I spent a few days in Ambleside, Cumbria after Christmas. I repeated a couple of the walks I had done previously in Tilberthwaite and around Ambleside. The weather was often very wet with one clear day, great for photography.

A friend organised a portrait session at East Beach today. It was freezing but thankfully little wind. I learnt a lot about technique and tried to get a couple of shots with some creativity to them.

The plan was to take photographs at the Masters event then stay overnight with Su in a nearby hotel. I had a cold and this has to be the coldest and most miserable few hours I’ve had for a while. It was freezing but did manage to get a couple of shots I liked. This series of photo’s is coming on nicely and I am trying to get isolation of the riders from the background. Experimenting with different lenses, the 35mm works well, this one was with the 80mm macro.