Mark Gilligan is cited as one of the countries foremost full time professional landscape photographers and teacher.
An official Ambassador for LEE FILTERS, he is one of only a distinct few across the world to be awarded the status of ‘LEE Master’ of which he is rightly proud. An accredited, award-winning member of the British Institute of Professional Photography, Mark was made a Fellow by them because of his specialist and original Landscape Photography in the Lake District and Eryri (Snowdonia). A features writer for many magazines, his work regularly appears in the national and regional walking and photography publications.
His bespoke, popular Landscape Photography Workshops and courses in the Lake District and Eryri (Snowdonia) are fully endorsed by LEE filters and he regularly undertakes them for photographers from across the globe. He also works on his own portfolio with projects that include a life long undertaking at the Dinorwig Quarry in Eryri (Snowdonia).
Better known for his landscape work, Mark also delivers commercial shoots for all different types of photographic requests. This has seen him undertake commissions for Commercial Airlines, International Holiday Companies, Hotel Chains, Jewellers, high-end watch manufacturers, Restaurants, the Motor Industry and Sport.
He is very proud to also be supported in his work by BERGHAUS, BenQ, BENRO, SHIMODA DESIGN, PACER POLES and BILLINGHAM.
You can browse through his online shop and purchase images via this link which cover the Lake District, Eryri (Snowdonia), his project work on the quarries at Dinorwig and a section on some of his Travel images.
"I have been a professional now for over 40 years and and as well as taking photographs for a living, I have also taught imaging for much of that time. I was the Director of the National, dedicated course for Police and Home Office staff to teach video and photographic skills. I gained the INVESTORS IN PEOPLE accreditation for that work as well as the BRITISH KITE MARK and was integral in devising new photographic techniques that are now standard practice within those very specialist areas of work.
I used to deliver my Home Office teaching concurrently with my landscape workshops and courses in the Lakes and Eryri (Snowdonia) but retired from the Home Office over 15 years ago. This allowed me to exclusively deliver my own workshops and courses within a more flexible timeframe.
I work throughout the year in all seasons and enjoy the Lakes and Eryri (Snowdonia) in equal measure, as they are both so different in what they offer. My energies now go into teaching the discipline of landscape photography on my workshops and courses, as well as photographing and writing professionally. I also spend a considerable amount of my spare time photographing the quarries at Dinorwig in Eryri (Snowdonia), as they are a passion of mine. You can read about that here. I love documenting the changes there as well as photographing intimate landscapes.
The mountainous regions are their own dramatic, natural theatre where the terrain and light combine to produce endless photographic opportunities. For me, photography is an organic process between the view and the photographer. Whilst I utilise digital now, I don’t take and create landscape images that are in need of lots of computer/software work. I am a photographer who processes images with the bare minimum of Lightroom to ensure that they are as faithful as can be to the scene I photographed. As a result, my time in front of a computer is minimal. Lightroom work is a vital 'tooth on the cog' but for me, it is one that is integral rather than totally reliant to make that a pleasing, true representation of what we see and capture.
I do ‘spread my wings’ occasionally when photographing abstracts that I see which afford me the freedom to express how I see what is before me. In effect by putting my own ‘stamp’ on what I see. However, I am not one for creating layer upon layer to remove the image so far away from the original that it becomes a computer graphic.
I hope that my wealth of experience and enthusiasm will be of great benefit to you.
Please contact me via my email which is mgilligan@wastwaterphotography.co.uk. I look forward to hearing and meeting you soon. Note that all images on this site are copyrighted. Most are all for sale and I thank those of you who have purchased my work.
Regards
Mark”