For 2022 I have decided to make my Lake District Landscape Photography Calendar in a slightly different format to provide an opportunity to share with you my love of the portrait images I enjoy making here in the Lake District.

If you’d like to enjoy a new Lake District Landscape each month of 2022 then feel free to order you copy of my 2022 Lake District Landscape Photography Calendar on this link.

As always, thank you for your support and all the best for the coming year.

Click here to purchase your 2022 Lake District Landscape Photography Calendar.

You can see a copy of the article below.

Capture Lakeland Volume 2 is a different kind of book to the first. It contains images captured over a much shorter timescale. Approximately 1 year whereas my first book covered 15 years. Capture Lakeland is a continuation of my photographic journey and picks up where the original book concluded. I decided to make Capture Lakeland Volume 2 a different form factor. Square. Had I of been brave enough I’d of made book one square but the costs where just too expensive for an unknown project. I feel the A4 Landscape format of book one suited the 3:2 ratio of the 35mm photography I was taking at the time and also my fascination of panoramic images. Since I moved to a medium format system back in 2017 my images have a different form 4:3 ratio so they are a little squatter. Also I seem to be more keen on the portrait orientation of images nowadays so the square format of my new book really helps to present these portrait shots much better than with the A4 Landscape sized book.

As soon as Capture Lakeland Volume 2 arrived I knew I was delighted with it, the production is second to none again as with my first book and this is really important to me after all it represents me and my work for years to come. I also believe when you’re buying a coffee table art/photography book it needs to be a thing of beauty in itself. Something to treasure and keep forever.

One of the most valuable parts of producing my Landscape Photography is the connection people make with what I produce and producing a book is the same. I guess any Artist values the circle being complete by the output of his/her efforts being appreciated. That’s how I feel about my work but also that those kind enough to support me get great personal service and are happy with the quality of the item they invest in.

Shortly after I shipped the books in late March 2019 the first reviews started to come in and I was delighted with the response. My first book left big boots to fill with its success and I was a little apprehensive about how well a follow up volume would be accepted, especially given the much shorter timescale in which it was created.

In forthcoming blogs I’ll talk more about specific images showcased in the book, for now here is a general overview of Capture Lakeland Volume 2 which is now shipping worldwide.

Here are a few of the initial reviews Capture Lakeland Volume 2 has received so far. You can read all reviews here.

Whichever process or workflow we chose or however we develop our photographic skills, the key to me is self reflection and development. Always looking to improve but not so that it’s a race or a competition. Ask any Landscape Photographer and they will tell you they never got into this to be better than anyone else. I believe it’s a deeply personal pursuit and for me in-particular it’s for me first. What I mean by that may sound selfish and it is. I create images for me, I always have and always will. It’s what I connect with, feel drawn to study and then capture. I walk past millions of snapshots my eyes see every year, the reality is while I may take hundreds of images per year, I don’t take thousands that I don’t connect with and that’s a good thing as I hope to take less images but of better quality.

The process we go through in our minds before the camera is even setup is perhaps the most important step in the process of creating a photograph. Asking ourselves, is it worth it. As I experienced with Medium Format Film Photography in 2018, £2 per exposure really helps to focus the mind and what’s worth capturing and ultimately paying for. Digital has no perceived cost per shot, however the most valuable asset any of us have is our own time and perhaps we need to consider this first before we shot away with no real thought.

Here are a collection of the 120 or so images that made it into Capture Lakeland Volume 2 from 2018

All of the Lake District Landscapes showcased here on my blog are available as Archival Quality Framed Prints. Please contact me for details….

The book cover is now being created and once complete all be bound together. I cannot wait to share with you this new body of Lake District Landscapes.

Exclusive Editions

I have only 2 out of 10 Exclusive Editions remaining. Exclusive Editions come with 3 Limited Edition prints and form numbers 1-10 of the limited run of 1,000 books. Copies 9 and 10 are available on a first come first served basis using this link.

Delivery?

I believe the books will be with me last week of March where I hope to dispatch the books to you asap. If you invested in and enjoyed Capture Lakeland Volume 1, I think you’ll love Volume 2 even more with the new larger size to better showcase my images.

More on Capture Lakeland Volume 2 later in March.