When we arrived we found information on walks around Brother's Water, Alcock Tarn above Grasmere, Side Pike and Blea Tarn, Aira and High Force Waterfalls and Haweswater, which all looked like great places to photograph. However, the weather was not kind to us during the weekend. It rained most of the time, visibility was poor and the light was dull and grey. This was not what I had hoped for! The camera stayed in its rucksack. One thing I can say about the weather in the Lake District during March is that it's changeable! The weekend was a wash-out but then during the week we experienced snow-falls, spells of sunshine, freezing overnight temperatures, blue skies and white clouds, all of which can help to produce dramatic photographs I thought the Kirkstone Pass would be a good area to photograph so I headed there one morning after a slight covering of snow had fallen and the sky looked particularly interesting.
The wind was quite strong so the white clouds were scuttling across the blue sky blocking the sun and casting a shadow over the landscape one minute then allowing the sun to shine through and light up the scene once more. A good tip when photographing landscapes is to try to include some foreground interest in your images - rocks and boulders, trees, fences and hedges are all things to look out for.
On another morning we visited Blea Tarn. The night before had been cold and there was a thin covering of ice around the edge of some of the Tarn when we arrived so I tried not to break it up while walking around looking for possible viewpoints. I found some nice rocks that I could include and framed the image to show these, the reflections in the water and the blue sky. After a while spent exploring Blea Tarn we decided to walk up Side Pike to see what the view was like from higher up.
It was well worth the effort as we were rewarded with great views of Mickledon and Langdale Fell during the ascent and then over Blea Tarn itself from near the top of the Pike. I was very pleased with the images I managed to get during my short time there and I will definitely return in the near future to add to my collection. Some of the shots from Blea Tarn have been featured in a photography magazine and I have submitted them to calendar companies and picture libraries. So fingers crossed! You can see more of Lee's pictures on www.lee-beel-photography.co.uk
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