“I don’t want to show you what a mountain looks like, I want to show you how it makes me feel.”
Nigel Fawcett, 2019
Walking & photography — natural companions
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Glass half empty or glass half full?
I suspect we’ve all been in one of those situations where we’re labelled as a pessimist or an optimist depending on how we answer the question above (or, worse still, how someone assumes we might answer it). In my experience, it tends to happen while on one of those team building exercises or during an…
On the path to peak perfection
Pizzo d’Uccello — a multifaceted mountain Well, here we are with April 2020 looming on the horizon and, instead of being busy taking the final images for my personal exposition, Pizzo d’Uccello — a multifaceted mountain, we find ourselves in full Covid-19 lock down, along with the rest of Italy. There are tentative indicators, for…
Playing it level on the broken ice field
A Photography Workshop — Module 1, Session 1 While I love a mixed metaphor, I abhor receiving mixed messages, which is why, for me, the opening session of any kind of workshop is not only an opportunity to get our audience hooked, it’s also the ideal forum for getting every delegate on the same page…
My three workouts for photographers
First things first — I hate rules! Always have. Always will. Good. I’m glad I’ve got that off my chest. Rule number one — there are no rules! Or, to put it more cogently, all rules exist to be broken. Seriously though, in an expressive pursuit like photography, isn’t it time to discard the word…
Recent articles related to walking
The Name of the Rose
Could Fivizzano have been the inspiration behind Umberto Eco’s best known novel? Fivizzano is my local town and my adopted home so, as both a photographer and a walker, it is only natural that I spend a lot of my time reading up on its history in support of my work; work that sees me…
The art and science of estimation
How long does a walk take? So, you’ve designed your walk and you’re ready to publish it, but there’s one thing missing — an estimate of how long it’s going to take. Fair enough, let’s do it. But wait, there’s a problem, we all walk at different speeds and, even then, it depends on the…
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Social media — True social? Quality media?
Are the ‘big name’ social media platforms fulfilling our needs? Perhaps there’s another question that should be asked first, ‘Did we get sucked into the whole social media revolution thing without actually defining, or even understanding, our needs?’ One thing’s for sure, more and more people are questioning whether their use of the big social…
Recent walks with angellightphoto
On ancient paths of untold history
A circular walk from Reusa via Vedriano & the stone cross Reusa, along with its adjoining hamlets of Pastena and Il Palazzo Groppolo, is set in an elevated location with fine views across the upper Aulella valley to the Alpi Apuane. This delightful walk uses a combination of lanes, woodland tracks, and country paths to…
A watery themed walk
Arlia H.E.P. circular A landmark on the road between Pognana and Arlia is the architecturally beautiful turbine house of the Arlia hydroelectric power station. This walk takes us a little closer to the hidden engineering that lies above the more visible edifice. The outward section of the route takes us halfway along the old road…
Hidden gems 1
A circular walk from Madonna dei Colli via Piano di Collecchia The area between Moncigoli, Soliera, Rometta, Serricciolo and Piano di Collecchia contains a plethora of interesting tracks and paths that can be used to create excellent leisurely circular walks or combined into longer excursions. The high and narrow lane that winds from Madonna dei…
Fair Mountain
A circular walk via Terenzano, a Stone Cross and Turlago The first part of this walk follows an elevated and serpentine woodland lane through the pretty little village of Terenzano to the boundary that separates the comune of Fivizzano from the comune of Casola-in-Lunigiana before continuing past a waterfall. At the top of the hill,…




