The world looked beautiful this morning with the fog casting a mantle over the first frost of this autumn.

When model Adele, makeup artist Helen and I got together the day before the summer solstice, summer arrived for just one day. I am convinced that this is not a coincidence – the weather gods must have been smiling upon us. See the “Face Of Summer 2012″ and read about the shoot.

Already the days are getting markedly longer. Light is gaining the upper hand over darkness in planet earth’s dance with the seasons as I look at a photograph, which I made not three weeks ago standing on Roundway Hill.

A frosty morning, mist and the sun rising reluctantly. The photographs that I made this morning seem a fitting tribute to nature in the infantile new year.

Beaver Moon, the full moon in November, rising above the brow of the approach to Roundway Hill in Wiltshire, England, in this afternoon’s fading light.

The world early this morning, looking out of my studio window towards Oliver’s Castle on Roundway Hill. The light has no longer the quality of that of an August morning. Change is in the air but has not yet gained the momentum to make itself felt.

This pastoral image depicts a sunny August morning in rural Wiltshire. In the background Oliver’s Castle on Roundway Hill. Click on the picture to see it bigger.

Roundway Hill / Oliver’s Castle seen from my window on a grey and cloudy day.

Another beautiful sunrise over Roundway Hill and Oliver’s Castle.

A harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. It was not until the following morning that I realised that it was a very special full moon.