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Blea Tarn Summer Evening Shoot

James — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:22:40 +0000

It is always a pleasure to visit Blea Tarn for a Summer Evening Shoot. Tonight I was continuing to test out my Hasselblad HTS1.5 tilt shift adapter. A location such as Blea Tarn is fantastic for the ability to shift the lens down to maintain perspective control in the scene. For example the Fence in the foreground adn the lone tree in the middle of the scene. Photographs just look a lot truer when shot with a tilt shift lens…

You can see my current collection of Lake District Landscape Photography prints from Blea Tarn here on my website.

Blea Tarn Evening

James — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:55:31 +0000

Another visit to Blea Tarn and in all honesty I was too late getting here for the best of the days light. If only I’d of got here 20 minutes earlier. I’m hoping to capture and image form high up above Blea Tarn including the Heather as foreground interest. It’s been on my list for about 5 years and already Im starting to think I may have missed my window of opportunity for this year again.

Anyway tonight was more about just getting out and having something nice to look at and see if anything grabbed my attention. I didn’t walk down to the edge of Blea Tarn tonight which is probably the first time ever I’ve been here and not gone unto the waters edge, however energy was low and I was content with making this image below from the side of the road.

Framed prints of this image are available. Please contact me for details…

Blea Tarn Landscapes

James — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:08:01 +0000

Followers of my YouTube Channel will know I have a long standing relationship with Blea Tarn. As it’s likely one of the first places I was ever aware of the Lake District Landscape. I have consistently visited Blea Tarn since I was a teenager, over 20 years ago and like many places it just keeps inspiring me to make images.

Today was a showery, flat kind of day but I was determined to make the most of my time here and capture some of what I love about this beautiful little Lake District location for Landscape Photography. Here’s how I got on…

Last Light at Blea Tarn

James — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:31:56 +0000

Seems like ages ago I last visited Blea Tarn so today was about paying a visit to my oldest favourite place. My intention was to make it in time for the last of the light but as is often the way clouds seem to come in-between the best of the light adn the landscape. I got a few images en-route to me destination and other than that it was as it always is a privilege to be out.

Blea Tarn Autumn Landscape Photography

James — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 17:11:51 +0000

Blea Tarn is perhaps one of the first locations I started to make Lake District Landscape Photographs. I’m pretty certain I used to drive here when I was a teenager although I cant find any photographic evidence of that, the earliest being form 2001. So today I hoped to revisit this special location and now with my two children share with them this special place. Here are my efforts of Blea Tarn Autumn Landscape Photography.

Elterwater

Langdale from the Boulders.

Blea Tarn. A classic scene. I do love this place. Even on days like today. I made some really nice images form here last year. Check them out.

From the wooden bridge looking down stream towards Weatherlam

Thats it form a vey cold Blea Tarn. I am out numbered to leave.

Yew Tree Tarn on the way home.

Coniston Old Man from Monk Coniston

You can see my collection of Lake District Landscape Prints from Blea Tarn here in my gallery.

Blea Tarn morning shoot

James — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:04:44 +0000

I made it out for a morning shoot today. I’ve been hoping to make it to Blea Tarn for a Misty morning for years. I tried a few years back but the weather was awful. Luckily for me, on this rare occasion I was blessed with fantastic conditions.

I think Blea Tarn was the first Landscape image I noticed as a Child. My Father was given a water colour painting that featured the lone Tree on the side of the Tarn and I can recall looking at that painting admiring the scene. I didn’t think it was of a scene so close to my house. It almost look Canadian with the Pine Trees. Once I was able to drive I remember visiting Blea Tarn lots and ever since I have loves this place. Its beautiful and even better when you have the place to yourself.

Here’s how things developed.

I made this short video to accompany these images

Thick Mist in the Langdale Valley as the Sun rose.

The Langdale Pikes

The beautiful head of the Langdale Valley.

Looking over towards a misty Blea Tarn…

Spiders Webs cover the grassy floor.

The Mist maybe lifting as I walk closer.

A perfectly calm morning.

I love this composition of Blea Tarn.

Mist covering the Tarn as the sun rises above Lingmoor.

Happiness.

Zooming in on the Langdale Pikes. Pavey Ark with its head in the clouds.

Side Pike.

The Lone Tree that featured in my Fathers Paining form when I was a child.

Harrison Stickle.

The Classic Scene over Blea Tarn.

A Jet fighter plane enters the frame top left.

Time to go…

Looking back.

A Guards Red Porsche 993 Carrera. I would love one of these. This is one of three that must have been on a tour of the Lake District, the other two had German number plates.

Heading back down the single track road to the Head of the Langdale valley.

I never tire of this view. Beautiful.

Herdwick Tups in the Langdale Valley

A great opportunity to capture icons of the Lake District.

You an see my current collection of Landscape Photographs from the Langdale Valley and surrounding area here.