Russ Barnes – Art Of The Landscape

Dec 18

by Russ Barnes in Guest Photography, Photographs, Reviews 0 comments tags: landscape, photograph, seascape, trees

Flickr Inspiration for 2016

Picking favourites from your own work can feel like an almost impossibly difficult task so in true end of year review style, I've raided my Flickr favourites from 2016 and come up with a list of images, in no particular order, that made an impact or difference to me during the last year from other photographers.

Nov 05

by Russ Barnes in Photographs, Reviews 0 comments tags: "greg whitton", autumn, lake district, landscape, mountains, workshop

Back Up High With Greg Again – Lakes In Early Autumn

Following up from an outstanding workshop in Snowdonia back in April with Greg Whitton, as soon as the batteries were running low again I thought it was time for another go in the Lake District. There's nothing quite the Lakes in autumn, though it has to be said I really wasn't coming for the trees and colour, but for the opportunities afforded by the potential for quickly changing light and weather. But after the amazing light of Snowdonia surely I couldn't be that lucky twice right?

Jul 31

by Russ Barnes in Gear, Photographs, Reviews 0 comments tags: camera, D500, gear, landscape, macro, magnox, nikon, review, russ barnes

500cc – Revving Up With The Nikon D500

I'm always looking for ways to improve or evolve my photography. As much as the application of photographic technique very much depends on the individual, their interpretation and level of creativity, it is unfair to think all cameras are equal and offer the same opportunities. The D500 provides some complimentary options to a full-frame landscape kit that I wasn't expecting and it's now been in my hands for the last 24 hours...

Jul 08

by Russ Barnes in Gear, Reviews 0 comments tags: af-d, ai-s, lens, nikon, review, russ barnes

Nikon Old Skool – Vintage glass without antique prices

Following the vote to leave the EU, one of the things British people were promised was simply less money in our pockets. However I guess very few were expecting that necessarily to happen within a couple of weeks where something as simple as photography equipment was concerned. Find out why and what you can do about it if you shoot Nikon like me...

Jul 04

by Russ Barnes in Gear, Reviews 0 comments tags: fuji, gear, review, russ barnes, x-t1

Project X – Lessons in futility with the Fuji system

This particular piece centres on Fuji though and before they get around to releasing their much anticipated X-T2 I thought I would finish up a promise to put some words down about two periods of using an X-E2 and subsequently an X-T1. Obviously these are my own views, no doubt there will be one or two people who disagree with the underlying sentiment. Maybe, just maybe...

May 02

by Russ Barnes in Feature, Photographs, Reviews 0 comments tags: "greg whitton", landscape, mountains, OPOTY, outdoor photography, russ barnes, snowdonia, workshop

Climb Every Mountain – The Greg Whitton Experience

It's 5am, dark, I haven't eaten, it's zero on the temperature gauge, even though it's the middle of April there's plenty of snow underfoot, the equivalent of a small child is clinging to my back, head torches are an essential requirement and for some reason I'm scrambling up the base of a ridiculously steep hill in Snowdonia asking myself for all the world what on earth I'm doing there...

Jan 16

by Russ Barnes in Feature, Gear, Magazine, Reviews, Technique 0 comments tags: amateur photographer, feature, gear, magazine, review, russ barnes

Amateur Photographer – What’s In The Bag – January 2016

New Year, and the first paid magazine feature of 2016 in Amateur Photographer Magazine on 16th January...

Jan 13

by Russ Barnes in Gear, Reviews 0 comments tags: d800, d810, df, dslr, gear, infrared, nikon, review, russ barnes

What’s In The Bag 2016 – Part 4 of 4 – Cameras

Although there won't be any surprises in here from those that follow my ramblings, I'm still going to provide a few words here for reference on the 2016 camera bodies and what each one brings to my photography...

Jan 12

by Russ Barnes in Gear, Reviews, Technique 0 comments tags: gear, nikon, review, russ barnes, telephoto, zeiss

What’s In The Bag 2016 – Part 3 of 4 – Telephotos

In this part it gets to the most interesting stuff in my kit - the telephotos. I find it interesting that many landscape photographers believe the wide end of the equation is the one we should be sharpening our skills on, producing image after image with endless depth of field. Honestly for me it couldn't be further from the truth.

Dec 19

by Russ Barnes in Guest Photography, Photographs, Reviews 0 comments tags: guest, landscape, photograph

Inspirational Images of 2015

It's that inevitable time of year again when there's a moment to breathe, take in the year and reflect on some of best photography from 2015. I've picked twenty of what I consider to be some of the year's most inspirational images direct from my Flickr favourites...