Solent Sea Kayaking

Photography is a relatively new hobby for me and provides an added dimension to paddles, particularly when paddling local routes repeatedly.
A recent post by a superb Sea Kayaking photographer Mark Rainsley on the excellent South West Sea Kayaking website about the kit he uses, along with a couple of email enquiries about my own [...]

Not sea kayaking, but simply stunning – even the shopping trolley! Landscape Photo of the Year

I’m lucky enough to teach an A Level student, Sam, who is a keen photographer. He’s been giving me some advice on various manual settings on my DSLR, in particular night scene photography for which I am extremely grateful.
Thought I would share my first efforts. Pretty pleased yet so, so much to learn! Click [...]

Ok, I have no illusions of being the next Justine Curvengen, Bryan Smith or Simon Willis. However, I would like to get more interesting shots from the kayak and in particular some video footage.
However, my main issue is that 99% of my paddling is done solo as I have to snatch paddles, often at unsociable [...]

Paddle Your Own Kayak by Gary and Joanie McGuffin, published by Boston Mills Press, is subtitled ‘an illustrated guide to the art of kayaking’. This subtitle really highlights one of the major selling points of this book, and the reason I impulsively purchased it, the superb and inspiring photography.
Paddle Your Own Kayak contains 207 pages [...]

I have been really impressed with the quality of the photographs on a number of sea kayaking blogs such as Sea Kayak Photo, Southwest Sea Kayaking, Simon Willis & Cailean’s Blog. In particular, the shots taken on the water. It’s got me thinking about what kit people use to take photos whilst paddling – point [...]