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.
Photographing sunrise on Stac Pollaidh mountain, Assynt
One of the main places I wanted to visit in Scotland last week was the summit of Stac Pollaidh in Assynt. I tried last year but persistent gale force winds had prevented it so gladly I had more luck this time around.
Last Friday I set off driving from Lochinver at 04.30am to ensure I had plenty of time for the climb to arrive on the summit for sunrise... the drive in itself was a pretty terrifying experience, I lost count of how many deer and rather scary stags I saw wandering around the road, I actually drove at pretty much 30mph all the way!
The climb from the carpark was thankfully less stressful and a bit quicker than I thought so I arrived on the summit in plenty of time to see, hopefully, a sunrise although initially rain greeted me. In the distance though I could see an ever closer break in the cloud and to my delight around 20minutes after sunrise the light appeared.
This is just one of many images, actually a 25 image bracketed Pano to manage the contrast of shooting directly into the sun.
