Cumbrian Landscape Images

My name is Chris Burgess and I am learning to be a landscape photographer. I am pleased to have reached the Associate level of the Royal Photographic Society distinctions (ARPS) but the standard of landscape photography ‘out there’ is very high so there is always so much more to learn and many ways to improve my images.

A few years ago, my wife and I were lucky enough to be able to move to the Lake District and we live in the beautiful village of Ambleside in the southern area of the National Park. In the seventh and final volume of his pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells, Alfred Wainwright says “The fleeting hours of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while there is yet time will be blessed both in mind and body.” This is a perfect summary of how I feel about the Lakes - I certainly feel blessed in mind.

Through my photography I try to do justice to the natural beauty of the land and to convey something of the emotion I feel when walking the fells, lakeshores, woods and valleys with my camera. I hope you enjoy looking at the images on the site as much as I enjoyed producing them.