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Lewis Bargh
@lewisbargh
Landscape photographer based in England
As a little boy I would be hiking through the Peak District together with my family. All tired from trying to keep up with my tiny little legs, I always enjoyed the views and seeing new places. When the first generation iPhone came out in 2007 (I was 14 years old), this soon became my first tool in my photography journey. Each place we went I would take photos and capture our memories and regularly annoy my family as I wanted to show them every single photo each time after I took it. To this day, my work colleagues would tell you I definitely still do this from time to time… I guess this just highlights the huge passion I have for photography and film. As I got older I realised I would be needing an actual camera if I was to be taking photography more seriously, so I soon became the proud owner of a DSLR and a 50mm lens. This served me well for a good few years.
"This brings me on to my other hobby, fishing, what later led to the job I have today."
A lot of people will know that fishing and photography go hand in hand. Those beautiful misty mornings and incredible sunsets were always at my fingertips, and continue to be to this day. They proved for regular practice as I honed my skills. Together with my best mate Cam I began documenting our sessions through both film and photography. Years later we found ourselves creating a Youtube channel and within a year we had gained attention from various brands in the fishing world. We began getting sponsored and would regularly create content for those brands – we’d found our calling.
That is where my love for film comes in. As I began to realise that film was becoming a huge part of what I love, I started to film everything and even create small films purely for my own enjoyment. Having been filming for a good few years, creating stories through my journeys outdoors and loving every minute of it, I eventually noticed an ad for a Videographer from a very well known brand in the fishing industry, Korda Developments. The description fitted perfectly what I’d already been doing for such a long time, and in addition this offered much more adventurous tasks filming abroad with people who I had looked up to for a very long time, spending hours watching them on TV on the discovery shed channel as I grew up.
"I applied immediately and much to my surprise I was offered an interview."
I was interviewed by a few people, one of those people being Ali Hamidi, one of the three stars of ITV’s Monster carp! As our conversation developed, it soon became clear that I was about to embark on an incredible journey. The meeting went so well; he could clearly see the burning desire I had to film and take photos for a living and the next day, I received the phone call. Out of hundreds of applicants, the job was mine! So when being just a small child wanting to take photos of my little expeditions in the Peak District, little did I know that this was to be the key for eventually travelling around Europe with the Korda crew visiting some beautiful places.
"After all these travels, my photography has recently taken a turn back to my roots."
Hence the sudden change in content on my IG page which makes it appear like I left and came back. This couldn’t be further from the truth; I’ve begun re-visiting places I used to as a child and now capturing them with my latest camera, the A7riv. I’m loving a trip down memory lane! I recently took some photos in Mam Tor, this place is truly iconic. The famous winding road is quite possibly the best road I’ve seen in the peak, if you are in the Peak District this is definitely somewhere you should visit! It will blow you away – so will the wind, so bring a coat! But in all seriousness, the sun set there is particularly nice.
I live within 10 minutes of the Peak District, so you could say I’m incredibly lucky. The first place I drive through is the Baslow edge right by Curbar. This is the best place to get shots of Highland cows. The epic backdrop behind those majestic gentle giants is among one of my favourite places to go.
"My other favourite places include anywhere in Hope Valley, as this place has huge views and the small village of Castleton which is surrounded by huge rolling hills that seem to go on forever."
In order to find the best view of the castle I made a small trek up through the village to be greeted by a huge hill to which I didn’t expect. With me being Asthmatic this was already going to be a challenge, especially on such a hot day with the recent weather we’ve been having. Having climbed the hill, once I was up there I realised I was completely on the wrong side to be able to get the best view. I ended up taking a very sketchy path around the valley, extending one leg on my tripod and using it to help with stability so I wouldn’t fall and after 40 minutes I eventually came to the perfect spot and waited until the sun was low enough to get the photo I envisioned. It wasn’t till after this that I’d realised I messed up. I’d been so focussed on getting the shot that I didn’t realise to my right was a small path that led down into the village which took all of 5 minutes to walk down back to my car. Now, if I’d have done my research…
Nevertheless, my plans for this year were actually very different to what I’ve been doing recently. With the corona virus terribly sweeping the globe, my plans for travel were put on hold. I had plans to visit the Icelandic black sand beach and the amazing lush green rice fields of Indonesia along with a few more destinations. These are still very much on the agenda, but as soon as it is safe to do so of course. Keep your eyes peeled for those!
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