Many of us landscape photographers spend many hours and weeks away from family and friends chasing after spectacular scenes in dramatic far flung locations in the wee small hours, trying to put our stamp on a well known scene.

Sometimes, however, lovely scenes are just waiting for us on our own doorstep and I am lucky enough to live in the quietly lovely Surrey Hills. This main shot here is not usually the type of shot I go for. Usually, I will go to great lengths to minimise signs of human existence on the planet, preferring instead to capture the beauty of nature generally focusing on emotion rather than a record of a particular location.

Shooting a big building and car park therefore is not really in my nature. However, like many local people I have commuted past this on many occasions and knew that there was a shot that need to be taken like the itch that wouldn’t go away. As someone interested in landscape photography as an art form I also like to regularly extend my creative range and challenge myself to try different genres of shot so the time came to make an attempt on my local vineyard and town: Dorking & Denbies Vineyard in the Surrey Hills.

This second shot here is an example of my more usual style of landscape shot. This really is just abut the relationship between the two trees amongst the vast expanse of pruned vines mid winter. I liked the way the evening sun caught the grass and rhythm and feel of the shot.

Please take a look at my ‘Surrey’ gallery section for more local images, some of the towns and some of the country. All images were shot with a high resolution DSLR Canon Camera body and are of course copyright protected. They are all suitable for large prints or cards etc. so do drop me a line if you have any queries about their use.

I hope that you enjoyed the shots and don’t forget to click on the thumbnails to view the full image.

Thanks,

Ade