Dramatic landscapes from the Yorkshire Dales,
North York Moors and Lake District
by photographer John Patrick

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Crowds at the Mallard 75 Great Goodbye

Since I was working just up the road, I had a quick visit to the National Railway Museum at Shildon today, where the ‘Mallard 75 – Great Goodbye’ event was definitely drawing in crowds of enthusiasts. I decided to use the crowds as added interest rather than trying to avoid them and used 10 stops [...]
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Flamborough Head Time Lapse

I spent a couple of days on the Yorkshire Coast around the Bridlington and Filey area over the weekend and as part of the trip filmed this time lapse clip of the tide coming in at Flamborough Head. The video compresses about 90 minutes of real time down to 25 seconds. Later in the afternoon [...]
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Balance light trails, ambient and flash for creative action shots

With the clocks changing last weekend and the autumn nights drawing in, now seemed a good time to describe a technique for balancing light trails, ambient light and flash to create some eye catching action shots. Balancing three very different light sources in one image might sound like a near impossible task, with many variables [...]
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