Blogs & Vlogs
Here are the latest articles and videos from my YouTube channel about my travels and photography
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DSC_1899-Edit-2-770x550.jpg)
18th May 2022
Street Photography in Budapest, Hungary
After 796 COVID-enforced days in the UK, we were finally travelling again. Destination: Budapest....
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SUT_9904-770x550.jpg)
18th November 2021
Nature and photography in the Test Valley
We residents are very fortunate to live in the beautiful surroundings of the Test...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SUT_8856-770x550.jpg)
13th October 2021
Discovering Exmoor National Park in early Autumn
In mid-September 2021 I made my first journey of more than 50 miles from...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SUT_9011-Edit-770x550.jpg)
22nd September 2021
The photographic challenges of the Valley of Rocks
I visited Exmoor National Park for the first time in September 2021. One of...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SUT_7064-Edit-1-770x550.jpg)
29th August 2021
Test Valley Photography: Summer 2021
2021 has been a year of staying local and re-discovering the Test Valley. I...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SUT_8392-2-thumb-Edit-2-770x550.jpg)
20th August 2021
Is the relationship between photography and social media broken?
Once upon a time I had 10,000 followers on Google+. True fact! I was...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SUT_7409-Edit-770x550.jpg)
20th July 2021
Wallop Wheels and Wings 2021 in photos
It felt quite strange to be amongst a large crowd of people in July...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SUT_7699-Edit-770x550.jpg)
5th July 2021
Longstock Water Gardens: The Test Valley’s hidden landscape jewel
It seems strange to call Longstock Park Water Gardens a “hidden jewel”. It’s been...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SUT_1210.jpg)
18th March 2019
Travel in Namibia: Landscape Photography in Ugab Valley and Twyfelfontein
We explore the Ugab Valley in northern Namibia and head for the UNESCO World...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vlog-golden-hour-NF.jpg)
15th March 2019
Working a landscape photography composition in different ways
In this video I work a few different compositions of a New Forest valley...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ES-galleries-thumb.jpg)
13th March 2019
4 things I learned in creating a new photography portfolio
How do you approach building a new photography portfolio? In this vlog I examine...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/adder-vlog-thumb.jpg)
26th February 2019
Looking for Adders in the New Forest
Sometimes the actual photography, pressing the shutter, is the easy bit. Honing our fieldcraft...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/namibia-vlog-3-thumb.jpg)
18th February 2019
Travel in Namibia: Wildlife Photography in Etosha National Park
We spend 3 days in Etosha National Park, Namibia photographing wildlife and exploring the...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/platypod-vlog-thumb1.jpg)
13th February 2019
I HATE tripods – so I created my own low-angle custom rig
In this video I confess to finding tripods a pain and show you how...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropping-vlog.jpg)
9th February 2019
How to crop wildlife photography images
In this video I talk about a fundamental of post-processing, how to crop your...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Namibia-Ep2-vlog.jpg)
30th January 2019
Travel in Namibia: Waterberg Plateau – Hoba Meteorite – Mushara Bush Camp
In the second of our Namibia series we head north from Windhoek to the...
![](https://earth-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/namibia-windhoek-vlog.jpg)
17th January 2019
Travel in Namibia: Windhoek & Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
In the first of our Namibia series we set out from the UK to...