Photography
photography travelAs a teenager, I was quite into photography, especially after my parents got me a Canon EOS 600D for Christmas when I was 15. Although I don’t really do so much of this at the moment, here is a collection of photos that I have taken in various places around the world.
Durham Castle
Durham, England December 2016 ƒ/4.0 1.3
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I took this photo during an early-morning walk around Durham during my second year of university. I was standing on Framwellgate Bridge, which gives a good view of both Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral. The castle itself is part of the university, with some students living in it. I visited its college bar, the Undercroft Bar, several times during my studies. It is in the actual undercroft of the castle, complete with stone walls and arches!
Natural Bridge
Springbrook National Park, Australia September 2016 ƒ/13.0 1/8 18.0 mm 800
The Natural Bridge, in Springbrook National Park in Queensland, was formed over many years due to the force of the waterfall on the rocks below. I took this photo, as well as the others in Australia in this post, during an internship at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Dandenong Ranges Woodland
Dandenong Ranges, Australia August 2016 ƒ/9.0 1/60 42.0 mm 200
The Dandenong Ranges lie to the east of Melbourne. I took this photo when exploring the area with my brother, having taken the train from central Melbourne to go walking for the day.
Dandenong Ranges Tree
Dandenong Ranges, Australia August 2016 ƒ/5.6 1/60 47.0 mm 200
A close-up of a tree in a forest in the Dandenong Ranges.
Centre Place, Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia August 2016 ƒ/5.0 1/15 18.0 mm 800
I took this picture at around 7 in the morning during a pre-breakfast walk around the city centre. Centre Place is home to many bars and restaurants, and is one of the most iconic places of the city.
Hosier Lane, Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia August 2016 ƒ/3.5 1/320 18.0 mm 800
Hosier Lane is another famous lane in the centre of Melbourne, which is known for its street art.
Gold Coast Skyline
Gold Coast, Australia July 2016 ƒ/18.0 1/100 23.0 mm 100
This picture is taken from Currumbin, looking out over the skyscrapers of Surfers Paradise and the wider City of Gold Coast.
Kangaroo
Southern Queensland, Australia July 2016 ƒ/5.6 1/125 250.0 mm 100
I took this photo of a kangaroo mid-leap in some grassland near my grandparents' house in the countryside south of Brisbane.
View from Tamborine Mountain
Tamborine Mountain, Australia July 2016 ƒ/20.0 1/15 20.0 mm 100
Tamborine Mountain is a plateau to the south of Brisbane, inland of the Gold Coast. As well as having lookouts over the wider Scenic Rim Region, there are many forest walks, as well as wineries and even a German cuckoo clock shop!
Kookaburra
Southern Queensland, Australia July 2016 ƒ/5.6 1/1250 250.0 mm 1600
Kookaburras are prevalant in Australia, and often have a distinctive call that sounds like a laugh.
Queensland Sunrise
Southern Queensland, Australia June 2016 ƒ/10.0 1/15 18.0 mm 100
I was treated to this very colourful sunrise during an early-morning walk near my grandparents' house.
Edinburgh Bookshop
Edinburgh, Scotland February 2016 ƒ/3.5 1/10 21.0 mm 100
This was taken during a day trip to Edinburgh I made with my flatmates during my first year at Durham University. There were lots of interesting antique bookshops in the city; which one this was, I unfortunately can't remember.
Sunset at Happisburgh Lighthouse
Happisburgh, England January 2016 ƒ/20.0 1/50 32.0 mm 100
The North Norfolk Coast is one of my favourite places in the UK, perhaps even in the world. I used to go there with my family on weekends to walk our dogs, and I think it is one of the more underrated parts of the British countryside. This picture shows Happisburgh Lighthouse silhouetted against the sunset on an early evening in January, when I was at home for Christmas during my first year of university. The lighthouse itself is unfortunately located on a part of the coastline that is infamous for coastal erosion, and will most likely be in the sea alongside the village church and numerous houses (some of which have already fallen into the sea) within the 21st century.
2015 Lunar Eclipse
Norfolk, England September 2015 ƒ/5.6 1.3 240.0 mm 1600
I got up at around 3:30 in morning of the 28th September 2015 to watch, and photograph, this impressive lunar eclipse, which coincided with a supermoon.
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Canada July 2015 ƒ/22.0 20 18.0 mm 100
In July 2015, I visited the US and Canada with my parents. As part of a road trip between Toronto and Washington, D.C., we visited Niagara Falls. I took this long exposure photo from our hotel room, which gave a spectacular view over the world-famous waterfalls.
Chillis
Venice, Italy October 2014 ƒ/5.6 1/40 55.0 mm 800
I went on a trip to Venice with my family during the autumn half term break in the final year of my A Level studies. I found these colourful chillis in a market stall in the city, and had to take of a photo of them!
Sunrise in Venice
Venice, Italy October 2014 ƒ/13.0 1/200 24.0 mm 100
During our trip to Venice, we got up extra early one morning to see the Piazza San Marco without the crowds of tourists. We then walked over to the nearby waterfront promenade, where we saw this very pretty sunrise.
Sunset in Venice
Venice, Italy October 2014 ƒ/11.0 1/500 55.0 mm 400
This photo shows the rooftops of Venice in the foreground of a colourful sunset.
Autumn Holly
Norfolk, England October 2014 ƒ/3.5 1/20 18.0 mm 400
I took this photo of some holly berries during one of our usual dog walks in the farmland near Hoveton, Norfolk.
Satellite Streak
Norfolk, England August 2014 ƒ/3.5 8 18.0 mm 3200
This long-exposure photograph of the night sky shows the streak of a satellite moving overhead.
Thunderstorm Departing
Norfolk, England August 2014 ƒ/3.5 1/13 18.0 mm 1600
This photo, taken from the bedroom window of my parents' former house, shows a flash of lightning from a thunderstorm that passed overhead shortly before.
Cross at St Benet's Abbey
St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk, England August 2013 ƒ/16.0 24 18.0 mm 100
St Benet's Abbey, on the River Bure in the Norfolk Broads, was a medieval monastery, of which only ruins remain. The cross marks the location of the high altar, which is surrounded by the stone ruins of the abbey. I used to come here often with my parents and brother to walk the dogs.
St Benet's Abbey Windmill
St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk, England August 2013 ƒ/16.0 20 21.0 mm 200
This long exposure photographs shows clouds moving over the windmill that was build inside the abbey gatehouse in the 18th century.
Swallow Falls (Rhaeadr Ewynnol)
Betws-y-Coed, Wales August 2013 ƒ/25.0 180 29.0 mm 400
Swallow Falls (known in Welsh as Rhaeadr Ewynnol), is a waterfall near Betws-y-Coed in North Wales, where I went on holiday with my parents in the summer after my GCSEs.
Sunset at the Moorings
Wroxham, Norfolk, England July 2013 ƒ/14.0 1/100 29.0 mm 100
My parents used to have a boat, which we used to drive on the stretch of the River Bure between Coltishall, Wroxham, and Horning. I took this picture of the sky when we were at its moorings one July evening.
Sunset over Norwich
Norwich, Norfolk, England July 2013 ƒ/16.0 1/160 23.0 mm 200
This picture was taken a little earlier in the day than the picture above, when I was in Norwich. On the left you see the roof of Castle Mall's food court (since renamed to Castle Quarter), in the centre the tower at one of the entrances to the mall, and, to the right of that, the tower of St Peter Mancroft.
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Some vegetable skewers on a barbecue on a sunny June afternoon.
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Norwich Castle on a sunny summer's evening.