3 GREAT Landscape Photography Locations in Cornwall
What are the best locations in Cornwall for landscape photography? In this blog article, I'm going to show you 3 GREAT landscape photography locations in Cornwall that I think will inspire you to photograph Cornwall.
Landscape Photography in Cornwall
When it comes to landscape photography in Cornwall, where do you start? With so many amazing and inspiring locations to pick from it can be a challenge selecting locations to visit. So a few months ago I decided to put together a video of 3 locations that I think you should visit. It's not a top 3 or best 3, but just 3 great locations that I think will inspire your landscape photography.
After driving hundreds of miles, dealing with challenging weather, and hours of editing I'm delighted to be able to share with you my video, 3 GREAT Landscape Photography Locations in Cornwall.
A Bonus 4th Location
Gurnard's Head was probably one of the most challenging locations I visited while creating this video. It was so windy that it made shooting video and taking images very difficult. However, I thought it was a great location and worth sharing as your bonus 4th location.
More Information on Those Locations
If you want a bit more information on these amazing locations or the images from the video, then I've already published blog posts on the featured locations:
Sandymouth Beach - this blog post was written before I shot the video, but it still has location information in it plus a couple of photographs to inspire you to visit.
All Those Landscape Photographs
For your viewing pleasure here are all the photographs from all 4 locations:
Even More Landscape Photography Locations in Cornwall
If those 4 great Cornish locations weren't enough for you, I've also compiled a playlist of all my other videos that I've made from locations in Cornwall. Enjoy!
What Next?
Though the creation of this video was quite the effort I would like to do more videos like this. I'm already planning one for Dartmoor, but are there any other others in the south-west you would like me to do a similar video on? Or where there any locations in Cornwall that you think I should visit? Let me know in the comments below.
Gurnard's Head
In the blog this week I head down to Cornwall again to check out a new location, Gurnard's Head.
Back to Cornwall
For me, the spring and summer months are the time to visit and photograph Cornwall. It's not that I think these are the best seasons to photograph Cornwall, it's just that the longer days means it's more practical to get there for sunset.
Now that the autumn season is upon us I can already sense a chill in the air and the days are getting noticeably shorter. Soon the clocks will change and the opportunities to get to Cornwall will be very much reduced. So while it is still reasonably practical for me, I'm trying to get to Cornwall as much as I can.
Gurnard's Head
One of the great things about my custom Google map is that I should never be short of locations to visit. My map contains a huge number of pins, and a lot of them I haven't even visited. Many of these unvisited pins are locations that I discovered from magazines or social media channels.
For this trip out with the camera, I was looking for somewhere new to photograph down on the north-west coast. A quick look at my custom Google map revealed a location that I had pinned some time ago, Gurnard's Head.
From the text I had added to the pin I could see that I had discovered this location in an issue of Outdoor Photography magazine. Fortunately, I have been buying digital copies of this excellent magazine for a number of years now so it was an easy task to bring up the issue on my computer and get a feel for this location again.
Windy Cornwall
One of the reasons I was heading to the north-east coast of Cornwall was it was one of the few areas of Cornwall that had a forecast that could help yield a good photograph. As with a few of my recent trips to Cornwall though, it was still going to be a bit of a punt if it would work out or not.
After a 2 hour drive to get to my location I made the short walk down to Gurnard's Head. It soon struck me how windy it was. While the sky was relatively clear, and the sun was out, the wind was very strong. Even stronger than my recent visit to Wheal Coates tin mine.
Normally the wind isn't too much of a problem, but it was almost certainly going to be too strong for any long exposure. The wind was coming straight in from the sea so I wouldn't be able to shield the camera either. However, I could at least stand up so no excuses for not taking a couple of pictures!
Gurnard's Head Sunset #1, Cornwall - Nikon D850, Nikkor 16-35 mm f/4 at 32 mm, 0.4 secs at ISO 64, f/13, Lee Filters ND Grad.
Gurnard's Head Sunset #2, Cornwall - Nikon D850, Nikkor 16-35 mm f/4 at 16 mm, 0.4 secs at ISO 64, f/13, Lee Filters ND Grad.
I really enjoyed my time at Gurnard's Head (despite the wind). One observation I did make is that the area around the headland is covered in heather and if I visit there again I'll do so at the start of August. I can imagine Gurnard's Head is a sea of purple at the right time of year.
Despite the strong winds, I was happy to have explored this new location (something I'm trying to do more of). Unfortunately, the predicted cloud cover never transpired that evening (it was painfully beautiful a few miles further east), but sometimes it's the experience of being outdoors that's important.
So have you been to Gurnard's Head before? Which of my two images did you prefer? Let me know in the comments below.