Outdoor Photography Special Mountain Landscapes

Join us on an epic photographic tour of the best Welsh mountain scenes and lakeside landscapes around the beautiful Snowdonia National Park

Whether it’s a week-long holiday or weekend break, by travelling to a mountainous region like Snowdonia National Park, in north west Wales, you’ll be spoilt for choice with the amazing scenery to capture with your Canon camera gear. In fact, we’ve managed to cram in a whole day’s landscape photography by shooting from sunrise to sunset in some truly stunning settings, surrounding the UK’s second tallest mountain. This is, however, as long as the weather plays ball. Mountains create their own climate – and rain, wind and clouds can appear from nowhere. In early May, we arrived in the evening before to be greeted by heavy, freezing rain and gales, but thankfully our photography day was blessed with some lovely sunlight (if still blowing a hooley) and moody clouds. Turn the page to learn how we approached shooting big mountains and lake (or Llyn as they’re known in Wales) scenery…

Sunrise Scenes

Tackling morning light in big mountain landscapes

Look for the light

We stayed in Llanberis, which is at the foot of Mount Snowdon, down a huge, winding valley from the Pen-y-Pass access point to the peak. It’s also home to two large lakes spanning north-east (Llyn Padarn) and north-west (Llyn Peris) from the small town centre, ideally placed and angled for sunset, and sunrise photos.

We got up before first light, so we were in position and hopeful for a colourful sky at sunrise. We had our Canon DSLR on a tripod and ready to go, but unfortunately the cloud cover spoiled our party. By using a 24-70mm lens and zooming in we could still capture the first beams of sunlight filtering up the valley between the peaks.

Panoramic fun