The Blog of North Wales photographer Simon Kitchin

Simon Kitchin is a talented and highly regarded photographer from Mold, North Wales, who specialises in the captivating field of landscape photography. He is also the proud author of the popular and insightful guidebook, Photographing North Wales. Simon dedicates a significant portion of his time to capturing the breathtaking mountain scenery of Eryri Snowdonia National Park, renowned for its dramatic peaks and serene beauty, as well as the stunningly picturesque coastline of Anglesey. In addition to these locations, he also explores and photographs the diverse landscapes of the Dee Valley around Llangollen, which offers its own unique charm and character. Moreover, Simon frequently ventures to other remarkable areas of the UK, including the iconic Lake District, the breathtaking Yorkshire Dales, and the majestic highlands of Scotland, all of which are truly amazing places to capture stunning photographs.

With nearly 20 years of experience hosting landscape photography workshops throughout North Wales, Simon possesses an expert knowledge of the region and its hidden gems. If you are interested in enhancing your photography skills, he runs regular one-day workshops in Eryri Snowdonia and on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey, in addition to providing fully customised one-to-one workshops tailored to your individual needs.

If you’d like to keep up to date with the latest news from North Wales landscape photographer Simon Kitchin including details of new photos, photography workshop availability and publication of his North Wales calendar this blog page is frequently updated so please do drop by to see the latest information from Simon.

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Stunning Eryri Snowdonia National Park in photos

Eryri Snowdonia National park in North Wales is a stunning area for photography with some amazing photo locations. The area has 3000ft mountain peaks, including Wales's highest mountain Yr Wyddfa Snowdon, beautiful glacial lakes, some amazing waterfalls as well as a strong industrial and historical heritage with abandoned slate quarries such as Dinorwig above Llanberis, Cwmorthin near Blaenau Ffestiniog and the impressive castles of Conwy and Caernarfon along the North Wales coast. Photo opportunities are everywhere as Snowdonia also has several restored steam trains including the Welsh Highland railway that runs though the beautiful village of Beddgelert and the Ffestiniog railway that transports you from the seaside harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog through some dramatic Snowdonia mountain scenery.

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Snowdonia Eryri photography workshop - some stunning sunrise light

Beautiful morning in Snowdonia for the Cwm Idwal photography workshop

An early start for my Snowdonia-Eryri photography workshop this morning at Cwm Idwal and at last some lovely light just after sunrise and some stunning reflections of Y Garn on the Glacial waters of Llyn Idwal

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New landscape photography artice: The most beautiful places in Eryri Snowdonia

Are you looking for the most beautiful places to photograph in Snowdonia / Eryri? I've just added a new photography viewpoint article to my website describing some of my favourite photo locations in Eryri / Snowdonia. I'll be adding a few more over the coming weeks so do keep dropping in for the updates if you're planning on visiting North Wales.  As the author of the popular North Wales guidebook, Photographing North Wales, I'm familiar with all the best photo viewpoints in Snowdonia / Eryri so here's an article to help you find some of the best views that Snowdonia has to offer, don't forget to take your camera along!

https://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/eryri-snowdonia-photography-locations

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The front cover of the guidebook 'Photographing North Wales' by Simon Kitchin, featuring a stunning sunset of Twr Mawr lighthouse on Llanddwyn Island on the Isle of Anglesey

Discover the most beautiful places to visit in North Wales using my visitors guidebook, PHOTOGRAPHING NORTH WALES, illustrated with over 300 high quality colour photographs and describing in detail over 100 of the best locations for photography across North Wales. All copies are personally signed and include free delivery. 

Big Landscapes and Panoramas • Lighthouses • Beaches • Mountains • Villages • Castles • Abbeys • Churches • Waterfalls • Lakes • Slate Quarries • Steam Railways • Industrial Heritage • Military Aircraft • Shows and Events • Gardens • Historic Houses • Seaside Resorts • The best places for coastal sunsets

If you’re visiting North Wales my visitors location guidebook will help you discover all the very best places to visit.