I’m Nigel Rossiter. The Westcountry has been my home for many years now and it is a place I love. I’ve been a walker since I was very young indeed and I have my parents to thanks for ensuring I felt at home in & enjoyed wild places. Dartmoor is my home territory and I walk there as much as I can. I am pretty familiar with the south moor & know the north moor well enough. I’ve also walked in most of the National Parks in England as well as in Wales (Brecon Beacons, mid Wales & Snowdonia) and Scotland. I have also walked in fairly wild parts of Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland & some of the Greek Islands. That still leaves me with plenty to do!
I’ve taken photographs since I was young and had various cameras. Some years ago I had an slr (single lens reflex camera) but waiting to get films developed tried my patience too much. The digital era makes things far more rewarding. I started with an Olympus some years back and then bought another. Something over five years ago I was planning to buy a digital slr when my son showed me his Panasonic FX-01 – the images were so good that I went out & bought one. I have been very pleased with the images from that camera but a change in life in 2009 made me review the dslr decision again & I bought a Sony alpha 350. While not perfect this camera lasted me well and I learnt a lot. In 2011 I replaced it with a new Nikon D7000 and there is more information it and my other equipment and software here.
The photographic course I completed in 2009 taught me a lot and I’d like to think that my images are of a high technical standard now. A few of my images are freely licensed under Creative Commons licensing – they are available on Wikimedia Commons. Many other images are available to purchase in a variety of ways, see here for more information. As seems inevitable these day (!) I can be found on facebook (for a feed of this blog and a few extra images) – feel free to look and “like” it. Do contact me if you are interested in any you see (or would like to know if I have others – I do!) here. Thanks.