Kinder is one of the few really remote places in the Peak District, it is wild and beautiful. Head out early and you are likely to have the place to yourself. I hadn’t visited for a while, so it was good to stretch the legs and breathe the air. I know these rocks well, natural sculptures standing high above Edale, weather beaten and crafted from the wind and rain. The view from here is stunning. Making a photograph of them is difficult. Trying to keep these magnificent rocks the focus while adding their natural environment into the frame, I find it tricky to compose and do them justice.
There had been heavy rain for a few days and with the conditions looking changeable I thought there could be potential to make a couple of images. This little sequence of photographs is from a project I'm working on around connection. Im sure that anyone that enjoys nature can relate to this idea. The connection to the landscapes we walk and photograph is an important element to capturing an image. For me being familiar to a location, particularly locally is hugely important. It becomes home.
After the rains I wanted to capture the journey of the water from the top of the plateau to the valley below. Each of the following images is connected to the next. The connection is important to create a sequence, connect the views, the elements and my journey back down the valley.
The view from above. All the images below in this sequence can been seen within this image. Connecting each image to the next, connecting my journey across the landscape and connecting the flow of water to the valley below.
Snow shower. Replenishing the waterways.
The river flows.
Flow 01
Flow 02
Flow 03