The Blog of North Wales photographer Simon Kitchin
Simon Kitchin is a highly regarded photographer from Mold, North Wales, who specialises in landscape photography. He is also the author of the popular guidebook, Photographing North Wales. Simon dedicates a significant portion of his time to capturing the breathtaking mountain scenery of Eryri Snowdonia National Park, renowned for its dramatic peaks and serene beauty, as well as the stunningly picturesque coastline of Anglesey. In addition to these locations, he also explores and photographs the diverse landscapes of the Dee Valley around Llangollen, which offers its own unique charm and character.
With nearly 20 years of experience hosting landscape photography workshops throughout North Wales, Simon possesses an expert knowledge of the region and its hidden gems. If you are interested in enhancing your photography skills, he runs regular one-day workshops in Eryri Snowdonia and on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey, in addition to providing fully customised one-to-one workshops tailored to your individual needs.
If you’d like to keep up to date with the latest news from North Wales landscape photographer Simon Kitchin including details of new photos, photography workshop availability and publication of his North Wales calendar this blog page is frequently updated so please do drop by to see the latest information from Simon.
A beautiful summer sunrise at Llandudno pier
Llandudno is probably North Wales's most popular seaside town with visitors. It's a unique place with some wonderful attractions both natural and manmade. The town sits between the two impressive limestone headlands of the Little Orme and the Great Orme adding to it's natural attraction, the Great Orme in particular is a fantastic place to wander high above the Irish sea admiring the beautiful views in all directions... although these days you do have to pretend to not notice the ever multiplying number of wind turbines out to sea! One of Llandudno's most impressive attractions, with both tourists and photographers alike, is the Victorian pier, actually Wales's longest. This particular morning the pier was my main destination for a sunrise photography shoot, with the sun rising directly behind I had hopes for some nice sunrise light. Fortunately I did have some luck with the sunrise so here are one or two of the photos of Llandudno Pier with the rising sun, hope you like them!
Stunning summer sunrise at Llandudno pier
Llandudno is a favourite place of mine for a wander and it's been a while since I had a dedicated photography trip there so the alarm was set for 3.00am this morning to catch the sunrise at Llandudno Pier, fortunately the trip was worth it with some nice morning light.
