As mentioned last month, with the post done with the miniatures shoot for Gerry Anderson Day, I (Ben) had intended on doing all the shoots outdoors, but the weather intervened.  However, whilst out very early one morning for a location shoot, I took the opportunity to finally try the pics I'd wanted.

Early shots weren't promising, as the lighting was a bit odd.

Trying to incorporate some real vapour trails high overhead.

Switching to a different angle, I couldn't quite make the shots with the ocean work...

...at least, until I waded out into the sea.  A use of a slightly fisheye-lens effect, and a shallow bay, helped give the effect I was after.

Overall I'm happy with these, considering it was a quick experiment; just a shame I couldn't shoot these pics at the time, but it's given me some hints for future shoots to do.

 

Cemaes Bay Sunset

We had a right mix of weather whilst stopping in Wales, but with family in Cemaes Bay, Anglesey, we were in the right place to make the most of being a ten-minute walk from the beach.

One evening, with the sky beautifully clear, we went for a walk down to the beach with the cameras.

The sunset was, frankly, beautiful.

We don't often do these kinds of shots, so it was nice to just try and take some 'pretty' pictures.

Amy thought she'd try a few panoramic shots, amongst all the SLR and phone pics.

 

Flowers in Wales

The generally poor weather this Spring, combined with us being a bit on the busy side, has meant that we haven't done much in the way of landscape/outdoor photography.

Usually we try and get out a bit in the Spring to get some wildlife, and especially flower shots.  Finally, whilst we were in Wales, we had a chance for some snaps whilst we were out mid-week.

We probably should have made some notes of the flowers so we knew what we'd been photographing, but at the end of the day this was just more about getting some nice shots.

Experimenting a bit with filters, and some greyscale shots.

 

Abstract shooting at the Sea Zoo

Whilst in Wales, we paid a return to the Anglesey Sea Zoo, fast becoming one of our regular haunts.

To be honest, we didn't do much in the way of photography, but did end up getting some slightly more abstract shots around the place.

 

At Llangollen

May saw us take two consecutive trips to Llangollen, once for a Scout camp, and the following weekend for a model railway show.

We took the Scout group on a trip on the Llangollen Railway, and naturally we got a few shots in whilst we were there.

Some nice DMU action around Llangollen station.

A week later, we were back for the Garden Railway show.

I've covered that in more detail on the model-making blog, so here's a token shot of the (very good) event.

We decided to enjoy the sunshine with a break down to the town, via the station, for an ice cream.

View over the river towards the station.

We didn't stop for much in the way of railway photography this time, mainly because this was a Wedding special, and the main station was a bit busy.

Surprisingly I worked out this is the first railway photography I've done since the KWVR Gala; I'm going to have to make an effort to get a bit more done now the nicer weather has arrived.

A busy May; Cox Wood, Wrexham

Blimey, May turned up to be a busy month indeed.  Several open calls and exhibitions entered, two articles sent off for publication, and multiple shoots over multiple weekends away.

Kicking things off where we started May, and a Scout Camp to Cox Wood, near Wrexham.

Obviously, we were mainly there as Scout Leaders, but there was an opportunity for a few photographs of the area one evening, when there was a particularly interesting sky.

More to follow from May, and quite a variety of shoots and projects.