Simon Kitchin North Wales Landscape Photographer

Welcome to the photography of Simon Kitchin, A North Wales photographer and the author of the photo location guidebook Photographing North Wales. On my website you can browse photos of North Wales and the UK, buy high quality prints, framed prints and canvases, book a landscape photography workshop in Snowdonia National Park or buy a copy of my latest North Wales calendar.

New Llanddwyn Island Anglesey photography workshop for 2025

September 21, 2024
New Llanddwyn Island photography workshop dates on Anglesey I've just added a new Llanddwyn Island Anglesey workshop date to my website. We start early at 07.30am to make the best of the "Golden Hour" light from sunrise. Full details & booking can be found on my Anglesey photography workshop webpage: https://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/anglese...
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Snowdon Yr Wydda - the best photo viewpoints

September 21, 2024
A new photo location article: The best views of Snowdon Yr Wyddfa If you're interesting in photographing Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa, the highest mountain in Wales, then you may find my new article of interest. It lists some of the best photo viewpoints from which to capture views of Snowdon https://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/snowdon-yr-wyddfa-best-p...
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Another great group on my Snowdonia Eryri photography workshop yesterday

September 15, 2024
Eryri Snowdonia photography workshop today Snowdonia Eryri was kind with the weather yesterday on my last Snowdonia group workshop in Cwm Idwal for 2024. A great photography group again and we were blessed with some beautiful autumninal light. Pen Yr Ole Wen and Tryfan looks stunning at times and the workshop group made the best of the light. If yo...
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Beautiful Buttermere - my Lake District favourite

September 15, 2024
Beautiful Buttermere in the Lake District The most beautiful location in the Lake District in my eyes is definitely Buttermere, it's an amazing location surrounded by mountains on all sides with some amazing walking and stunning views. Here's a photo from a couple of weeks ago from a wander around the lake itself... the weather was typical August i...
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Yr Wyddfa Snowdon summit - one of the best views in Snowdonia Eryri

September 10, 2024
Stunning sunrise on Snowdon Yr Wyddfa Yr Wyddfa Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and also one of the most popular mountain summits for visitors. The views from the summit of Snowdon can be pretty incredible, if you're lucky to catch good weather. A sunrise is my favourite time to climb to the top of Snowdon Yr Wyddfa as during autumn & spri...
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The most Instagrammable locations in Snowdonia Eryri

August 27, 2024
New article: The best Instagram views in Eryri Snowdonia For all those Instagram fans out there I've just written a short article "The most Instagrammable locations in Snowdonia" with some suggestions for the best places to visit for that perfect Instagram selfie photo shoot https://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/snowdonia---best-places-for-an-ins...
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Llandudo Pier a black and white photo edit

August 01, 2024  •  1 Comment
A sunrise photo trip to Llandudno The last photo from Tuesday mornings sunrise trip to Llandudno in North Wales. When I arrived just before sunrise, at around 05.15am the rocks in this shot were completely under water with the tide at it's highest so I didn't get chance to try this composition when the sunrise light was at its nicest. Having shot t...
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A sunrise photography trip to the North Wales Victorian seaside resort of Llandudno

July 31, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
Sunrise photography in Llandudno North Wales 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 i...
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Stunning Eryri Snowdonia National Park in photos

July 28, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
Stunning photos of Eryri Snowdonia National Park Eryri Snowdonia National park in North Wales is a stunning area for photography with some amazing photo locations. The area has 3000ft mountain peaks, including Wales's highest mountain Yr Wyddfa Snowdon, beautiful glacial lakes, some amazing waterfalls as well as a strong industrial and historical h...
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Snowdonia Eryri's best village photo locations

July 23, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
A photography article on the best villages for photography in Eryri Snowdonia Llanwrst Llanwrst is located in the heart of the Conwy valley on the edge of Eryri Snowdonia. It’s a very popular spot for photography in North Wales with the famous 15th Century Tu Hwnt i'r Bont tearoom and the nearby 17th Century Pont Fawr. It’s also home to one of Sno...
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Snowdonia Eryri - the best photo locations for Tryfan

July 20, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
The best photo viewpoints of Tryfan Tryfan towers above the Ogwen Valley (Dyffryn Ogwen), a glacial valley running between the village of Capel Curig and the small hamlet of Ogwen Cottage. It's a valley bordered by some of the highest and most spectacular mountain ranges in North Wales and the foreboding peak of Tryfan is definitely a visitors and...
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A beautiful walk along the Cornish coast to Polperro

July 14, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
A walk around beautiful Polperro in Cornwall Just back from a great week in South Cornwall, the week was mainly coastal walking... just over 70miles & 10,000feet height gain...so didn't really have time or the energy for any photo shoots but I carried the camera on the walks. This is my favourite place of the week, the beautiful Polperro
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The best Aurora display in North Wales at Penmon lighthouse Anglesey

June 23, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
The Northern lights over Penmon Lighthouse Anglesey Another photo of the best aurora display ever in the UK captured at Penmon lighthouse Anglesey in North Wales. A truly magical evening in North Wales photographing the Northern lights. I've visited Anglesey many times over the years but it's never looked quite as amazing as this with the best auro...
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Anglesey Photography Workshops 2025 - The stunning Llanddwyn Island

June 01, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
New Anglesey photography workshop dates for 2025 My Anglesey photography workshops take place on the stunning Llanddwyn Island, an amazing place to visit and definitely one of the most photogenic beaches in the UK with the now iconic view of Twr Mawr lighthouse. I've added a new winter sunset photography workshop in December 2024 and also new dates...
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A2 canvas print of Penmon aurora from my recent night on Anglesey

June 01, 2024  •  Leave a Comment
Beautiful A2 canvas print of Penmon lighthouse aurora The first A2 canvas prints of a couple of my Penmon lighthouse aurora photos from my recent night on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales Available to purchase in my Isle of Anglesey photos gallery here on my website: https://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/anglesey-photographs
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