Harry Potter Studio Tour & London at Christmas (Personal)

Back in early December I had the opportunity to visit London to see some friends. I've been a fan of Harry Potter since the books first came out, and love all the films, so a trip to the Warner Brother's Studio Tour was a must!! 

First I stopped off in Yorkshire to see my family and WOW this sunset was right outside their front door, these photos are hardly edited at all this is basically what the sky looked like, it was amazing. I have never run as fast to get out the door with my camera. 

On arriving in London we were greeted with this gorgeous purple sky above Oxford Street! 

We also visited the famous Choccywoccydoodah's London shop & cafe near Carnaby Street. It was so much fun to visit somewhere i've seen a lot on TV and also sample their chocolate. We had a tasting plate (Which we saw some of the customers having one each of) but even between two, it was FAR too big and we had to take some home....

What can I say about "Harry Potter Land" as I called it. WOW. It was absolutely amazing. It exceeded every expectation I had. I would go back there tomorrow!! It felt so fantastic to get to walk around 'Hogwarts' in the Great Hall and when you see behind the scenes how much work goes into everything it is just mind blowing! Here are a few highlights...

The trip was so much fun I've decided I want to go back to London again this year in early December to spend more time at Winter Wonderland... I would also love to shoot a wedding or pre-wedding shoot in London so if you know anyone who may be interested in having a slightly mad Northerner shoot their wedding please do drop me a line (Website here)  !!

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Druridge Bay Northumberland - Aurora Hunting - Starry Skies

So last night I headed out with a group of photographers to the Northumberland coast, in the hopes of catching the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) because of such a strong prediction in the media that they'd be around (See here) . I have never seen them before but always wanted to and hope to go to Iceland one day to see...

We got there about 9pm and stayed until after 2am(!) Unfortunately we didn't see any aurora activity but I did get the opportunity to photograph the starry Northumberland skies over Druridge Bay, which is one of my favourite beaches ever. I love the remote feeling of it, the historical war defences half-buried in the sand, and how peaceful it is there, even during summer. 

The photographs look like it was sunrise, but it's infact light pollution from the city! They were taken between about 10pm-1am approx.

Here are my favourite shots of the evening... all about 30 second exposures :-)

Check out Orion's belt in the first photo....... !

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