Grassington, A Charming Market Town in The Yorkshire Dales

 A Market Town in the Yorkshire Dales Revisited

While having a coffee meeting in our usual location, the Riverbank Café next to the River Wharfe at Burnsall in the Yorkshire Dales we had a last minute change of plan and decided to drive up the Dale to the market town of Grassington for a browse around the independent shops surrounding the market square. 

This suited me fine as it would allow me to take additional photographs for our image library. 

Grassington Market Place

As I had not anticipated a photoshoot I used my iPhone 12PM camera which I have used on several previous occasions and have been more than impressed with the results especially with the addition of a SmallRig stabilizer kit. 

Absolutely love it, great practical combination. Especially like the wide lens and the resulting converging verticals. What do you think?

Grassington Shops

The resulting photographs I have uploaded to ‘Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales’ album which can be found in our image library. 

Grassington Folk Museum

 

You may recognise a few of the locations photographed as Grassington was used as the backdrop for the filming of the recent series of ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ and is known as the fictional village of Darrowby.

To view ‘Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales’ album please follow the link.

Peter W. Clark photographer

We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.

Maybe perhaps help to locate your next film/video production.

(downloads and prints are available)

Ruggerpix – ‘A Challenging Afternoon’ for both teams and the photographer.

 

Ilkley vs Pocklington (North One East) k/o 2.15, 20^th November 2021

 The venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Yorkshire.

                                     

I had made all my preliminary preparations for this assignment on the day before.

My camera – Canon 7D SLR with twin battery pack, all batteries fully charged, a formatted 16gb memory card plus one spare and my Sigma 70-200, F2.8 lens which I find to be most useful for this type of work, finally a Slik monopod to help keep the camera steady.

Checked all camera settings functioning and then laid all out ready to pack into my equipment backpack on the Saturday morning.

On the following morning the weather was dry but a little overcast and felt chilly so made sure I was well wrapped up then finally packed everything away.

We managed to arrive at Stacks Field comfortably well in advance of the 2.15pm k/o which gave me chance to have a walk around the pitch and  go through various camera checks.

I usually set the camera shutter speed to 1/1000sec. and the ISO to 400 these generally give good results but it soon became apparent that the overcast cloud rolling down from the Dales and the cool breeze were going to be a challenge to both camera and photographer.

Most of the afternoon was spent constantly adjusting camera settings knowing full well that decreasing the shutter speed could produce image blur and increasing the ISO would produce image noise (grain) but it had to be done to let adequate light into the camera to produce at best an acceptable result to capture the fast action.

More importantly I had to constantly adjust my scarf to produce a warm happy photographer.

The decreasing light levels made action photography quite a challenge and a lot of work was required in my image editing software Adobe Lightroom.

To view all photographs from the afternoons rugby please follow the link to my dedicated website Ruggerpix

 Ruggerpix

 A full match report can be viewed at Ilkley RFC website.

Linton in Craven, a Lovely Village in The Yorkshire Dales.

Spent several days in and around the beautiful and very photogenic Yorkshire Dales village of Linton in Craven taking photographs for our image library and researching all the points of interest of which there are many. 

I must admit the Fountaine Inn ‘Fish and Chip Friday’ did help determine what days would be best for our photography. 

The weather also helped a little as did the very dramatic scenery on the River Wharfe at Linton Falls. 

                                     

  Followed by the calming tranquillity of Linton Parish Church. 

    

To view all our photographs of this beautiful area in the Yorkshire Dales - Linton in Craven, Linton Falls and Linton Parish Church please follow the link to our image library - 

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Peter W. Clark, photographer

 

We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.

(downloads and prints are available)

Brief Progress Report

In the last few months we have managed to get out and about in the Yorkshire Dales, some short one day visits and one 'Yorkshire Dales Road Trip' lasting several days, this has resulted in many interesting photographs which we are in the process of editing at the moment. 

Selected photographs will be added to our image library which can be found at our website.

The photographs may also help find your next

film/video location.

 

Procam

In conjunction with this the rugby season is now in full swing and on many of our weekends we can be found pitchside, cameras in hand following and recording the action for our website.

 

Ruggerpix 

Last weekend we attended Ilkley RFC vs Bradford and Bingley. 

All photographs are now edited and posted.

Hope to have more updates in the near future. Peter and Cecile

Picfair, Peter W. Clark photographer - Image Sales

Image Library – Procam, Peter W. Clark

In the near future several of the images on our websites  will be available on a rights managed basis for media use, advertisements, websites, magazines, publishers, travel books, etc. through our image library

 'PROCAM' 

Please view our image library at www.procam.me

We also have a large database of images not yet available on our website/library and are updating this database regularly with photographs from photo shoots we undertake so please, if you do not see the image you require send details of your requirements via email enq@procam.me and we will endeavour to supply your needs.

All the images on this website are the copyright of Peter W. Clark and may not be copied or reproduced without permission.

I hope you will enjoy the photographs and re visit as more photographs are added.

'They may also help find your next

film/video location.'

Regards

Peter

Paris

Burnsall in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Travels

Cecile and I are lucky enough to live in Yorkshire one of Englands most scenic counties, this gives us great scope for our photography whatever the weather

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Only minutes away from our home in Ilkley we have the beautiful moors on our doorstep and just a short drive away are the coastal towns and villages of Yorkshire.

Northwards takes us to the market town of Skipton and then through the Yorkshire Dales and picturesque villages to Hawes a lively market town also famous for its cheesemaking.

From Hawes, not far  away on the banks of the fast flowing River Swale is the North Yorkshire historic town of Richmond with its Norman castle, large cobbled market place and museums.

Yorkshire has many other place of great character and beauty to offer, I hope our photographs which can be viewed from the following link will encourage you to visit.

The photographs may also help find your next

film/video location.

Photography by Peter and Cecile Clark 

We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.

(downloads and prints are available, please view our website image library)

www.procam.me

Bradford and Bingley (Bees) vs Ilkley. Rugby Union

My Photographs from a game of Rugby Union played in West Yorkshire on 28th February 2015

Both these teams are based in West Yorkshire and were playing a local derby league game which created a little more tension than usual.

"Bradford and Bingley vs Ilkley"

The afternoon was wet and dismal but this did not deter the spectators enthusiasm.

For sporting events my camera is a Canon 7d coupled with a Sigma 70-200 2.8 lens all mounted on a Slik monopod.
On the winter cloudy afternoons the camera ISO I usually start at 800 and increase as the afternoon progresses and light is lost. I find the 7d handles high ISO very well.
The images are edited in Adobe Lightroom and then uploaded to Flickr for all to view.

Next Saturday will be Ilkley vs Dinnington which promises to be an action filled game.

Hope you enjoy my photographs from the game by following the link.

 Bradford and Bingley vs Ilkley, Rugby Union

Rugby Photography, Ilkley RFC

During the rugby season I can be found most Saturday afternoons photographing rugby union, usually Ilkley RFC vs their opponents of the day.

Quite a lot of the time I seem to spend these Saturday afternoons in adverse weather conditions and need to be well insulated, boots, big coat, hat, scarf and most essential gloves to keep my fingers warm while operating the camera.

I post these photographs to one of my websites Ruggerpix  giving supporters who could not attend the game a chance to view  from the comfort of home.

For more photographs of rugby please follow this link

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www.ruggerpix.com

Other relative links

Ilkley RFC  www.ilkleyrfc.co.uk

RFU  www.rfu.com

Uncover Korczak's Warsaw by Smartphone - www.culture.pl

An exciting new app for exploring Warsaw, completely free. Brings the past to reality.
Will certainly be having a look at this for our next trip to Warsaw.

Uncover Korczak's Warsaw by Smartphone - www.culture.pl

THE OTLEY VINTAGE TRANSPORT EXTRAVAGANZA

I hope our photographs of the Otley Vintage Transport Extravaganza will give you an impression of this event.Lots of variety, all shapes, size, type and age. 

http://otleyvintagetransportextravaganza.vpweb.co.uk/About-Us.html

Photography by http://www.image-and-style.co.uk/

Collinson Twin by Image and Style

Interesting photo shoot last week with musical duo Collinson Twin. Lots of detail about them in our previous blog but here are more photographs taken at The Craven Heifer in Addingham, West Yorkshire.

More of our Collinson Twin photographs can be viewed at www.image-and-style.co.uk

Poster Design by Image and Style

One of our local venues in Addingham, nr Ilkley decided to host an 'Open Mic' evening complimented with chinese food and a book signing by author Stephen Mosley.
We were asked to design and produce a poster for the event. It was an interesting and appetising project with lots of food photography.

'Collinson Twin' Adam and Stephen are both big fans of Hammer Horror Films and took their name from the twins Madeleine and Mary Collinson, the stars of Hammer's 1971 vampire film TWINS OF EVIL, also starring Peter Cushing.
Adam works as a teaching assistant in Harrogate, and also plays solo gigs at such venues as the Half Moon Inn in Pool, and the Red Lion in Burley in Wharfedale.
Stephen is actor and writer. His book of strange tales THE BOY WHO LOVED SIMONE SIMON (which I also illustrated) is out now, and was selected by ENTERTAINMENT FOCUS as one of the 10 Best Books of 2011!

An Extract from 'The Boy Who Loved Simone Simon' read by Stephen Mosley

Useful Links

Chinese Cuisine in Yorkshire
Collinson Twin, Their Music
Image and Style, Photographers
Author Stephen Mosley, an interview