rainbow over Grasmere
Grasmere

Welcome to Val Corbett Photography

I work as a freelance photographer, lucky enough to live on the eastern fringes of the Lake District. Over the past 30 years I have built up an extensive photographic library of images of the Lake District, the lesser-known beautiful outer fringes in Cumbria as well as seasonal details. I have also become recognised for my garden photography, which is frequently published in magazines such as Country Life. The book Gardens of the Lake District, written by Tim Longville and published by Frances Lincoln won the award ‘Lakeland Book of the Year’ in 2008. This success has been followed by a number of prize-winning books.

Latest News & Events

Months of inaction, then ...

Thursday 8th April 2021 |

... we finally got down to adding some new photos - almost 50 - that I hope you enjoy. It has been so long that we had to struggle to do some...

Lowther Castle gardens and the garden designer Dan Pearson

Friday 15th March 2019 |

2018 was a busy summer photographing gardens throughout the UK. Three of these gardens were designed by Dan Pearson and luckily one, Lowther Castle, was round the corner from home. I...

Prince Charles 70th birthday

Friday 15th March 2019 |

Country Life magazine invited Prince Charles to be guest editor for the issue published on his birthday. In which, there was an article on the splendid gardens at his Scottish...

Masterclasses

Bluebells at Muncaster

May 2009 |

As I sit at my desk and write this in the second week of May I am trying not to hear the howling gale outside which has been going on for hours, blasting off twigs and shredding new leaves which now litter the lawn. My garden is in a sorry...