Waiting For The Right Moment
Mark Gamblin talks about his obsession with the mountains

I like being able to capture that one special moment in a single frame. To be able to tell a story in a picture. I might have been sat on a mountain somewhere for hours waiting for the right light, and when it comes and you manage to capture that elusive moment it makes you feel excited. Then even more excited when you get home and load it into your go to choice for post processing.
My favorite place to shoot is the mountains. I’m lucky to live in Liverpool only an hour and half to the Lake District or Snowdonia. I have to say I do hold a special place in my heart for the Lakes, I get so excited every time I drive up the M6 on my way there. My favourite thing about the Lakes is of course the mountains, did I mention I like mountains.
What I love about taking pictures is probably that it encourages me to get out into the great outdoors and visit beautiful places and landscapes of the UK. One of my favorite parts of Snowdonia is the Glyders and the Ogwen valley. I’ve spent loads of time walking and wild camping up on the Glyders, it never fails to amaze me everytime. You’ve got amazing views in every direction from the summits (obviously weather dependent) and challenging walks, scrambles and climbs for all skill levels.
One of my fondest memories of taking Snowdonia was last year when I was camping just below Tryfan, during the blood moon. I knew that the moon would rise above Tryfan and when it did it was an awesome sight.
I’ve had some good reactions from my photography so far. Especially my night sky and long exposure work. People generally ask me why the hell I climb a mountain with a big pack on and sleep on top of it. But then I show them the pictures of the night sky and they know why.
OMG your photos are amazing, I wish mine were even half as good!
You do have some really breathtaking captures! I like photography too but my photos are no way as good as yours. I mostly take photos using auto mode! Such a waste because I bought my first canon dslr last Christmas but I haven’t had the time to study the manual mode yet 🙁
Your photography is just incredible! I love that you’ve captured the colour gradients across the sky, I can never do that 🙂
Wow they are stunning, so clear and inviting. It’s as if your looking out of a window, what great sights.
Amazing photos I wish I was as talented it definitely is all about the right moment when it comes to great photos.
Holy cow your photography skills and to have mastered the art of capturing the true beauty of landscapes in such a short amount of time is pretty impressive!
Absolutely stunning photos! I especially love the shot with the night sky in the background, it could be an off-world sci-fi setting or something with those colours!
Such stunning pictures – I really want to take some of the night sky, need to master the camera first though
I am also very interested in photography. You got some amazing pictures here.
Oh my goodness, what absolutely breaktaking pictures. I have a Nikon D3200 and I only wish my photography was this beautiful.
I just sat literally looking at your photos saying wow rather a lot, just absolutely amazing x
Wow what amazing photographs, so tranquil. I really need to learn to take good photographs as I adore looking at other peoples captures
Thanks for all the lovely comments ????