Rob Povey Photography Blog

Birds of Prey

2011-05-29T19:51:00.001Z

Had a wonderful day on Friday at Gaunlet BOP Centre near Knutsford with my Brother-In-Law Shaun. It was a 40th Birthday present and below a few favourites......

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob

www.robpovey.co.uk

Cheddleton Infrared

2010-09-05T17:58:00.000Z

After a few months with doing little photography, I finally managed to get out today and take some infrared shots down the road at Cheddleton Flint Mill and on the Cauldon Canal.

Three of my favourites below.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Hardwick Hall

2010-06-11T08:04:00.005Z

A couple of shots taken whilst out with the family over half-term. Shot with a Canon G9 and 720nm IR filter.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

Macro

2010-01-26T16:56:00.003Z

A couple of Macro shots from the Kitchen......

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Winter 2009

2010-01-15T15:17:00.003Z

I took a few shots whilst out with the dogs during our recent snowfall.

Hope you like them.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob Povey

www.robpovey.co.uk

Outdoor Photography

2009-12-01T11:01:00.002Z

I got a last minute call to join 2 other readers of Outdoor Photography on one of their readers workshops, up at the Roaches near Leek.

We had a great time and here are two of the shots which appeared in the magazine.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Woodcroft First School Leek Website

2009-09-30T09:29:00.004Z

Not photography releated I'm afraid, but I have just done another website for a local school - Woodcroft First School, Leek, Staffordshire.

Please stop by for a look.

www.woodcroft.staffs.sch.uk

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

It's Been a While!!!

2009-09-17T12:15:00.003Z

It has been quite a time since my last post. I have been busy with many things including starting to learn the guitar and producing a further two websites.

I took this shot whilst on holiday on my G9. It is of one of the falls on the Ingleton Falls Trail (a walk I can throughly recommend).

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Nicholson War Memorial, Leek, Staffs

2009-08-14T16:34:00.002Z

I have just finished getting a website up and running for the Friends of the Nicholson War Memorial.

Please stop by for a look.

www.nicholsonmemorial.org.uk

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Blubell Woods

2009-05-15T13:36:00.002Z

Taken on my G9 whilst out with the dog...

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Cotswolds 2009

2009-04-29T14:02:00.004Z

Sorry it has been a while - work, family and holiday have conspired against me...!

I have just got back from a week in the Cotswolds and here a three of my favourites.

I hardly used my SLRs. These are all from my Canon G9. I took a few macro shots of flowers whilst going around Hidcote Manor. I must admit I was very impressed with the hand-held results in mixed lighting.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Patshull Park & Badger

2009-03-17T13:35:00.003Z

I went to Patshull Park for a couple of days with the in-laws. Took the shots below of the lake and a waterfall over a weir at a small village nearby called "Badger".

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Trees in the Snow

2009-02-09T14:22:00.003Z

A quick grab shot with the G9 whilst out with the dog. It was a strange day of recent snow with fog.....

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Walk in the Snow - Cheddleton Flint Mill

2009-02-09T11:46:00.004Z

I went for a walk with my son and the brother-in-law yesterday. Took this shot I quite liked of Cheddleton Flint Mill.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

It Snowed!!

2009-02-02T16:25:00.004Z

First major snow in England for many a year (Scotland get it all the time but don't bleat on about it!).

Took the mad mutt for a walk and got these shots I quite liked. The river is the Churnet near where I live.

All taken on my Canon G9, f2.8 - 5.6, 1/350 - 1/800 sec, ISO 200.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

CJP Wedding Photography - Stoke on Trent

2009-01-16T09:49:00.006Z

Just completed this web site for my friend Chris.

Chris Johnson Wedding Photographer, Stoke-on-Trent

Chris is a wedding photographer, working in and around Stoke in Staffordshire. If you are getting married in the area give him a try.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Roaches

2009-01-03T15:16:00.003Z

I went for a walk with my son up on the Roaches. It was a cold and grey day so yet more B&W! A light dusting of snow added to the day and enabled some quite nice B&W shots to be taken.

#1 is my favourite from the day.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Canon Powershot G9

2008-12-31T16:05:00.003Z

Santa brought me a Canon Powershot G9 for crimble. What a camera! Built like a house brick, good looking and slips in the pocket OK. Easy to use (if you have used an SLR).

Took it shopping with the missus and son in Buxton yesterday. Took a few shots of the Crescent. This was may fave.....

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob

www.robpovey.co.uk

Mam Tor

2008-12-28T14:05:00.003Z

On the same shoot as below we went up to the top of Mam Tor (or Shimmering Mountain). It certainly was shivering at the top. The wind was blowing a hooley again!!

A grey day, so one of my B&W days (again!).

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Winatts Pass

2008-12-28T14:01:00.003Z

I went out for the morning up into the Peak District with my son and my Brother-in-Law. The idea was to get in some photography which we did, but the weather was not kind.

Got these shots of Winatts Pass near Castleton.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Birch Trees in France

2008-12-21T11:40:00.003Z

Took this shot of some Birch Trees when I was over in France. It has had a little infrared treatment applied in Photoshop.

I like the result. I am sure it will not float the boat of some!!

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

British Museum Atrium

2008-11-04T15:54:00.005Z

I was browsing around some of my old pictures and found this one of the British Museum Atrium which I had not noticed before. I like the solitary figure who seems "lost" in the open space with no others around them.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Close Up

2008-11-03T21:38:00.004Z

The weather here has been a bit lousy recently so I decided to dust off the macro lens and have a bash at some dead seed heads I collected whilst walking the dog. Here are my two favourites.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Roaches Barn

2008-10-20T13:05:00.004Z

I went out briefly with my brother-in-law taking some shots yesterday. The wind was blowing a hooley so we only managed about 30 mins before returning to the warmth of the car. Anyway got a couple of shot I liked.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

France

2008-09-12T10:42:00.002Z

Some more shots from France....

Til next time......

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

France

2008-09-05T10:31:00.002Z

I have just returned from France on holiday with the family. I took quite a few photographs, but here are a few I have worked on so far....

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Leek Show

2008-08-08T14:18:00.002Z

I went to my local agricultural show with some other members of my local camera club. Here are a few shots I took which I quite liked.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

More London Shots II

2008-08-03T16:46:00.003Z

Went out again today to Greenwich with the family. A few shots whilst we were out......

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

More London Shots

2008-08-02T19:28:00.003Z

I went down to Tower Bridge and the Natural History Museum today with my wife and son Tom.

The shots below are of Hayes Galleria, Tower Bridge Steam Engine and the Main Hall of the Natural History Museum.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

London

2008-07-31T18:10:00.003Z

I am working in London for the immediate future and so get the chance to take a few piccies along the way......

Here is one of my balcony view, one of Tate Modern and one of St Pauls (remember H C-B quote "sharpness is a bourgois concept").

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Scotland

2008-06-06T13:06:00.004Z

I have just returned from a weeks holiday with the family in the Scottish Borders. I took plenty of photos and here a few of my favourites.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Colour or Mono

2008-05-12T13:41:00.004Z

I took these shots down in the local wood where I take the dog for a walk. Which do you prefer the colour or the mono version?

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Tree

2008-05-07T14:04:00.001Z

Another shot of a tree you might recognise from a previous post....

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Wheels

2008-05-07T13:57:00.003Z

I went back to the Churnet Valley Railway the other weekend where there was a 1940's weekend on. Whilst I got a few shots of people, the ones I liked best were of some train wheels... sad, I know!!!

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Cheddleton Flint Mill

2008-03-28T15:26:00.003Z

I took these shots near where I live in Cheddleton. They are both of Cheddleton Flint Mill. I can't say I know much about the mill, but I hope to go back and get some more shots and also find out a bit about it.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Mermaid Pool

2008-02-28T17:22:00.002Z

I went up to the Mermaid Pool near Leek the other day. It was blowing a force 9 (or felt like it!) and was bitterly cold.

I played around with my new baby, the Sigma 10 - 20mm I tried out a few posts below.

Here are my favourite 3.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Churnet Valley Railway

2008-02-26T11:22:00.004Z

I went to the Churnet Valley Railway on Sunday where they had 5 engines in steam throughout the day. I am not a "steam head", but just thought I may get a few good shots. The three below are my favourite.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Wide Angle Take Two

2008-01-28T13:29:00.001Z

I wanted to try out the Sigma 10 to 20mm lens I had borrowed again at the weekend, so grabbed half an hour in the town centre to try a few more shots.

I was a bit rushed and would have liked to take some more but I had to get back for other things.

These three shots are all of St Edwards Church in Leek.

Hope you like them.

Til next time,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Sigma 10-20mm Lens

2008-01-25T14:53:00.001Z

I borrowed a Sigma 10-20mm Wide Angle Lens to have a play around with, with a view to buying one.

I must admit it was like letting a child loose in a sweet shop. The 102 degree field of view at 10mm is awsome. I have to be careful not to get myself in the shot!!

Anyway I took these whilst out on a walk with the dog. My first shots with the lens. I hope to have another play at the weekend.

Hope you like them.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

A Walk By The Canal

2008-01-22T15:54:00.000Z

I went for a walk along the canal near where I live with the dog in tow. Took a few shots, but these 3 are my favourite.

The canal is the Cauldon Canal and the shots are taken near Cheddleton, Staffordshire, UK.

Hope you like them.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Studio Lights

2008-01-14T15:55:00.000Z

The camera club that I attend has just bought some 600w studio flash kit with background. I borrowed them recently and tried to replicate the "Venture" look.

I quite liked the results. For £10 to hire the kit it was a bargain.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Portrait Session II

2007-11-30T14:06:00.000Z

Here's another couple I liked from the portrait session...

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Portrait Session

2007-11-22T14:29:00.000Z

I went on a portraiture evening last night with three others from the camera club I attend. It was my first time and whilst highly nervous managed to get a dozen or so I quite liked. Here are some of my efforts....

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

A Walk With The Dog

2007-11-02T14:14:00.000Z

Hi,

It's been some time since my last post. I have not managed to do much photography recently as I have been in the process of moving house.

I have moved to a more rural location which has plenty of nice walks with the dog. Here are some shots I took with my small pocket Lumix camera (not wanting to lug the SLR on a dog walk).

Hope you like them.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Toolshed Flowers

2007-09-07T14:46:00.000Z

Whilst on holiday I visited the "Lost Gardens of Heligan" in Cornwall. It was a lovely place. I noticed these flowers in the toolshed and liked the way the light fell on them.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Holiday Shots!

2007-08-31T15:18:00.000Z

Hi,

It's been a while....Busy at work and at home..

Just got back off the 2 week family holiday. I took plenty of shots and came out with about 40 I quite liked. Here are three which have been through the Photoshop treatment which I quite like.

#1 - Tyneham Church - Dorset

#2 - Flower - Lost Gardens of Heligan

#3 - Hay Bales - Dorset

Til next time...

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Thistle

2007-07-16T14:59:00.001Z

Rain, rain and yet more rain.....I haven't seen a summer like it for a long time.

Anyway, I have been watching the progress of a thistle growing in my "in-laws" garden for a few weeks now. So on Sunday I finally "nicked" one of the heads and had a pleasant hour giving it the macro treatment.

Here's my favourite shot..

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Leek Stairs

2007-07-10T14:11:00.000Z

I went out this Sunday to take some shots for an AV show I am thinking of putting together.

Anyway I took this shot of a fire escape on a derelict Mill in Leek where I live.

Hope you like it.

Til Next Time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Shell Macro

2007-06-29T08:14:00.000Z

So far the summer has been lousy, so once again I was relegated to the Kitchen with a Macro Lens.

I decided to take some shots of some shells that the wife has in a bowl in the bathroom.

Here's my favourite.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Pin-Hole

2007-06-14T13:42:00.000Z

I got this pin-hole technique from Practical Photography magazine and did what they said in Photoshop.

Compare it to the shot below and see which you prefer. They are the same photo.

Til next time,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Ilam Hall

2007-06-14T09:29:00.001Z

Got chance to go on a walk with the family around Ilam in the Peak District. Lugged all my kit around the walk and only used the camera with my 28mm to 105mm lens!!

Anyway I got a couple of shots I liked.

Til next time,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Deep Haye Country Park

2007-05-31T12:51:00.000Z

Last Saturday I braved the showers with the family for a quick walk around Deep Haye Country Park.

Not great weather for photography but got a couple I liked.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Lyme Park

2007-05-31T12:46:00.002Z

I went to Lyme Park in Cheshire with the wife last Friday. Did not do too much photography but got the following shot I quite liked.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Lake District

2007-05-24T14:11:00.000Z

I went to the lake district in the UK for a wedding last weekend. The weather was not kind (never is! that's why there's a lot of lakes there!!) and photography was not the main aim.

Anyway got this shot of the Bridge House in Ambleside. It is the smallest house in the UK and now owned by the National Trust.

Til next time,

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Switched To Blogger

2007-04-24T09:25:00.000Z

Hi,

I have switched to blogger as my previous blog on blogsource has been switched over to livedigital and I don't like some of the functionality / layout.

So here I am!!

I will be catching up some of my previous posts / images over the next few weeks so I don't have to build up from scratch totally.

See you around,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Lillies

2007-04-20T09:31:00.000Z

I had to shoot indoors the other day due to time constraints (busy at work etc).

Here are some Lillies I took before they opened.

Hope you like them.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Easter Walk

2007-04-08T09:52:00.000Z

I went for an Easter Bank Holiday walk with the family around my local reservoir. This is my favourite shot which I have called "reflections" - original, Eh?

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Sunday Macro

2007-03-05T09:55:00.000Z

It's been a while since my last post and to get my photography fix it was the Macro lens again in the Kitchen. Here is the result.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Mow Cop

2007-03-03T09:35:00.000Z

I went some while ago to this folly with my Brother In Law to get some shots.

It is on the Staffordshire / Cheshire border and is called "Mow Cop". It was built as a summer house for a local landowner and now belongs to the National Trust.

Hope you like the shot.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Another Wet Sunday

2007-02-02T09:57:00.000Z

Another wet Sunday!!

Stuck in the kitchen yet again with the old macro lens out.

Here are my favourites of the morning.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Sliver Birch

2007-01-17T10:09:00.000Z

Hello again! I have not been up to much recently but decided to take may small Lumix camera out on a walk with the dog.

Took these shots on the local waste ground I take the dog around three times a day!!

Hope you like them.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Withdrawal Symptoms

2006-12-21T13:52:00.000Z

With not getting out much recently, I have been forced to go back over some old images.

Here is one I shot while out for a walk with my son.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Out and About In Leek

2006-11-20T13:54:00.000Z

I have been out and about in my home town of Leek and got these shots. They have been adjusted inPhotoshop to give an Infrared effect to them.

Hope you like them,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Whey Hey!! #2

2006-10-30T14:05:00.000Z

What can I say. A third place in the last slide competition and now up to second place.

I got second place in our club "Three of a Kind" competition with this shot of London. Sorry it is so small but it is three slides and enormous so a computer cannot do it justice.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Night Time

2006-10-30T14:02:00.000Z

I have been out in Leek looking for Night Time shots for a competition I am entering in my local photography club.

These are the best I came up with.

Hope you like them.

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Whey Hey!!

2006-10-16T14:07:00.001Z

3rd Place in my local camera clubs "Metal" competition.

What do you think?

Til next time,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Hockey

2006-10-02T14:09:00.001Z

Not the version with ice and lots of padding.........

I went to watch my local Hockey Club 1st XI in a National League match. They lost 3 - 0, but I got a couple of good shots.

Til next time,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Frogeye

2006-08-06T14:11:00.001Z

I recently went out for a photoshoot (and a beer!!) with my friend Chris to photo his Austin Healy Sprite or "Frogeye" (it gets it's nickname from the headlights).

It was a lovely summer evening so we went out into the Peak District to find some nice locations.

Here is what we came up with.

Til next time,

Rob. www.robpovey.co.uk

American Car Show

2006-07-10T14:12:00.001Z

Last weekend I went with my brother-in-law to an American Car Show. It was not my cup of tea, but I managed to get a couple of good shots.

Tell me what you think.

Til next time, Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Anderton Boat Lift & Clemetis

2006-05-30T14:14:00.001Z

Hello Again!

It has been a couple of weeks since my last post. Here in the UK it has been the wettest May since 1983, and where I live in the Peak District it has been VERY wet.

Suffering from a lack of photography, yesterday I was forced out into the garden with my Macro lens. The clemetis flower below gets my award for pick of the bunch.

Today it was a Public Holiday in the UK and so I went out to the Anderton Boat Lift (Northwich, Cheshire) with my wife and son. It was the first boat lift anywhere in the world and is now one of only 15 worldwide. It has recently been restored and re-opened in 2003.

Enjoy!

Til next time!

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk

Denis Thorpe

2006-04-07T14:29:00.000Z

Last night at my local photography club (www.leekphotographyclub.org.uk) we had Denis Thorpe as a guest speaker.

Denis was a photographer with the Guardian newspaper in the UK and covered many of the UK's most historical moments. A quiet man who's images speak for themselves. Nearly all Black & White they simply blow you away. What was most striking was that they are not just paper "snaps" they each tell a story in their own right and stand up as artistic images in their own right.

A picture of an impromptu football match between the Police and Striking Miners in Yorkshire was excellent and really did mirror the Christmas Day armistace in World War One.

I especially liked his images taken in the home of LS Lowrey (the "matchstick men" painter) in Salford, the day after Lowrey had died and before it was cleaned out by Securicor. He had to stop them removing things so he could get into the house to record it for prosperity.

You can see some of his images here.

I was already starting to have a leaning to Black & White, and after last night I think it will be something I do a lot more of.

Regards,

Rob.

www.robpovey.co.uk