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 misty morning at my favourite Loch Maree viewpoint
In Scotland in particular it seem that lone trees become a bit of a “thing” and this beautiful little tree on the shores of Loch Maree Torridon is one of those subjects that just drew me in last week as the rain poured and the mist rolled down the loch. Drenched in water the colours really "popped" and it looked amazing against the gloom of the weather. It quickly became my favourite Loch Maree viewpoint!
A rainy day rainbow and lone tree at Loch Maree, Scotland
So waking on the 2nd morning in the Torridon area I opened the curtains at my base in Poolewe to rain bouncing off the window and having checked the weather forecast it was definitely going to be a day for waterproof outdoor gear so the Goretex jacket and waterproof trousers went stright into the backpack.
Poolewe is just a short-ish drive from the Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve surrounding Loch Maree, a vast expanse of water with the stunning backdrop of Slioch (998m) and that seemed like the most sensible place to make the first photo stop... as it turned, the last of the day too!
On arriving the rain lessened from incessant to showery and with a few breaks seeming to appear in the clouds I decided I'd climb into full waterproofs and go for a wander to check out a couple of viewpoints I'd already done a bit of research on, a couple of photogenic trees overlooking the loch.
After about half an hour or so I'd figured out a couple of nice compositions but without warning the clouds suddenly parted, the sun broke through and rainbows started to appear over the loch... a quick dash around and this was my favourite shot of them.
