After a very warm and unusually dry summer, we now find ourselves racing towards the back end of the year and firmly entrenched in Autumn.

Whilst those warmer, summer months do not seem to be favoured too much by many landscape photographers with harsher light and the excessive greenery being cited as the main culprits, the move is now on to capture the change in colours that the season brings.

Personally, I have no issue going out with my camera in the summer months and simply adapt and shoot different styles. I have met many people from abroad on my workshops who are genuinely envious of our four seasons and wish that they had the same.

I have no particularly favourite time or season to photograph and we have to change and adapt, pushing ourselves as photographers. To be fair, each season brings its own issues that we encounter. They are all good and productive with opportunities 365(6) days of the year, so let us enjoy them.

I do understand where the negativity comes from but if the light is too harsh or the sky a blanket of blue, then I change tact and enjoy photographing Intimate Landscapes. I have written about them on here and in magazines. I find it interesting ‘looking around’ and being more aware of the landscape. As you become more immersed in it you see more and it stretches your creativity.

Whilst I am happy to go out with my camera throughout the year, I have noticed the ‘blurring of lines’ as the seasons set to be overlapping.

This year in particular has seen a ‘false autumn’ arrive due to the drought where leaves literally shrivelled and dropped off way before their time.

That is not the norm for us, or is it going to be??? For me, there is a definite shift.

Take a look at these two photographs of the River Duddon taken some seven years apart, in the same month.

These were taken near Birks Bridge and whilst the composition is slightly different, the view is very similar. There is a distinct lack of colour evident in the more recent image. Something is happening and I have found that the seasonal hues, especially in Autumn have been arriving much later in recent years.

Food for thought and one that the experts will doubtless evaluate and report on as we move forward.

Whatever the season, I am often asked 'what camera do you use?'
I have two:
An Fujifilm X Pro 1 and an X Pro 2.
I now shoot all my landscapes on the X Pro2 but there are a number in my online shop that have been taken with the X Pro1.
I have had them both since new and they are fabulous cameras designed for photographers who like to take images in the 'old way,' like shooting on film. I do not spend hours creating images on computers and those who attend my workshops know I usually process in under a minute.
The '2' is 6 years old and the '1' is 10 years old.
The X pro 1 is a fabulous camera and because I arrived from the film era, I was attracted to it because for me it is a 'proper piece of kit.' It has a retro look and feel to it and being mirrorless is a lot lighter than the full frame cameras I used to have.
The '2' has a higher pixel count and few refinements, otherwise it offers the same way of photographing for me.
I have no intention of upgrading or changing them.

I travel light when I go out and rarely take more than two lenses, a wide angle and a standard kit lens, or I will add my larger 55-140 zoom. Along with my tripod and LEE filters that is all I carry photographically. Chuck in some weather protection and a bit of food and I am good to go!

It is all about being out there and enjoying the landscape. Oh yes and hopefully capturing a few good snaps along the way.

Enjoy the seasons and your photography.