Autumn Storms - a Photographer's Harvest
- Brian Blake
- Oct 23, 2023
- 1 min read
Autumn time in the UK is often storm season. Autumn 2023 has lived up to expectations. Storms can understandably, make people want to stay indoors in warm coziness. For photographers though, storm can provide a harvest of photographic opportunities.
This autumn, I was on a 3-day visit to North Wales with three photo-buddies of mine (as part of Gallivanting Cameras of Durham Facebook Group . We had some lovely weather on the day we visited Portmeirion. But, that all changed on the day we toured Anglesey, as you might tell from the image above, with the waves crashing below me near South Stack lighthouse.
Following our visit to South Stack Lighthouse, we headed for Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse, where conditions worsened. While at South Stack, it was very windy, but mainly dry. Tŵr Mawr was like turning your amplifier up to 11. We had a 2 mile walk from the car park to the lighthouse. When we left the car, it was windy, but dry. But after a couple of hundred yards, the rain started again, in earnest. After about a half-mile, the path took us onto the beach, where we were no longer sheltered by the trees. That's when the rain was being driven by 40 MPH headwinds.
So, was that 2 mile walk in the gales and pouring rain worth it?
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Given the photographs we came away with, YES.
Given the feeling of feeling so alive and invigourated, DEFINITELY.
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