Cameras and water don’t go well together. But the next 7 days promise to offer up a real challenge to the hardier photographers among us. ” Watch out though. I got an amazing soaking covering the funeral of Donald Campbell for The Daily Telegraph at Coniston Water, 2001, in the Lake District. The rain was coming in horizontally,’ says James Fraser of Blink Photography Courses. “My Kodak Canon D 2000, which cost the company about £12,000, got waterlogged and we had to throw it in the bin! It wasn’t weather sealed, but no camera really is 100%, even today. You can get some strong images in rough weather, either of people braving the elements, like this photo by Eddie Mulholland, or great landscapes of nature unleashing it’s amazing power. But keep the camera dry. Shoot under a brolly, no matter how difficult. Use an underwater housing if you can. Wrap the camera in clingfilm if you have to. Keep it under your coat until you want to shoot. Use buildings or trees to shelter you from the storm. Use a chammy leather to wipe your lens filter dry. Preferably all six of the above! Good luck. You might surprise yourself.”
