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From the Mountains to the Sea - part 3 of 1 2 3 4 5

Published 01/04/2013

Loving the land

John's love affair with Snowdonia started when he was just 14, and he still remembers vividly the day when he and his camera, plus his friend Paul, were dropped off by his mother and father at Capel Curig Youth Hostel. "They weren't scheduled to pick us up until a week later," he says. "It's amazing to think that things like that would happen as a matter of course back then, but it gave me the chance at an early age to really develop a feel for the area and a love for the freedom that came with being outdoors."

It soon became natural for John to pack a camera when he was setting off on his regular expeditions, but it still took a chance encounter with the book 'Mountain Light' by the great US landscape photographer Galen Rowell to really open his eyes to what was achievable by those working in this sector.

I was in my mid forties at the time," he says, "and I first took notice of the book because I shared the surname of the photographer. It was only later that I found out that this was something of a bible for those shooting outdoor photography, and I've since learned that it was a huge influence on the likes of Joe Cornish and Colin Prior as well. I then decided that I had to start to visit all the great mountain ranges of the world, and I went on to do this for a number of years."

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