Location Guides

this guidebook will take you to the most beautiful and photogenic places  in Scotland. In this extensive photo-location and visitor guidebook,  award winning Scottish photographer Dougie Cunningham explores and  describes the most beautiful places in Scotland to visit and photograph.  

From Glencoe to Glen Torridon, Skye to Shetland, Callanish to  Cairngorm, this guidebook reveals the islands and mountains, glens and  lochs, rivers and coastline and visits ancient stone circles, fortified  houses, medieval castles, crofts and peel towers. The classic views are  included and many more lesser known and hidden gems amongst the  Lowlands, Highlands and Islands of this spectacular country. Also  included are photographic tours of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and a handy  list of the best Scottish whiskey distilleries to visit.

Photographing THE LAKE DISTRICT is a comprehensive  photographic-location guidebook to the most beautiful places to take  photographs in the English Lake District. The book guides the reader to  beautiful places and gives advice on how to take the best photographs  when there.

Detailed directions with maps and sat nav  information are given, along with access information including whether a  location is accessible by wheelchair.

The locations include:  Lakes, Fells, Valleys, Waterfalls, Cottages & Farmhouses ,  Woodlands, Rivers, Bridges, Boats, Jetties, Wildlife, Classic Views,  Landscapes & Panoramas, Villages, Shows and Events, Historic Houses,  Castles & Gardens.

The second section consists of chapters  offering photographic advice on how to improve your photography  including: camera and lens choice, composition, exposure, depth of  field, sunrise and sunset photography, how to catch a rainbow and how to  photograph waterfalls.

PHOTOGRAPHING DORSET is a photography-location guidebook that guides the reader to the best places for photography in this beautiful county.

Dorset is home to some of the most beautiful photographic locations in  the UK. On its 95-mile long Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, you  will find the pinnacles of Old Harry Rocks and the famous arch of Durdle  Door. Just inland is the 11th century Corfe Castle, the moored boats at  Wareham harbour and the rolling hills and villages of Thomas Hardy's  Wessex. 

Over 60 locations and 250 beautiful photographs are featured together  with detailed maps, directions and co-ordinates for each location. The  guide suggests the best time of day and year including seasonal  highlights. There are accessibility notes, a sun compass, a list of  shows, events and Dorset villages.

PHOTOGRAPHING CORNWALL AND DEVON is a photography-location  guidebook.Boasting much of the UK's most spectacular coastline, together  with endless rolling hills of patchwork countryside and the high  moorland of Exmoor and Dartmoor, the South West is renowned for its  beautiful landscapes and is rich with photographic potential.

Author and  professional photographer Adam Burton describes 70 of the best locations  in Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset for photography in this lavishly  illustrated photography-location guidebook featuring 300 stunning  photographs, including detailed advice on how to take great  photographs.

The book features seascapes and beaches, Cornish tin mines,  headlands and cliffs, villages and harbours, taverns and inns, packhorse  bridges and megalithic sites, churches, rolling patchwork countryside,  waterfalls, streams and mystical woodlands, granite tors and moorland.  There are detailed OS maps with directions and co-ordinates for each  location, location accessibility notes, best time of day and year  including seasonal highlights, sun compass, photographic tips and  techniques, special advice on long exposures for seascape photography.

PHOTOGRAPHING NORTH WALES is a comprehensive photo-location  guidebook including: Snowdonia National Park, the Isle of Anglesey, the  North Wales Coast, Llyn Peninsula, Llangollen and the North East.

Author  and local North Wales photographer Simon Kitchin describes over 100  locations and several hundred viewpoints for the reader to visit. Each  location chapter starts with an overview describing historical,  literary, geological, and natural history features including the  photographic potential of a location. Suggested photographic viewpoints  are described at each location along with advice on how to take the best  photographs whilst there. It is lavishly illustrated with over 300 high  quality colour photographs of North Wales landscapes. This guidebook  will appeal to both keen photographers and anybody with a camera who  visits North Wales.

The locations include big landscapes and  panoramas; lighthouses; beaches; mountains; villages; castles &  abbeys; churches; waterfalls; lakes; wildlife; slate quarries; heritage  steam railways; industrial heritage; military aircraft; shows and  events; gardens; historic houses; seaside resorts.

This guidebook will take you to the  most beautiful and photogenic places in the Peak District.  PHOTOGRAPHING THE PEAK DISTRICT is a photography-location and visitor  guidebook. The Peak District is a beautiful upland area at the southern  end of the Pennines stretching from Ashbourne in the south to the M62 in  the north. The northern Dark Peak is an area of wild heather-clad  moorland lined by gritstone edges and boulders that contrast with the  limestone plateau and deep dales of the White Peak. Cut by sparkling  rivers, populated with beautiful villages, a rich industrial heritage  and home to Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall, the UK's first national  park has photographic opportunities around every corner, all year round.  

FEATURING: - 150 locations including all the classics - 750 photographs  - Detailed maps, directions and co-ordinates for each location - Best  seasons and time of day to visit - Sun compass - Accommodation and best  pubs - Roadside and short walk locations - Longer photographic walks -  Accessibility information.

Locations includfe: Ladybower & the Derwent Reservoirs,  Bamford Weir, Stanage Edge, Hathersage, Surprise View & Padley  Gorge, Froggatt Edge & the Eastern Edges, Dove Stones Chatsworth  House & Haddon Hall, Tideswell & Litton, Peter's Stone &  Cressbrook Dale, Monsal Dale & Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell,  Hartington, Lathkill Dale Dove Dale, Vale of Edale, Winnats Pass, Mam  Tor, Cave Dale and Peveril Castle Kinder Downfall, Three Shire Heads,  Lud's Church, Parkhouse and Chrome Hills, The Roaches, High Tor &  Matlock Bath, Peak Rail, Black Rocks of Cromford and Derwent Valley Mills.