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I took a relatively early (and somewhat chilly) trip over to Boscombe recently to check out the Pier and to try and capture some of the dawn morning magic.

Coast Photography was on hand to cover the return to Poole of the ultimate Coldplay tribute band, Coldplace at the Parkstone Trades & Labour Club.

Create a talking point in your home. Buy stunning, unique images of the Dorset coast – rich, mottled green and orange weather-beaten defences, seaweed covered timber, sand art.

Coast Photography was hand when psych-pop outfit She Drew The Gun played The Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on their current tour.

I’ve just returned from a trip to the Lake District – an amazing place with some great photographic opportunities! I’ll add more images shortly…

I took an early morning trip out to Donhead Hollow, just outside Shaftesbury, the other day. Stopping at the lay-by on the B3081 not far from Compton Abbas airfield, I was rewarded with a fantastic view of the Hollow just before sunrise.

We recently returned from a family trip to Cyprus – great food and beautiful scenery. One of the most striking views for me was that of the wreck of the Edro III, a ship that foundered in heavy seas en route to Rhodes from Limassol in December 2011. The crew were rescued by helicopter but the vessel ran aground just along the coast from Paphos.

Earlier this week I was able to cover the first half of ’The Elvis Years’ at the Lighthouse in Poole. Featuring Mario Kombou (“the best Elvis since Elvis” according to Donna Presley, Elvis’ cousin), it was a roll call of The King’s most well known songs and featured numerous costume changes against a backdrop of footage of his life.

It was a low, brooding sky when I visited Langton Herring in Dorset but, using a long-ish exposure, I managed to take some atmospheric images of some abandoned boats on the foreshore looking back towards Chesil Beach. 

Coast Photography was allowed out after dark on December 13th and rolled up at the Sound Cellar, a regular jazz night at The Blue Boar in Poole. It took some shots of the featured act, Sam Rapley and his band, Fabled and was impressed enough to buy a copy of their latest CD, Short Stories