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Notes From the Road


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Photo Essays: #3: The Tea Fields of the Cameron Highlands

Alex Metcalfe June 6, 2021

The British left many legacies following their withdrawal from South-East Asia after World War Two, for better or for worse. One of their more digestible memories was tea.

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In Travel, Photo Essays Tags Tea, Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, Fields, Stories
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Newsletter • May 2021

Alex Metcalfe May 28, 2021

Well it’s been a busy month and May like the rest of this year seems to be slipping away at a terrifying pace.

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In Newsletter Tags Newsletter, April, 2021
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New Article Featured With The Alpine Club

Alex Metcalfe May 20, 2021

I finally managed to get my hands on a version of my latest article for The Alpine Club in their March 2021 newsletter on how to take great images whilst climbing with your phone. Check it out!

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In Climbing, Editorial, News Tags Alpine Club, Newsletter, March 2021, Climbing Photography, Article
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Advice for Your First Expedition

Alex Metcalfe May 17, 2021

I reached out recently to several friends and the good folks in the UKClimbing forums and asked them if they had any advice for someone going on their first expedition, in my case the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Here’s what they suggested.

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In Expeditions, Informative Tags Advice, First, Expedition, Preparation
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How to Create Compelling Photo Essays

Alex Metcalfe May 10, 2021

Building on my first article in this new series of photo essays I’ve begun to think more about what makes a makes a compelling photo essay and how like any good book or film, a photo essay requires a variety of angles and compositions to help draw the viewer in, maintain visual interest and deliver an engaging story.

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In Photo Essays, Informative Tags Homeless, London, Oxford Street, Immigrant, Photo Story
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Newsletter • April 2021

Alex Metcalfe May 2, 2021

With lockdown restrictions in the UK finally starting to ease from 13th April I was finally able to escape Buckinghamshire and make for the Peak District and some gritstone climbing.

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In Newsletter Tags Newsletter, April, 2021
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The Road to Kyrgyzstan: Part One: The Plan →

Alex Metcalfe April 22, 2021

Kyrgyzstan was always one of those countries on the periphery of my imagination. A land inhabited by fierce horsemen and towering snowy peaks. When several friends recently returned from climbing there telling tales of a land ripe for exploration I knew I had to go. My interest was piqued.

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In Expeditions Tags Planning, Kyrgyzstan, Expedition
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New Print Store Open!

Alex Metcalfe February 21, 2021

Finally, FINALLY! My online print store is up and running.

There's no social distancing required in the online store so feel free to fight over all the artwork you want.⁠

To get you started, heres a code for 10% off your first order: SWEET10%OFF

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In Business, News Tags Prints, Store
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Musterers work quickly in the hot Australian sun to skin and take the cuts they need before the meat begins to spoil.

Photo Essays: #1 Hunting in the Outback →

Alex Metcalfe February 18, 2021

There’s pretty much one thing on the menu at the station kitchen, meat. You can have it anyway you like, blue, raw or medium-rare. Just not well done.

On a cattle station in the Australian outback, where the nearest shop is a 110 mile drive, you have to make do with what you’ve got. Which just so happened to be 10,000 cattle on 50,000 acres of Australian bush.

One evening, when the sun low and our stomachs empty, we piled into the station ute and rattled out in search of dinner.

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In Photo Essays Tags Australia, Mustering, Outback, Cowboys, Hunting, Outbacklife
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Mountain Equipment Winter Photography 'Exposure' Category 2021

Alex Metcalfe February 11, 2021

Pretty chuffed to hear I've been announced as the ‘Exposure’ category winner for Mountain Equipment's 2021 Winter Photo Competition with the above image of two rookie mountaineers caught in a storm on the Cairngorm Plateau in Scotland. I gave it the working title ‘Welcome to Scotland’.

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In News, Awards Tags Mountain Equipment, Competition, Winter, Awards
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Past Posts

Featured
Austrian Alpine Club (UK) 2023 Photography Competition Results
Sep 13, 2023
Austrian Alpine Club (UK) 2023 Photography Competition Results
Sep 13, 2023
Sep 13, 2023
January Talks: Expedition to Tajikistan
Jan 7, 2023
January Talks: Expedition to Tajikistan
Jan 7, 2023
Jan 7, 2023
Expedition to Tajikistan 2022: The Plan
Jun 22, 2022
Expedition to Tajikistan 2022: The Plan
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 22, 2022
Newsletter • March 2022
Mar 31, 2022
Newsletter • March 2022
Mar 31, 2022
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Newsletter • February 2022
Feb 28, 2022
Newsletter • February 2022
Feb 28, 2022
Feb 28, 2022
Newsletter • January 2022
Jan 31, 2022
Newsletter • January 2022
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022
Kyrgyzstan Expedition 2021 Trip Report
Dec 12, 2021
Kyrgyzstan Expedition 2021 Trip Report
Dec 12, 2021
Dec 12, 2021
Newsletter • December 2021
Dec 6, 2021
Newsletter • December 2021
Dec 6, 2021
Dec 6, 2021
Newsletter • June 2021
Jul 1, 2021
Newsletter • June 2021
Jul 1, 2021
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First Front Cover With the OWPG
Jun 11, 2021
First Front Cover With the OWPG
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021

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