Photographer captures frozen beauty of Brecon Beacons in winter
AT A time when some people are falling into bed following weekend revelry, Alistair Corbett can be found quietly donning his walking gear before heading to the mountains.
The self-taught landscape photographer is on a mission to summit the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, Penyfan, in time to capture the sunrise.
While he has taken hundreds of photographs of the national park over the past six or seven years, this is a rare occasion as the canvas is steeped with snow.
Mr Corbett said: “I think landscape photography, and being in the hills, in general, is far more exciting in the winter months because the landscape can change so dramatically. Be it frost, ice or snow.
“I also find it exciting because everything is so much more difficult.
“Looking at these photographs, you only get the visual element. But this was taken in extreme wind, with temperatures of approximately -10°C to -14°C and spindrift flying into the lens, and my eyes.
“But that makes it a greater challenge, and therefore it’s more thrilling. Summer is a very pleasant season, but I personally find it exceedingly boring in comparison to this.”
From gorgeous Gower to the beautiful Brecon Beacons, Mr Corbett has been capturing our spectacular scenery on film and drawing admiring glances from around the world thanks to social media.
Last year he was shortlisted for the Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition run by Outdoor Photography magazine and has built up quite a following on Facebook with his Alistair Corbett Photography page.
It is a remarkable achievement for the 34-year-old, from Llanelli, who only picked up a camera in 2007 having been persuaded by his father to leave the comfort of the couch and join him on a trek in the Scottish Highlands.
The trip proved to be life-changing and these days he is an avid hill walker and much-admired landscape photographer.
Anyone wishing to follow in Mr Corbett’s footsteps may well get a chance in the near future with a forecast of cold temperatures and the risk of snow in the offing.