I wasn’t sure where to go and thought about Curbar Edge, a location I hadn’t done at sunrise yet. I felt lucky and that I wouldn’t be able to get much more from the location and I was glad to have my own take from the location.īut after a frustrating sunrise on the Saturday, even if the end results were good I had set my alarm for sunrise on Sunday.

A rare occurrence, as many photographers proceeded to inform me about how they had been going up for years, even decades and not witnessing anything like it. To be honest, one of the main reasons for not visiting again photographically was really because almost 2 years ago I got a full on cloud inversion from Mam Tor where the cloud was right up to the summit. So on to my sunrise on Sunday at Mam Tor. However, sometimes I guess you have to give in and shoot something you’ve seen countless times before. I know the Peak District very intimately and having done a lot of walking it gives me a certain exposure I believe to areas less visited that I’ve always thought “ah that would make a good photo”. It’s also a great feeling when you shoot somewhere that’s rarely been photographed before knowing you’ve come back with hopefully one of the best photos from that area. But it’s also very nice to shoot locations where you know your not going to bump into anyone, you have the area to yourself and you know the conditions you experienced at that particular time in that particular moment are witnessed and captured only by you. It’s not to say I’m against shooting the popular locations, I always quite like to have one shot from that location which I’m proud of and hopefully with my own take on it. It’s obvious why its so well shot, easy access with great iconic views with a valley that often fills with mist. Mam Tor at sunrise is probably one of the most shot locations within the Peak District and as such it’s really hard to get something different and exceptional from there.

As a photographer it can be quite tricky to shoot images that aren’t cliché and overdone, it’s usually even harder to shoot them better than anyone has done before.

Mam tor sunrise