I had wanted to take this image for a long time but knew to make it work the conditions needed to be ‘moody’.

I love Wastwater, it is one of my favourite places in the Lake District. The way that the conditions can change so quickly and the light can paint the landscape makes it a unique place to shoot.

I was desperate to create an image of the winter scene here, a time when it is not perhaps as ‘popular’. Do not get me wrong, it is beautiful in Spring, Summer and Autumn but when Winter sets in, the coldness and harshness of this environment really becomes apparent.