My journey

Iceland 2017 Continue reading Remembering Iceland

Looking to combine both my love of classic automobiles and macro photography, I have decided to capture some images of my collection of 1:64 scale die-cast model cars. Working at high levels of magnification the depth of field is extremely shallow and this presents quite a challenge, when trying to capture the character of these iconic … Continue reading 1:64

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” ‘Ode of Remembrance’ poem from ‘ For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon. Continue reading Lest we forget.

A planning application has been put forward to build nine luxury homes in the middle of our local nature reserve. The impact of this will be to basically cut the reserve in half, which will have a dramatic effect on the wildlife and ancient woodland. This proposal has caused outrage among local residents, dog walkers … Continue reading Save our Saltwells

Another successful photo shoot completed this week, this time for the, soon to be launched, “The Beauty Mama” website. The three hour photo session had been arranged with two main objectives. The first of these consisted of photographing a model, with the main focus on the area around the models eyes and the second objective was to capture … Continue reading The Beauty Mama

Last Friday I was invited to photograph the Tommy’s Danceathon at Halesowen & Stourbridge Central Babyballet. The event was organised to help Babyballet raise £500,000 to help support Tommy’s children’s charity. For more information about the event, or to make a donation, please visit the Halesowen & Stourbridge Central Babyballet Facebook page or visit http://www.tommys.org. Continue reading Danceathon

I’ve recently set up a table top studio to photograph minature models as built and painted by Josh at jayelbeespaintinghub. It has been technically quite challenging to capture these images, due to the small size of the models and the shallow depth of field available when using a macro lense. I have uploaded a couple … Continue reading 40K

I have just registered for the 2019 Photography Show, as I really enjoyed my first visit to the show with Phil earlier this year. Phil and I both had the pleasure of meeting Art Wolfe, American photographer and conservationist, after attending his lecture on the Superstage. Art gave a very inspirational and detailed lecture on … Continue reading Photography Show

I recently had the pleasure of joining Phil Brooks, photography lecturer and author of 60 Degrees North, and Pro nature photographer Dan Everitt, along with a group of first year photography students for a workshop at Dudley Zoological Gardens. Despite the inclement weather the day was quite a success, with Dan explaining how he goes about … Continue reading DZG workshop

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton Continue reading The Journey Begins