Category: Darren J Spoonley Photography

FINDING SOMETHING UNIQUE AT BUTTERMERE FINDING SOMETHING UNIQUE AT BUTTERMERE IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED LOCATIONS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT AND I WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING UNIQUE AT THIS LOCATION

HOPE HOPE – As a Landscape photographer you know that planning is really important when you are heading to a location to shoot. All the apps are telling you that it will be a good day however one item that we must always take with us is HOPE

BAD LUCK COMES IN 4s BAD LUCK COMES IN 4s – They say bad luck comes in 3’s but after being robbed by the parking attendant , my drone dying , phone screen cracking and now with persistent rain I was wondering is it 4 ?

ROBBED AT DERWENT ROBBED AT DERWENT – Welcome to the Lake District. Derwent water to be precise where the carpark attendant is like a sniper and makes every trip worth while . We arrived at 8:10, he observed us from 8:26 & issued his ticket at 8:37. on a Monday morning in March… £50 justRead moreRead more

JAMES R BURNS LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILES JAMES R BURNS LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILES – First in the next series of my In the landscape photographer profiles where I spend time with other photographers to find out what makes them tick and how they see photography from their eyes.

BAMBURGH APOCALYPSE BAMBURGH APOCALYPSE – Our adventure continued still in the snow before we embarked on an incredible afternoon show with apocalyptic winds that tried their best to totally destroy my audio.

WINTER WONDERLAND WINTER WONDERLAND – March 2019 myself and my good buddy Diarmuid O Donovan headed over to England to attend the photography show. But not before we fit some landscape photography in and boy what a morning we had in the company of John Haswell

LEADING LINES LEADING LINES – While out on a recent scout I spotted this scene that stopped me in my tracks and drew me in

EVENTUALLY YOU WILL GET REWARDED EVENTUALLY YOU WILL GET REWARDED – After many recent shoots where the only thing that happened at sunrise or sunset with the sky was it got brighter or darker… However as we neared the end of the day in Waterford our luck was about to change …

EXPOSE FOR HIGHLIGHTS COPPER COAST EXPOSE FOR HIGHLIGHTS COPPER COAST – In this episode I am on the stunning Copper Coast again and I talk about ensuring your highlights aren’t blown. I set the filming camera up to record based on this also, but not by design 🙂