Just got back from a trip to the Costa del Luz, we found a fantastic location called Los Canos de Meca, a tiny village on the beach, our apartment was literally 50 metres from the waves. The point of the trip was to celebrate a friend’s 60th birthday. A momentous occasion embraced with enthusiasm by…
The Andalucia Acequias Relief! Here in Andalucia we’ve had the wettest spring in memory and the water restrictions have been lifted. What this means in practice is we can refill our swimming pool, use more than 200L each per day and relax in the knowledge that our tap water will not be restricted this year….
I spent a day out last week photographing Los Cahorros de Monachil, a very straightforward, but absolutely wonderful 8km circular hike in the hills above Granada. The problem I’ve encountered in a lot of my recent adventures is that some of the locations are so far off the beaten track that more time is spent…
I spent a week photographing Cabo de Gata Nijar Natural Park earlier in September, we stayed in a small hotel on the edge of the park, with desert and mountain views. The park is protected, no commercial building or greenhouses are allowed so it is a real gem, featuring beaches that have appeared in blockbuster…
This week’s highlight and probably this year’s so far, was an overnight photography trip on Mulhacen, the highest mountain in Spain at 3482 metres. It was a long climb, but the descent was far worse. My muscles are still complaining if I try to walk downstairs! Overnight on Mulhacen, laden with camera, lenses, tripod in…
The art of dodging and burning using Adobe Lightroom has been made massively easier with the introduction of masking tools. In this post we’re going to cover dodging (lightening) and burning (darkening) using the tools available in Adobe Lightroom alone. There are other ways to go about this in Photoshop that I will write about…