened I will have to split this blog into several parts to get it all in ! So to start with I thought i'd do a guide to some of the stunning Waterfalls in Wales and how to navigate them and shoot them. So to start off with Wales has so many waterfalls where should you start ? Well how about if I told you that you could go to one place and see four epic waterfalls in a short two or thre

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

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

Everyone needs a bit of help from time to time and sometimes just a little reminder goes a long way to improve your pictures so here's 5 tips to get your images looking better. 1. Light, light, light This is the main frame (pun intended) of any photograph, without good light your image will appear flat and not really that interesting. So what is good light ? How do you get it ? what do you do with it ? All questions you need to understand before you can get the best out of it

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

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