Country Walking

A few months ago I was commissioned by Country Walking magazine to produce a series of images of a walk on Romney Marsh.  I was to accompany travel writer, Nick Channer for the day, shooting landscapes but more precisely, to include Nick within the scene looking at things of interest, climbing over stiles, map reading and the like but not for him to be prominent in the frame.  The brief was to make Romney Marsh look like an area of wilderness, to be somewhere within an hour of London where you can experience peace and tranquility, amidst a totally unique landscape, full of history.

The day was fine, perfect for this kind of shoot with blue sky and a smattering of clouds.  It was really enjoyable too and to think I was being paid for taking pictures whilst walking and chatting, I considered myself to be very lucky indeed.  Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t an amble.  we covered close to 10 miles that day and I shot around 300 images, which of course, then needed to be edited and processed.  I kept the amount of gear I carried down to a minimum.  The majority of the shots were taken with a Nikon D300, 12-24mm and 70-200mm with polarisers.  No tripod since we were constantly on the move and a more journalistic approach was required on this occasion.  The article is out now in the August issue where they have dedicated 6 pages to the piece and will be avaiable to read very soon on the publications page on my website.

Tags: commission, country walking, marshes, nick channer