Matt Watkins - Photographer

30/05/2026

Gorgeous sunset over Pembrey Country Park Club Campsite where we’ve had a bit of well needed down time this weekend.

14/05/2026

Does anyone else love the calmness and tranquility that a woodland provides? They are such a relaxing environment to embrace, especially when the wild garlic and bluebells are in full bloom

- X2D 100C, 3.5/45mm
- Armour Master Kit
- Alta Pro 3VRL 303CT, Veo Active 49

07/05/2026

Thank you Kase Filters UK for sharing

I just love the way light and shadows play with each other in the forest

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05/05/2026

The path less trodden.

05/05/2026

Having a wander around some local woodland here in South Wales, on the hunt for some wild garlic.

- X2D 100C + 3.5/45mm
- Alta Pro 3VRL 303CB
- Armour Master Kit

05/05/2026

Bluebells tend to flower before the forest canopy, so they can take advantage of the sunlight before they are covered in shadows from the canopy high above.

04/05/2026

I just love the way light and shadows play with each other in the forest

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27/04/2026

I often get questions about what settings I used for various pictures I take, and I’ll often get told that I need to by using a narrow aperture for landscape/woodland so that as much detail as possible is in focus. Well, often I’ll make a conscious decision to take a picture with a wider aperture because I don’t want every last detail to be in focus and I want to create a very shallow depth of field. The subjects in these pictures would have been lost in the background had I chosen a narrower aperture.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that photography is your art and you a free to interpret it as you want. Some may argue that there is a rule for this or a rule for that, but we all know rules are there to be broken and it’s how and when we chose to break those rules is what matters.

25/04/2026

I could spend hours just wandering around woodlands. They are just a beautiful place to while away some time. And whichever direction you look you’ll always find nature putting on its best display, albeit with sights and smells!