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Paul Mitchell 1
BURNHAM,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
eing a full-time graphic
designer, I have been
B associated with
photography in one way or
another for over 30 years. It is
only in the last 13 years or so that
I have concentrated on my own
photographic journey. I suppose
it all started with my fi rst DSLR
(a Fuji S2 Pro) which freed me
from buying fi lm and having it
processed and scanned etc.
Being a lover of the outdoors
and the landscape, light is my
biggest inspiration, be it the
spectacular light at the beginning
and end of the day, or even a 1 Vale of Pewsey starting at West Bay. Strong winds 2
combined with a high tide made for
drizzly, grey day in a wood. The One of my favourite locations is a dramatic result!
looking down on this wonderful
gentle nuances created by light
part of Wiltshire from Martinsell Hill. Nikon D810, 24-70mm, 0.6sec @
is my artist’s palette. Other
This was my third early morning trip f/22, ISO 64, Lee 0.9 hard grad
sources of inspiration come from there, ever hoping that I would fi nd
the likes of Peter Dombrovskis, mist… third time lucky as they say! 4 Whitby Evening
Christopher Burkett, Shinzo Nikon D7100, 70-200mm, 1/60sec An image made in 2011 while on
Maeda and Joe Cornish. @ f/11, ISO 100, Lee 0.6 soft grad a visit to Whitby. I only had my
Some of my future plans compact camera with me but on
include a couple of books, one 2 Floating Copper refl ection it did a sterling job.
featuring my other passion, While walking in my local woods, Panasonic GF1, 20mm 1/13sec
I spotted this tableau of two tree @f/9, ISO 100, Lee 0.6 Soft grad
which is pinhole photography,
trunks accentuated by the dying
and a long-term project
bracken and copper leaves, which 5 Dovercourt
documenting the changing seemed to be fl oating in mid air. I decided to visit one of my favourite
seasons in Burnham Beeches Nikon D7100, 70-200mm, 1/10sec haunts on the Essex/Suffolk coast
in Buckinghamshire, which is on @ f/10, ISO 100 to try out my new Nikon D810. My
my doorstep. I am also hoping hoped-for colourful dawn didn’t
to start running workshops 3 West Bay materialise, so I decided a long
this year with a A cold January morning saw me exposure would be the best option.
view to passing travelling down to Dorset to meet Nikon D810, 24-70mm,
on some of my my good friend and current LPOTY 129 seconds @ f/9, ISO 64, Lee
holder Andy Farrer. He suggested 0.6 hard grad, Big Stopper
passion and
expertise.
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P A UL USES A
Nikon D810

My equipment consists of a Nikon
D810 with the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
and 70-200mm f/4, plus a Nikon
D7100 with the Tokina 11-16 mm f/2.8
and Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8. I have a
full set of both the hard & soft Lee ND
grads along with the Lee Polariser,
and the Big and Little stopper. My
favoured tripod is a Gitzo GT 3542 XLS.

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