Karl Holtby

Dear friends, A short and sweet blog post but I’m delighted to share that my work will be featured in Black + White Photography magazine ...

Hello there! I hope everyone is keeping positive and busy during the lockdown? I've been speaking to various partners to see if I can pas...

Well 2020 didn't go as planned then! Everything feels a bit surreal as I sit here typing. With most of us slowing down and actually havin...

Hi folks, I hope all are doing ok under lockdown! This is just a quickie to share a recent article I wrote for SIGMA UK and why I believe...

My previous visit to Unst was September 2019. Having spent almost three weeks on the UK's most northerly isle it all seems a bit of a blu...

I'd wanted to visit Dungeness for many years but admittedly I find myself avoiding driving south. Being a Yorkshireman based in Derbyshir...

I can't quite believe the opportunities that come my way at times but I've been invited to the Musashino Art University, Tokyo, in 2020 (...

The Isle of Skye is a classic destination for landscape photographers for very good reason, Skye unarguably contains some of the most dra...

A few weeks back I was invited to Sigma HQ, along with fellow Sigma Ambassadors for an unboxing session of their new camera, the fp. Alar...

Recently home from a long stint on the island of Unst, Shetland, which is the most northerly isle of the UK, I have taken some time out t...

Misty Trees, Assynt, 2018 © As photographers we are often prone to worrying about having the right kit with us when we head out on our ad...

Time moves on so quickly and there's not been a new blog since June 2018! This is absolutely outrageous of course and will be rectified i...

Being a photographer with an interest in all places wild and remote, I wrongly assume that everyone knows of the Faroe Islands? Apparentl...

Inspiration derives from many sources, mostly for me, from great artists. I have long held a fascination with Japanese culture, in partic...

When I was offered the keys to a cottage on Unst my first thoughts were, 'Where the heck is that!?'. Having it's location pointed out to ...

I've been writing a lot of late about my photographic ethos and use of the 'Visual Mantra', this has become a way of expressing myself, a...

I'm really pleased to be able to share my first article for Landscape Photography Magazine. It's a very personal piece, which describes m...

'Sanctuary' Sigma SD Quattro-H + 12-24mm Art lens. LEE Filters SW150 0.6 medium grad + little stopper. Induro Tripods UK GTT104M1. If ...

It's been awhile since I've had the time to write a blog piece about my own thoughts and processes in photography, sitting down to write ...

One of the first questions I often get asked by workshop participants is usually along the lines of "Which filters do I need?". Of course...