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Malkin Photography
Helen Shelmerdine - Photographer and Author.
07733 010915
Middle Lee, Garrigill, Cumbria CA9 3HF, England
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The River Tyne
I am working on what I hope will be my next book, about the River Tyne, from source to sea. I have got some great images already!
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4 days ago1 min read


Kent to Cape Wrath walk
We have just returned from our latest section of our walk from Eastbourne to Cape Wrath. Over 4 days we walked from Tamworth in Staffordshire to Ashbourne in Derbyshire. We were lucky with the weathger apart from a couple of snow showers on one day, but the scenery and the canals and and the spring flowers were all glorious.
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 281 min read


Cumbria Life Magazine
Cumbria Life Magazine for March features a major article on my book "A String of Pearls: Landscape and Literature of the Lake District".
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 121 min read


View from our house
Yesterday we sat outside in warm sunshine having breakfast, today we had an inch of snow!! This is the view from our house on both occasions...
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 61 min read


New Content!
I have been very neglectful of my website and my blog, having been hugely busy for a few years moving house, having building work done, writing and photographing new books... I am going to try and keep everything up to date from now on! Here is an image of my latest book, published in 2025..
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 61 min read


Lake District New Book
My new book is published today, its an anthology of all the best writing about the Lake District, with each piece of writing coupled with...
hshelmerdine1a
Apr 22, 20211 min read


Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition
Absolutely thrilled that the above image won a "Commended" award in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition, which is entered...
hshelmerdine1a
Oct 26, 20201 min read


Love the Lakes
I am spending a lot of time in the Lake District at the moment getting shots for my next book. Here's a selection of my favourites so far!
hshelmerdine1a
Aug 2, 20201 min read


Spring has Sprung
I just love this sunny view of the sycamore tree in the field below the house.
hshelmerdine1a
May 22, 20201 min read


Lake District Book
Work is progressing well on my next book about the Lake District, to be published in Spring 2021. Here are a couple of images from my...
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 7, 20201 min read


Wonderful Chile
I am still working on the hundreds of images from my recent trip to Chile but here is a slideshow taster of some of the images so far. ...
hshelmerdine1a
Jan 7, 20201 min read


The Pennines - Fabulous New Book
My new book about the Pennines has just been published by Merlin Unwin Books and can be purchased from any good bookshop, me, from Merlin...
hshelmerdine1a
Nov 27, 20191 min read


Wonderful Chelsea
I had the privilege of visiting the Chelsea Flower Show as a photographer on Press Day. What wonderful gardens! And the sun shone too!...
hshelmerdine1a
May 30, 20191 min read


Skye Special
We have a special offer on our Skye holiday cottage for July bookings, of £100 discount per week. We have availability for weeks...
hshelmerdine1a
May 30, 20191 min read


A Loveliness of Ladybirds
I think the collective title for a group of ladybirds as a "loveliness" is quite delightful. Here is a loveliness that I came across on...
hshelmerdine1a
Apr 7, 20191 min read


Platform Gallery Clitheroe
Really excited that the lovely Platform Gallery/Tourist Information in Clitheroe has asked me to submit some black and white images for...
hshelmerdine1a
Mar 11, 20191 min read


A Glorious Carpet
A stunning carpet of crocuses and daffodils Such a simple thing, yet so joyful. How can it be that flowers opening their faces to the...
hshelmerdine1a
Feb 28, 20191 min read


Surfer Loses Board
Here's another of my very favourite images. We were walking the South West Coast Path at the start of our Land's End to John O'Groats...
hshelmerdine1a
Feb 15, 20191 min read


Colours
I've been working really hard designing and refreshing my website. However the hardest task has been trying to identify which of my...
hshelmerdine1a
Feb 8, 20191 min read


Fairyland
Some more amazing snowy images from just outside my front door! These were just taken with my phone! We had freezing fog overnight so all...
hshelmerdine1a
Feb 2, 20191 min read
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