Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset.

Just thought I'd add this image from last months visit to Dorset that was featured in Flickrs "Explore", which is a selection of what they consider to be the best images from global uploads to their site. You can visit my Flickr site here http://www.flickr.com/photos/penpystill/

New Portrait Packages.

In a continuing effort to offer the very best value I can in my portrait work I have changed my portrait package deals. These do not yet reflect on the website as all the images are soon to be updated as I have some great wedding images from the last 18 months that aren't yet on there. The whole site will be undergoing a bit of a much needed refresh. Basiclly I now have a new £39 package that includes the studio sitting and 3 prints upto 12x8. The other package prices stay the same but I no longer stipulate the size as you can now have whatever size you like for each print ordered upto 12x8 inches. These are pretty much unbeatable value for high quality studio prints and all packages include a password protected gallery. I've added a couple of images from a recent session to give you some idea of the kind of work I do. Although, to be honest, no two sessions are ever the same. Please feel free to call me if you would like to know more.

East Head, Chichester Harbour.

I've just had another landscape image featured on the Sussex Wildlfe Trust Twitter and Facebook sites. This was actually taken about 12 years ago back in my medium format film days. Taken on a cold winters afternoon at East Head in Chichester Harbour, the light was intense. I must get back there soon as I haven't been down there for years. Although I sometimes miss the old film days the technology now available to us photographers never ceases to amaze me.

Osmington Mills.

These two images have been quite popular on my Flickr site that you can visit here http://www.flickr.com/photos/penpystill/ . Thought I would put them up here and I'll probably follow up with some Kimmeridge Bay shots shortly.

Dorset Coast Trip.

I've recently returned from a trip to the wonderful Dorset coast. I wanted to revisit a couple of places that I had not been to for years, whilst the sun was still rising and setting out to sea. One of those places was Osmington Mills, a stunning little beach just east of Weymouth. I'm very glad I found the time to go as on the two mornings I visited I had the place to myself. I will add a few more images over the next week or so.

Sussex Wildlife Trust

These two images have recently been featured on the Sussex Wildlife Trust Twitter feed which is quite a compliment. One taken last month and the other a couple of years ago but both winter Sussex landscapes. As I want to concentrate my efforts nearer to home this year it seems a step in the right direction and raises the profile of my landscape work which you can keep up to date with on my Flickr site here http://www.flickr.com/photos/penpystill/

Local Haunts.

2011, for me, will be a year of exploring my "local patch" more. Although I am planning a long overdue trip to the Dorset coast in January I think that I should do more closer to home. Not only for financial reasons, although the ever spiralling cost of petrol is a factor, but beacause I have dabbled in Sussex landscapes for 20 years. I have lived here all my life but it is only in the last few years that I have started to appreciate the beauty of my home county. I have picked these images, of Climping Beach and Burton Mill Pond, because to me they epitomise the Sussex landscape of my patch.