Yearly Archives: 2017

Happy Christmas from Derek at Gale Photography

It’s that time of the year again.  The time where we review the year gone by and look forward to the year to come.  First though, for some, we have the celebration that is Christmas. Photographing Christmas trees is a bit harder than you think.  You need to balance the ambient light and the tree […]

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It’s a big pointy tower!

I spent a weekend in London recently, and stayed in Southwark.  The main architectural feature of that area is The Shard, which is over 1000 feet high.  At present it’s the tallest building in the European Union, and the fourth-highest building in Europe. It stands well away from other very tall buildings, so it tends […]

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The horse above the mist

I live quite near to White Horse Hill in Oxfordshire.  It’s a chalk figure on the edge of the Marlborough Downs and the views from up there are fabulous – on a good day.  Last week there was fog/mist in our village, which is quite a bit lower than the hill, so I wondered what […]

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