My favourite Photo Locations
I have recently published a video on the exact location of my 3 favourite photo locations. Not countries or areas but the exact spots that over the last few years I yearn to return to.
As part of this I have also produced a map of my favourite 50 locations.
Since we have been in lockdown for a few weeks I am finding myself looking back over my Lightroom catalogue and that brings with it memories of locations I have visited. It is a great way of reliving a trip or emotion from a photo without having to travel. But it has also made me realise the value of that travel and how lucky I have been to see these places. It has also made me yearn for some destinations more than others. I find it is exact places in countries rather than the country as a whole I want to get back to and in the video, and this blog, I wanted to share the top 3 with you.
3rd Place - Estrahorn, Iceland
Located on the south east of Iceland this is one of the most stunning places to photograph. It has a variety of foregrounds to help create amazing vistas and often gets amazing light, especially at sunset.
Sunset, Estrahorn
The rugged rocks and amazing sandbar beach create a location that offers a lot of different options whether with a wide angle, zoom lens or drone like this shot. This evening the wind was low (which doesn’t happen a lot) so I flew my drone out to sea and managed to capture this beautiful but fleeting moment of the setting sun.
Fleeting light, Estrahorn
Aurora UFO
2nd Place - Buttermere View | Lake District, UK
I grew up in the Lake District and have explored a lot but there are a few places I want to return to again and again. Places like River Brathay, Wastwater, Holme fell. But one place is really really special. That is the view down to buttermere from Haystacks. I have hiked this many times over the years and first went there to video with my son and got the most incredible sunset and blue hour.
Buttermere Dusk
Capturing the amazing last rays of sun one late summer evening
1st Place - Funningur | The Faroe Islands
First saw an image of this from Mads Peter Iversen and it seemed unreal. There is so much in the Faroes that is incredible - so why this? Why this one location?
I can’t answer that with any logic to be honest. It is just something about it. Something that ignites a passion in me. I think it is a combination of the extreme remote isolation of the location and the vast far reaching views.
Funningur outlook, The Faroe Islands
I remember when I first came here and summited the steep climb and looked over the edge at the view. It was incredible and I had that moment of utter excitement and I ran around like a kid. But also worry that somehow it would disappear and I had to capture it quickly. Rather unsurprisingly, it is still there and every time I go back I have the same feeling. It is just so incredible.
The Photographer
There are so many different angles, mountains and compositions to be found other than the classic Fjord view.