


Isolation – The Photographic Benefits
One area of photography I’m keen to improve my skills in is in macro imagery. Particularly challenging is to create images of insects with camera handheld and natural light. The […]

Urban Wildlife
Squirrel fun!


Colours of Autumn
Images of Wollaton Park, Nottingham, UK. Wollaton Hall may be familiar to those who have watched the Christian Bale ‘Batman’ film trilogy as it was transformed into ‘Wayne Manor’.


Macro – A Different Perspective
Working with macro photography provides a completely different perspective. What is common, and often taken for granted, is seen with new eyes. It also opens up opportunities to create images […]

Expecting the Unexpected
An area of image making that has always fascinated me is how to capture ‘movement’. Part of this ongoing experimentation has been to work with frequent visitors to the garden […]

Light & Dark
Continuing my return to monochrome photography, I revisited a number of slide/transparency scans. All the images in this post were originally created with a medium format camera (6 x 4.5 […]

Back to the Darkroom
After nearly 2 decades I finally returned to the darkroom. I have been keen to set myself photographic challenges in recent years. Many of the previous ideas centred around digital […]

Vertical Yoga
Insomnia has been a constant companion in recent months. Despite regular exercise and ending my smoking habit, sleep of any quality or duration has been hard to come by. Until […]

Vertical Noire
Monochrome images of rock climbing. All images were originally created on Fuji Velvia or Provia film scanned to digital format on an Epson v850 scanner and processed to monochrome with […]

2019 – Goals Aspirations
The start of a new year brings thoughts of what is possible. For me, it is looking to engage more in two of my lifelong passions – climbing and photography. […]

“Mindfullness – Wellbeing – Recovery” A Free pdf book download
‘Mindfullness’ is currently the rage. Its roots can be traced to many other experiences that prompt positive contemplation in order to look to the future with hope and aspiration. Meditation […]