baltorostickman

Be bold! 

Not a bad sight on the school run last week! This is Blencathra from the Mungrisdale road-end in Cumbria. I often get asked what the best camera is for such and such, and I always quote the reply another photographer once came out with - “the one you have with you!”. This was taken with my phone...

I’ve deactivated my social media accounts. Just too energy sapping and time wasting and sick of shouting into an empty echo-chamber. Feel concerned about so much in the world, and convinced myself that posting articles and information would help, but it’s really a hiding to nothing. Achieves nothing, but provides the data harvesting machine with fodder. News feed devoid of relevant stuff. Just random adverts and pined / promoted posts. My FB Photography page has 8.5k followers, but they don't see my posts, so what is the actual point?

Just going to put images on my own web site and the odd blog on here.

Chapursan Valley, Hunza Ghojal, Pakistan. At the end of our trips across the Shah Jinali / Karambar / Chilinji passes from Chitral via Ishkoman, we emerged into Hunza down this fabulous valley. Long closed to foreigners due to its proximity to Afghanistan and the easy passes that lead over into the Wakhan from its upper reaches, this is the birthplace of celebrated Pakistani mountaineer Nazir Sabir. We were so fortunate to obtain permits for this area when we did, as it is now firmly closed to visitors again. For this we have to thank Maqsood ul-Mulk and Hind Kush Trails, who handled the logistics for these trips for us. Mashallah!

Nikon FM2, 28mm, Fuji Provia