Northumberland Rock Art, Web Access to the Beckensall Archive | Interactive Zone

It is always a great pleasure to return home with clear and dramatic photographs of the rock carvings to treasure and to share with others.

Here are a few tips that have helped our photography:

It is best to photograph the rock carvings in sunlight. Remember to turn off your automatic flash
If you can, try and take your photographs when the sun is low in the sky and there is angled light
To maximise the shadows in the cups and grooves, and thereby ‘draw out’ the carvings, photograph the carvings facing into the sun
If you can, photograph the carvings at different times of the year and in different weather conditions
Use a scale as it helps you to remember the size of the rock carvings
Keep accurate records of your photographs as you can quickly forget which photographs belong to which panel



	Photographic tips
	It is always a great pleasure to return home with clear and dramatic photographs of the rock carvings to treasure and to share with others. Here are a few tips that have helped our photography: It is best to photograph the rock carvings in sunlight. Remember to turn off your automatic flash If you can, try and take your photographs when the sun is low in the sky and there is angled light To maximise the shadows in the cups and grooves, and thereby ‘draw out’ the carvings, photograph the carvings facing into the sun If you can, photograph the carvings at different times of the year and in different weather conditions Use a scale as it helps you to remember the size of the rock carvings Keep accurate records of your photographs as you can quickly forget which photographs belong to which panel

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