New Photos | Summer 2024
Like many landscape photographers, I struggle to take photos in the summer. I prefer to take my photos during the calmer, relaxing sunrise hours meaning some ridiculously early mornings which, along with the green, monotone colours summer provides, can take their toll on my enthusiasm to get up and head out in the morning. This year’s summer months may have been the most challenging yet. Of course, I know that with fuller foliage and the right conditions, the woodland can look incredibly beautiful. Still, throughout June, July and August, I felt I was constantly battling a general lack of motivation and my desire to find some of those early morning summer scenes I knew were out there.
The desire to head out and enjoy the summer woodland in the morning did win out a few times, and I was able to take a few new photos while revisiting some old friends.
Alongside some summertime woodland photography, I’ve also shared a few pictures I took while in Cornwall, London and the Sussex landscape.
June to August 2024 - Summer 2024 collection.
Below is the first of three collections I’ve shared from my woodland adventures in this post. This collection was taken early in the summer when the woodlands were still awash with bright, vivid green tones.
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Next up, I’ve shared some photos I took at my local forest towards the end of June. My local forest is largely made up of open heathland and every now and then, when the conditions are right, I can be greeted with some fantastic foggy conditions such as those I photographed below.
After I spent some time taking photos of London’s rooftops from the Garden at 120 back in July, I made my way down to Tower Bridge and experienced some of the best light I’d ever seen as the sun set across the city. I remember the weather couldn’t make its mind up. One minute it was sunny, the next it was raining and just as the sun set, the entire sky erupted in fiery reds, and I just happened to be at one of my favourite Thameside viewpoints to witness it.
Towards the end of summer, I was yet again blessed with some fantastic foggy conditions in my local forest. This time around the fog was thick enough to penetrate the woodland, so I left the open heathland and ventured in to seek out compositions amongst the trees.
In August. I spent a week in North Cornwall with my family and although this wasn’t a dedicated photography trip, I did manage to head out a few times on my own with my camera to take a few pictures. My first stop was The Rumps where I took a mixture of photos, both with my main camera at ground level and from above by sending my drone up and out to sea, pointing it back towards the coast.
Although happy with the photos I took from the ground, I love the photos I took with the drone. I’ve never seen The Rumps from this angle and with the waves crashing along the coast and dark clouds above, the resulting photos were packed full of drama and mood.
I visited a few other spots during the week, including Bedruthan and Trebarwith Beach. From here, I ended up taking a few black and white photos as I wanted to try something a little different (for me) and the rough, foamy water created some interesting contrast and dynamism in the pictures. With my recent fondness for the square crop, I decided to use it here to add a little consistency to the final set.
As I was staying only a few minutes down the road in Tintagel, I couldn’t leave without paying a visit to this well-known viewpoint in Boscastle. It was a cloudy morning and there was no chance of any sunrise colour but that didn’t put me off at all. With the heather in full bloom, it made up for the lack of colour in the sky and I spent a fantastic few hours photographing this fantastic coastal view.
The last photo of Cornwall below is a top-down drone photo I took at Bossiney Cove. A cute little beach just a few minutes’ drive from Tintagel.
Finishing off this collection of photos I took during the summer months are these more traditional landscape photos taken while out and about in Sussex. All of these landscapes are familiar to me, but all show off the vibrant colour summer can provide.
Until next time,
Trevor