Brian Northmore Photography

Brian Northmore Photography Empowering and inspiring the photographic community to capture the beauty of the world through shared knowledge, passion and skills.

For further information on Brian Northmore Photography please contact me. You can find lots of info on my website and other social media channels. I would love to see you over on my YouTube channel. Website: www.briannorthmorephotography.com
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A moment to pause. Watching the sun struggle against heavy banks of clouds, letting the warm and cool tones of the earth...
07/06/2026

A moment to pause. Watching the sun struggle against heavy banks of clouds, letting the warm and cool tones of the earth ground you. Taking a breath of cool air before a new week begins.

A printed photograph is an emotional portal. While the morning haze over Headland Warren vanished within an hour, the pr...
05/06/2026

A printed photograph is an emotional portal. While the morning haze over Headland Warren vanished within an hour, the print preserves the feeling permanently. By using museum-grade archival paper and pigment-based inks, this work serves as a lasting emotional trigger on your wall—reminding you to find quiet, soothing moments for decades to come.

Heavy overcast days usually threaten to wash out a landscape, but here, the opposite happened. The soft, hazy conditions...
03/06/2026

Heavy overcast days usually threaten to wash out a landscape, but here, the opposite happened. The soft, hazy conditions actually blended the color boundaries together, allowing the warm rust tones of the autumn bracken and the cool slate-blues of the distant hills to complement each other perfectly. Capturing this delicate, ethereal balance requires a print that respects the true subtlety of the moor's palette.

Sometimes the truest sense of a place is found in its smallest details. It is easy to get caught up trying to capture th...
30/05/2026

Sometimes the truest sense of a place is found in its smallest details. It is easy to get caught up trying to capture the grand scale of a landscape, but the sheer size can often feel overwhelming when you are looking for quietness.

This final frame from my morning walk near the viaduct moves away from the chaotic woodland lines entirely. It is a quiet, square view focusing on the clean lines of an isolated stem against a soft purple backdrop. I stood by the path for a long time just watching the wind move the stems. This tiny perspective captures the exact stillness that the larger, messy scenes missed.

It offers a brief moment of mental clarity, away from the constant noise of modern routines, before a demanding week begins. The full narrative and the complete set of images from this spring morning are now available in Exposed Thoughts - Published in time for your Sunday Morning Coffee! (sign up below)
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The natural world is rarely neat or orderly. When we see photographs of bluebell woods online, they are often perfectly ...
29/05/2026

The natural world is rarely neat or orderly. When we see photographs of bluebell woods online, they are often perfectly spaced and sterile. The reality of a Dartmoor woodland is different. It is messy, tangled, and stubborn.

For this second composition, I deliberately left overlapping leaves creeping into the upper edge of the frame. It recreates the exact feeling of standing in the thick of the trees, where your view is constantly interrupted by the growth around you. The deep smell of damp earth and moss was heavy on the banking. Trying to force an artificially clean image strips away the true character of the landscape.

Immersing oneself in this unpolished confusion offers a real escape from a rigid, over-structured schedule. The complete field log from this challenging morning is now live on the website. Read the story behind the frames at the link below
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Finding spaces on Dartmoor that feel entirely unmapped is rare. I spent an hour tracing through steep, uneven banks rece...
29/05/2026

Finding spaces on Dartmoor that feel entirely unmapped is rare. I spent an hour tracing through steep, uneven banks recently before coming out onto an old public bridleway near the viaduct. Before me lay an immense, untouched expanse of bluebells. Because I had not spent days studying maps or looking at coordinates online, it felt like a true discovery. That quiet, unforced sense of wonder is exactly what I wanted to preserve.

This first image focuses closely on a mossy, fallen branch resting quietly in that early morning light. The lens isolates the rough wood against the purple floor. It is an unedited record of that walk, captured before the rest of the world woke up. For high-stress professionals, these quiet corners of the moor offer a vital mental reset.

I have written about the full journey and the honest reality behind this morning in Exposed Thoughts, my monthly newsletter. Delivered in time for your Sunday Morning Coffee:
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Double Waters represents a unique kind of freedom. It’s the choice to follow a river back to its source, or to continue ...
22/05/2026

Double Waters represents a unique kind of freedom. It’s the choice to follow a river back to its source, or to continue forward as one body of water into the future. Dartmoor is a place of infinite paths and chosen directions—a landscape that reminds us of the freedom found in simply following the flow.

It's all about the wet textures. To capture the raw, dark boulders and the misty ripples of Double Waters, I rely on arc...
20/05/2026

It's all about the wet textures. To capture the raw, dark boulders and the misty ripples of Double Waters, I rely on archival printing that preserves every minute detail. No gallery pretense—just a high-fidelity window into the damp, beautiful reality of a Dartmoor riverbed.

You don't have to do it alone. Standing against the vastness of the National Park I realised I was not alone. Two sentin...
17/05/2026

You don't have to do it alone. Standing against the vastness of the National Park I realised I was not alone. Two sentinels stood,on the rocky outcrop, joined in nature observing the same vastness. It’s a beautiful thought to carry into the new week.

Just as this tree has endured surviving on the tor for decades, this archival print is designed for permanence. By using...
15/05/2026

Just as this tree has endured surviving on the tor for decades, this archival print is designed for permanence. By using pigment inks on acid-free paper, I ensure that this window into Bellever remains as crisp and defiant on your wall as the sentinel itself is on the summit.

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