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New website and logo

8th June 2015

If you’ve visited my website before you might notice a few changes – it’s been redesigned! This is a project that’s taken me a long time but it’s been well worth it. Everything’s bigger – the images, the ‘negative space’, the buttons, etc. The pictures are at the forefront, surrounded by neutral colours or white

Belstone Tor, Dartmoor – location guide

1st September 2014

Overlooking the northern flanks of Dartmoor, Belstone Tor shares a plateau with many rocks and the remains of an old wall. The surrounding undulating landscape is dotted with tors and rocky outcrops while the view to the north takes in miles of open countryside. Although Dartmoor is a short drive down the M5 from my […]

Velbon Ultra REXi L travel tripod review

14th October 2013

The Ultra Rexi L next to a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 just so you can see how dinky it is My first foray into travel photography was full of new considerations for someone like me who’s used to taking pictures mostly in fields in the quiet countryside and mostly with only cows, birds and trees for […]

Weather planning: tips for photographers

13th January 2013

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Staple Plain, Quantock Hills – location guide

8th December 2012

Inspiration comes to me at the oddest of times, regardless of occasion, time of day or place. Rarely is the potential for a photographic location out of my mind. After all, some of the best ideas come when they’re least expected. The inspiration for this picture came while I was attending a family gathering to […]

Berrow Beach, Somerset – location guide

7th May 2012

One aspect of photography that I find most appealing and challenging is finding my own unique view of a place, particularly at coastal locations that receive lots of visitors. So when I visited Berrow Beach I sought to find something different from the well known pictures of it. I walked along the vast expanse of […]

Glastonbury Tor: photographs from the Somerset Levels

29th January 2012

Since I began taking landscape photographs Glastonbury Tor has been one of my most frequently visited subjects. The atmosphere of misty sunrises on the Somerset Levels is very special indeed; it’s the reason so many legends are associated with the area. I have been fortunate enough to capture Glastonbury Tor on many such mornings and […]

Somerset Levels – location guide

22nd November 2011

The flat landscape of the Somerset Levels stretches for miles, broken only by odd hills here and there. Glastonbury Tor is the most well known of these hills and it’s easy to see why; on misty mornings it appears like an island in an ethereal white sea. Whilst this makes for a good photographic opportunity […]