2015 not a vintage year, thus far, for calm days.

It is official, the UK Meteorological Office confirms that 2015 to date has been pretty windy, there have only been 8 days when at least 20 weather stations across the UK have recorded a maximum gust speed of 10 Knots (11 mph) or less and none of these days has fallen in May, June or July so far.

http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/07/24/has-2015-really-been-that-windy/ graphic courtesy of the Met Office

It explains why several wild camping trips have bitten the dust, as the winds forecast at higher levels, along with rain, low cloud and hill fog have dampened any enthusiasm I've had for trips to the hills.

http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/07/24/has-2015-really-been-that-windy/

3 Fine Art Landscape Photography prints sold for $10 Million

Sadly, they weren't mine. The prints were by Fine Art landscape photographer Peter Lik and purchased by an unnamed private collector. One print sold for a world record $6.5M sticker price, the two other prints comparative bargains at $2.4M and $1.1M.  Peter Lik, normally garners a mixed reception from photographer comments online, some of the kinder ones are 'marketing genius' and the negative comments are fairly extensive in breadth and depth of critique. I can confidently predict, the print sale  will generate a fairly lively discussion in the worlds news media, art forums, photography forums, peanut galleries ...

The good news, aside from Peter Lik's healthy bank balance and the announcement a mere fortnight before Xmas never a bad time to raise your profile as a seller, is that it will raise the profile of landscape photography and perhaps somewhere there might be an intelligent discussion on the craft of landscape photography as Fine Art.