Tim Parkin - Landscape Photographer

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been busy sorting a bit of a mess out in my work life and hence my mind has been a little preoccupied. I have been out a couple of times though, the first with a photographer whose work I very much admire, Jon Brock, and also out with Charlotte to Saltwick Bay.

Jon and I went to Twistleton to wander around the same location that myself and Nigel Halliwell covered a month or so back. We took a different route around though and went slightly further into the Keld Head Scar area. There is a lot of potential around here but this time I couldn’t find anything that jumped out at me. I was using my 5D and the Epson viewer to assess the ‘note’ pictures I had taken and there is definitely some mileage to be had with this idea. The 4″ screen on the Epson is just enough to allow an assessment of colour and texture where the screen on the Ricoh or 5D are not quite enough. I did take one picture but haven’t sent it off to be developed yet.

The following are two pictures from that day, the first from my Ricoh and the second from the 5D.

Jon was a very nice guy and I enjoyed working on location with him. We had similar ideas about when to stop, when to work an area hard and when to move on to a new area. It was good to discuss ideas and the potential of features depending on weather and the time of year. We both agreed that this area could be very nice for winter sunsets as the sun, which descends behind the end of Leck Fell, will shine down the valley to highlight the edges of the scar and Twistleton opposite.

The second outing was with Charlotte last weekend where we both committed to going out for a walk at Saltwick and despite the storm and flood warnings we still went. I can’t say it was the most productive day (apart from the fact it tested out my new Paramo coat which passed with flying colours – it’s the Pajaro but mine is a secret grey version, just so i’m not mistaken for a twitcher). I did find some nice pier posts and took a quick photo of the red stones at the start of the slate bed at the nab end. Driving back we saw the most amazing ‘eye of the hurricaine’ effect over Hole of Hocum. Bright sunshine over a 5 mile area surrounded by black sheer clouds and lightning – unfortunately there was no real possibility of photographic location (and Charlotte was asleep in the passenger seat).