Bamburgh Castle Beach, Northumberland Photograph

TITLE: Bamburgh Castle Beach, Northumberland

This image was shot pre-dawn, around 6.00 am on a completely deserted beach – it usually is at that time!

It’s often said that landscape photography is a solitary pursuit and whilst living close to Bamburgh I still found it a drag turning out to be met with rain, icy winds and poor skies until I could hit a morning where everything was right. The only consolation was several early breakfasts in the (long gone) diner on the A1, North of Alnwick.

The Castle itself has a long history stretching back into the 400 and 500’s. However, the beginning of the modern Castle was built by the Normans in 1095.

Bamburgh is well worth a visit, it boasts a superb beach, offers a number of fine tea rooms and a museum to Grace Darling - a lighthouse keeper’s daughter who bravely took part in a desperate sea rescue in 1838.

For the more technically inclined:

Camera: Nikon D80, sigma 17-70mm lens, ISO 400, with a shutter speed around 2 sec.

Date: April 2008

Print / Paper information

The paper used was, Fotospeed MATTULTRA240 heavyweight Matt paper and this is certified by ‘Artsure’ – of the Fine Art Trade Guild to be light fast when printed using pigment ink. (https://www.fineart.co.uk/artsure-for-the-trade.aspx)

The image was printed digitally on A3* (297mm x 420mm) paper, with a 1cm white border, signed by the photographer and showing the relevant Edition number.

*It is also available as an A4 (210mm x 297mm) print, please contact me for more information

Printer information:

Printing was carried out on an Epson Surecolor P600 inkjet printer which carries nine cartridges. These include four Blacks / Greys to ensure fine reproduction of Black and White images. The ink used is Epson’s own Epson UltraChrome™ Ink

Purchase information.

The print is one of a limited edition of 150, sold unframed and mailed to your address in a sturdy, sealed cardboard tube.