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Why not…?
What passes for beauty continues to be reinterpreted as we grow a different understanding of reality and a greater tolerance towards art and artists. more
Life on the Ullswater Steamers
Working every day on Ullswater highlights how long it can take to intimately know your local landscape. I am constantly uncovering new and hitherto unknown gems. more
Don’t Forget To Take Your Soul
As a landscape photographer I have often been advised that there is no substitute for "being there" with "the right light", preferably during the "golden hour" to make wonderful pictures. I have often wondered about this universal advice, is it strictly true? more
Happiness, Creativity and Photography
I found some consolation in the knowledge that some well respected artists and thinkers also did not consider happiness as particularly important. more
The Curse of ‘Pre-Visualisation’
Have you felt it? That feeling of being of being in the right place… at the wrong time? Arriving for a much anticipated session making images at long dreamed of location only to realise that the elements have conspired against you (again) and the hoped for conditions are not to be? more
Rowan Trees (Sorbus Aucuparia)
The Rowan or Mountain Ash (also known as Quickbeam and Rowan Berry) is, intriguingly, a member of the Rose family along with Hawthorns, the Whitebeam and the Service Tree. more
Planning vs Spontaneity
As you can imagine the ‘main event’ was going on in all its glory in front of me, playing out its wonderful morning symphony and I was entranced as the light shifted and changed from minute to minute. more
Faces in the Canyon
Canyoning in the Blue Mountains is a very cold, wet experience. Bracingly cold. Physically demanding, involving wetsuits, dry bags, waterproof Pelian boxes and some considerably long walks and what seems like never-ending swims. more
Distinctive Individuality
We are today at a point where much that used to be impressive about the art of photography in the past no longer is, at least not to the degree that it used to be. more
First Steppes with 100 Megapixels
From time to time I reckon all my good luck cards are used up…but then another one comes along. Earlier this year, Drew Altdoerffer from Phase One, with whom I have worked before on Skye and in the Antarctic, emailed. more
Lee Acaster
Lee Acaster has built up an enviable track record of competition successes, so it’s likely that you have heard of him and seen some of his images. more
The Freedom of Constraints
I wanted to produce a cohesive set of work, so a consistent depth of field, wide open, and final rendering styles were decided upon even before the press of the first shutter. more
In decline
The melt from glaciers provides an even refill of water for creeks and rivers and keep their flow alive all year around. This has been taken for granted until now. Due to global warming, glaciers are shrinking, and so with a speed, we have never seen before. more
Birch
The birch tree must be the most recognisable of our native trees. It’s silver bark makes it stand out from quite a distance and it’s shocking lemon and lime autumnal colours are as close as we brits get to the iconic aspens. more
Killing the Buddha
Far more important, in photography and any other expressive medium, is not how to use our tools but what we do with them, what we each find worthy of creating and expressing. more