Photography by Darren Woolridge

pd_high14
sparks
Basingstoke Canal
1
sdow10
horse

Latest

Bearded Dragon

I am looking after two handsome Bearded Dragons for the week. Here are a few images from the studio. She seemed to enjoy sitting still under the hot lights.

Bearded Dragon 1 Bearded Dragon 2 - On Rock Bearded Dragon 3 - Close up Bearded Dragon 4 - From Above

Edale

A set of images from a walk on the Pennine Way up Kinder Scout in the Peak District this weekend before a mega-storm swept across and forced us back down again. First time there visiting friends who’s amazing home is right next to the “official” start of the Pennine Way walk.

The Peak District 01 The Peak District 02 The Peak District 05 The Peak District 03 The Peak District 06 The Peak District 04 The Peak District 07 The Peak District 08

Coedydd Aber

A set of images from a walk in Coedydd Aber in Snowdonia, North Wales. It’s a pretty impressive landscape and a pretty easy walk too.

Coedydd Aber 01 Coedydd Aber 02 Coedydd Aber 03 Coedydd Aber 04 Coedydd Aber 05 Coedydd Aber 06 Coedydd Aber 07 Coedydd Aber 08

Hengistbury Head

These are all images for a walk on Hengistbury Head in Dorset this Easter Sunday. They were all shot using a flash gun at arms length on a cable and my 24-70mm Lens. I overpowered the suns light with my flash gun to keep the blue sky dark and so that I was able to shoot at a small aperture for sharpness. (remember, when you click on one image to enlarge, you can move backwards and forwards through the set with the arrow keys on your keyboard.)

Hengistbury Head 01 Hengistbury Head 02 Hengistbury Head 03 Hengistbury Head 04 Hengistbury Head 05 Hengistbury Head 06 Hengistbury Head 07 Hengistbury Head 08 Hengistbury Head 09 Hengistbury Head 10 Hengistbury Head 11 Hengistbury Head 12

Mexico on Film

Last year I took a trip to Mexico for the wedding of Ben and Ems. It’s the most beautiful place. I only traveled up the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsular, so I’ve plenty more to see on other trips there. These are some images I took with a this Holga 120 film camera. The scratches and light leaks are all part of the joy of it. These films have been sitting, undeveloped in the sun for almost a year. Here’s a Video I made on that trip also.

Mexico Yucatan Nature Reserve To Mexico on Plane Mexico Ferry Mexico Portrait Mexico Nature Reserve Mexico Sunset

Bonfire

A set of images from a bonfire in the garden on Saturday night. The flames make people strange, everybody ends up hypnotised by them.

Bonfire 01 Bonfire 02 Bonfire 03 Bonfire 04 Bonfire 05 Bonfire 06 Bonfire 07 Bonfire 08 Bonfire 09 Bonfire 10 Bonfire 11 Bonfire 12

Basingstoke Canal

Images from a walk along Basingstoke Canal Starting at the Barley Mow pub and ending in Fleet. An excellent walk with allows stops at 4 pubs along the way. Ahhhhhh. I decided to focus on the riverbank in this set. Everything teal.

Basingstoke Canal 1 Basingstoke Canal 2 Basingstoke Canal 3 Basingstoke Canal 4 Basingstoke Canal 5 Basingstoke Canal 5

Dunraven Secret Garden

Before getting to Southdowns Bay, we all took a walk through Dunraven Walled Garden. Next to the remains of Dunraven Castle. The castle was used as a hospital during the first world war, and has some good ghost stories surrounding it. (although I obviously and sadly saw nothing). There are some other creepy tales of the area also, like ‘the wreckers of wick’, who would tie lanterns around the necks of sheep and let them wander the hill side to confuse ships and have them wreck on the rocky cliffs. You can drink in the pub where the wreckers used to rob and hid the bodies before they were buried. (now the plough and harrow). It’s a black and white set, as the colours in the garden were pretty dull, so the B&W make for more textured images.

Long Wall Latch Spring Buds Archway Bare Tree Thistles on Sky Out of the Tower Climber Twigs on Sky

Southern Down

Photographs from a walk along the cliffs at Southerndown south of Bridgend in Wales. Wild weather made for some interesting shots. The view there was incredible in that light. The images were taken walking from Southerndown carpark walking east along the coast and back around ‘The Witches Nose’ peninsular. (Is it big enough to be a peninsular?) All images shot with 24-70mm f2.8L. Some with Flash.

Cliffs & Ocean Rusted Post Cave Cliffs & Ocean 2 Rock Pools Rocks and Spray Hillside Trees View Through Trees Ocean and Branches Mushrooms in the Grass

Fan Fawr

Fan Fawr is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons. It’s summit is around 740m. The clouds were moving in pretty quickly soon after I started walking and you can see Pen Y Fan in the distance with it’s peak in the clouds. I shot some video from this walk and also includes some footage from the last post too. You can watch that Here. Click here for a Map.

Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Fan Fawr