Chris Wain on Fstoppers

Black Key Photography

Self taught landscape photographer from Wales, UK.

I live in a small but picturesque village in beautiful rural Mid Wales, UK. Situated not too far from the border with England my central location means that I am able to explore and photograph anywhere from the Pembrokeshire Coast to the Lake District within a three hour journey of my location.

I decided to purchase my first DSLR camera (a Nikon D5100) in 2012 and immediately I wanted to know how to use the camera to its full potential. So I started using the internet, books and magazines to teach myself more about photography and headed out into the countryside to practice as often as possible. However, I didn’t start post processing my images until a few years later and it was only then that I found that both the creative and technical sides of my personality were being satisfied by photography and along with enhancing my love of the outdoors, I was hooked from that point onwards.

I find that landscape photography spurs me on to travel to new places, both home and abroad. I get excited when I’m in a beautiful landscape and I believe photography always pushes me to explore a little further and look a little closer at the places I visit. I have always aimed to try and pass on some of those same feelings to others through my photography and, at the very least, inspire them to visit the landscapes I photograph to experience it for themselves.

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