It was great to have a visitor to the island a couple of months ago, this time all the way from Holland. Karin was visiting Guernsey for the first time and got in touch to ask if I could show her around the island to take some landscape and nightscape images.

Karin’s photography expertise lies in family portraiture and wedding photography, so we had plenty to talk about. Although landscape photography is more of a hobby for me, I hadn’t been out to take any images for myself in well over a year. The images I had been making were commissioned for commercial use and local businesses, so it was nice to get out and create something new without the pressure.

Either way I was keen to get out with a likeminded photographer and create some epic images. I only had two evenings free, so on the first evening we headed out to L’Ancresse Bay and found a new location I’d never shot at before near the shooting range. For sunset we then moved towards Port Soif to capture some long exposures.

The second evening we headed to the cliffs at Pleinmont. After walking around for an hour and taking a few snaps, we ended up on the slipway in front of the fairy ring. Soon after sunset that evening we headed back up to L’Ancresse to see if the stars would come out.

Sure enough they did, and what an amazing sky it was. Although it was a little hazy and I’d seen clearer nights in the past, Karin was amazed to see so many stars and mentioned she had never seen anything like it in Holland.

We ended the night reasonably early at around 12am. I knew I’d missed the chance at taking my usual selfie in good light, so we decided on a slightly different style.

Karin specialises in family portraiture and wedding photography and you can check her work out over on Facebook, Instagram or her Website.

We are looking forward to heading back out again in October when she will be visiting for the second time, but for now, here are a few images we managed to take.