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Event Photography Swanage Carnival Wheelbarrow Race

August 9, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Event Photography Swanage Carnival Wheelbarrow Race

Event Photography Swanage Carnival. The Swanage Carnival is a highlight of the town’s calendar. We have all the festivals but the Swanage Carnival is the peak. The ‘heat wave’ had past for the procession day. Rain and wind. That did not stop the visitors or locals coming out to see the people and floats taking part.

The Wheel Barrow Race is possibly the second peak to the week of fun. Entrants in fancy dress with wheelbarrows that have to run around the town and have a drink. What could possibly happen?

The event was ready and all the entrants in fancy dress all I needed to do was to arrive and press a button. With the Carnival Wheel Barrow Race going around the town there are several locations to try and capture all the entrants to the wheelbarrow race. Shooting from the triangle near the Swan Pub I was able to snap away as the wheelbarrows came up Institute road. When passed a quick move over the road and catch them again stopping for a drink at the Swan. Short walk to the seafront and catch them racing for the finish line.

Great to see Alan from Old Harry Camper Company fellow crewmember on the Swanage Lifeboat taking part in the 2018 wheelbarrow race.

Catching an event like this is just the start. Having to go through 100’s of pictures to sift out the good ones takes a little while so jump over to the gallery of images from the Swanage Carnival Wheelbarrow Race and check them out.

If you took part then I hope I have a shot of you. Please share. Tag people that may be in the pictures. I am sure they would love to see the fun.

Please feel free to contact me should anyone require prints or further information.

Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage Dorset Photographer - Roydons Photography

Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage – Roydons Photography

June 8, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage Dorset. Fantastic location to stand and see the sunrise in fact it is a fantastic location full stop. Out on the chalk headland with views of Poole, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight.

Long before the sun reaches the horizon to peak its nose over the colours start to brighten the sky. Streaks of orange and gold interspersed with the wisps of clouds. The promise of a fantastic summers day in Dorset. The colours contrasting to the white of the chalk cliffs that form Old Harry Rocks here in Swanage.

Being a Dorset Photographer fantastic sunrises on the wonderful coast are very accessible. Simply means an early alarm and and a short trip or even walk. The views are on our door step. This picture is taken at the famous Old Harry Rocks Swanage looking towards Poole and Bournemouth.

Finding Old Harry Rocks Swanage

Old Harry Rocks is a stack of chalk rocks at the end of the headland that separates Swanage Bay and Studland beach. The charted location for Old Harry Rocks is actually Handfast Point. The headland is reached with a simple walk from either location . From Studland side of Ballard Down there is a footpath from the South Beach car park near the Bankes Arms public house all the way out making Old Harry Rocks very accessible. If setting out to walk to Handfast Point from Swanage then you can stroll along the beach until you pick up the footpath. This route takes you past Ballard point before you reach Old Harry Rocks also passing the Pinnacle, The pinnacle is another stack midway between the two points.

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Please Note: If you do go out to cliff tops take care. Cliffs are dangerous and people do fall and die every year. Silly mistakes near the edge or rocks giving way. Please give extra care and attention when on the coast at all times.

Check out the other great Dorset Photography in the gallery.

Swanage Lifeboat Station receives generous donation

June 1, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Swanage Lifeboat Station receives generous donation. You may wonder why I am commenting on a local story. It was my pleasure to take the pictures used in the press release. Following the release the local paper, The Swanage Advertiser ran the story on its front page. Always great to see a picture that you have taken in the paper. The story was then also featured in the Bournemouth Echo.

The picture was taken before the weekly lifeboat exercise when the family came to visit and hand over the much apreciated donation from a late relative.

Any of you out there that undertake group photographs will understand how difficult it is to capture a group photograph. There is always one that wants to talk or look the other way. The Swanage Lifeboat crew is no exception.

Featured in the Bournemouth Echo

Prints are available in the Store and if you have a moment check out the Gallery for other great Dorset Photography Images

Milky Way Selfie. Always time for a quick selfie. Just some are more extreme than others at Peveril Point Swanage with Milky Way

Milky Way Selfie Peveril Point Swanage

May 18, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Milky Way Selfie Peveril Point Swanage.

Sometimes photographers can be too serious. All in a row, cameras on a tripod looking at the sunset through a camera but missing the event. The same can be true of any photographic trip. Its always good to take a step back and take in the image of what you are there to actually capture. Especially true of the Milky Way. The scale of the stars just can’t be perceived even through a lens at 20 mm.

With the darkness at Peveril point and some time for the eyes to adjust more stars start to appear. Soon after arrival I knew that a single shot would not capture the whole of the arch. I just had to stand and admire mother nature.

May be a bit of fun with doing a Milky Way Selfie but please check out the Image Gallery for more pictures and as always please feel free to like and share.

If you want to have a go check out a simple guide to photographing the Milky Way. but remember its dark and think about safety.

Lightning Peveril Point

April 22, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Lightning Peveril Point

Lightning Peveril Point Swanage. Tonight the heavens treated us to a fantastic display. Could not count the number of strikes that happened. At Peveril Point they were all around at one point. This capture is highlighting the Point.

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Gallery of other work on my website

Photographing the Milky Way beginners guide

March 3, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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The Milky Way seen from Priests Way from Swanage to Worth, Dorset

Photographing Milky Way

A few days ago I was asked by someone how do you do it, Take pictures of the MilkyWay that is. so I went through the simple steps with them and off they went. Couple of days later they came back with a great photograph of the Milky Way proving how easy it really is and that you don’t need a lot of fancy equipment. This inspired me with the thought that I should try and put this down on paper so to speak and so produced this simple guide to photographing the milkyway.

It was a fun process sitting down and trying to remember how to write anything more than a quick email. Complete with errors and all I have released it as a simple guide to get you started as I am no expert (still working at that). Have a read, share it, ignore it just go out and try it. If you have an questions or suggestions please get in touch and good luck.

Milky Way Guide

New Pictures and New Server

February 22, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Milky Way at Peveril Point Swanage

Busy times and server problems have resulted in no updates to my photography site in a while but now I have moved the website to a new hosting company, not a task I would like to do again I am able to update again. I have still managed to get out and photograph some of the delightful sights of nature that the Swanage area has to offer such as the Milky Way in the sky above Peveril Point and some fantastic sun rises over Swanage beach. These have now been added to the gallery pages so if you have a moment have a look.

Now the lighter evenings are creeping up on us Sunset landscapes are becoming an option again so really looking forward to that.

Thanks for Looking, Feel Free to Like and Share. Have a moment? Check out the Gallery for more pictures from RoydonsPhotography

Black and White Facebook Challenge Day 2

December 9, 2017 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Black and white facebook challenge day 1. Simple challenge was the first thought. What makes a black and white picture special? here is day one of the Black and White facebook challenge. If you wander down to the boat park in Swanage or make your way down to Pevril Point along the coast path you will find this old clock tower, minus any clock.This clock tower is known as the Wellington Clock Tower and was originally a monument to the Duke of Wellington, and bought from London as parts (probably as ballast) and reconstructed in 1867.

This capture was late in the summer when the sun was heading to bed behind the clouds. Just shortly before that we were lucky enough to be treated to a small crack in the grey clouds which lit up the sky with beautiful rays of sunlight.

Red Arrows Display Swanage Carnival 2017

September 8, 2017 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Red Arrows Swanage Carnival. 2017 saw the Red Arrows once again doing their stunning acrobatics over Swanage. A major display for Swanage Carnival 2017.

For further pictures please check out the collection here. Red Arrow Collection 2017

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