Sometimes "simplicity" is all you need.

Autumn is officially here and as a landscape photographer it is perhaps one of the most beautiful seasons within the photography calendar. The world somehow becomes an easel and the various colours on the trees along with those of the landscape really make for something which is unique. But it is also a season in which,

“Simplicity is the key. Keep it simple and you will end up getting the very best photographic results”.

The key point is that autumn itself lends itself to being a season that is “minimal” with not a lot going on - nature itself is beginning to gradually enter a deep and well earnt sleep, but before it goes to sleep it leaves us with one final finale. Just getting out and about and soaking up this final finale is something that as a landscape photographer I would highly recommend.

Fortunately a couple of weeks ago (when it was October), I was driving back, having been somewhere, when I just had to stop in a particular layby in which there is perhaps one of the most stunning views over Nottinghamshire, naturally though I just had to pull into this layby and take the following two shots.

Simplicity through colour (landscape).

Simplicity through colour (portrait).

And to me, these just sum everything up about autumn, this transitional period of time, before we enter the winter time, Even if autumn is merely a transitional period and remains a rather short season, it is by far the most stunning time of year in which to partake in minimal photography with some radiant and glorious scenes, for this is nature's way of giving us her final finale before she sleeps until she wakes again in Spring, but this is also perhaps the most glorious and stunning finales that anyone will ever see and best of all this rather theatrical season just so happens to be free for all to enjoy, for sometimes simplicity is all you need in the world of photography.

One final thing that I want to add, as of tomorrow the England will be in another lockdown, for a total of four weeks - if it works is another thing, it probably will not as a virus will always be a virus. But get out there and explore, even if it is a circular walk around your local neighbourhood or within your county, the fresh air along with scenery change will be worth it, and document it as well through photography and cherish the photographs that you take, for what we are living through at the moment will be history and even in the middle or towards the end of a pandemic memories of what happened will be looked back on in many years to come afterwards.

Reconnect with nature, explore and see the free finale of the year, the one that mother nature puts on before she falls to sleep. Also just getting out and having a walk is fantastic for mental health which is crucial as we fall into another lockdown.