Category Archives: Blog Posts
St Pancras, 2100hrs
A lovely day Christmas Shopping yesterday and a trip to see Don Mcullin’s exhibition (more on that later). IView full post »
Sausages
Quite a while since my last update – no lack of photos just a lack of time uploading them! Will be revamping theView full post »
A good night’s rest
A subject that has been close to my heart for a long time – and it stills annoys me that this continues in theView full post »
World Skills 2011
I recently had the pleasure of visiting World Skills 2011 which was held at ExCel in London – close to CanaryView full post »
Last Moments of Summer
What a fantastic summer it has been – and these last few days of glorious weather in the UK have been an addedView full post »
40 Winks
Taken at Harrison’s christening, this little chap took a few moments to catch some sleep…View full post »
Turkey 2011
The trip to Side was fantastic – great weather, inexpensive and a much needed dose of relaxation from real life!View full post »
Christening Day
Harrison is a cheeky chappy – no doubt about it! The little fella was christened a few weeks ago and it was a realView full post »
Motion
A couple of shots from Andy and Beckys wedding where I was using slower shutter speeds to catch motion rather than haveView full post »
Friends
A nice moment from Andy and Becky’s wedding just before the first dance…View full post »
Twirling
A shot from Andy and Becky’s wedding with Andy taking the lead role here – the young lads were really goingView full post »
Dance the Night Away
A photo from Andy and Becky’s wedding – slowed the shutter speed down on this one to get some blur which IView full post »
A few holiday shots
Well, the holiday to Turkey seems like a month away despite only flying back to the sunny UK on Wednesday! Coming fromView full post »
Cake cutting time!
Taken just before the cake cut – the young boys were all excited and were dancing away the entire evening! MyView full post »
Blinded by the Lights
Taken at Andy and Becky’s wedding reception on the Leica M9 – a close examination of the disco lighting by 2View full post »
Practising with the M9
A complete lack of blog updates this last week as I spend time getting used to the M9 and the sum microns – what aView full post »
Concepts
Photography is an amazing thing – one week it can be a wedding, the next it can be street shooting or landscapesView full post »
Confetti
Taken just outside the gates of the church and using a slightly different processing style to really make the coloursView full post »
Playing with the Leica M9
Well, having taken delivery of the M9 the heavens proceeded to open for 48 hours limiting what I could shoot soView full post »
The Leica M9
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I had the chance to road test a Lecia M9 and Summarit 35mm a few weeks ago inView full post »
The Walk Down the Aisle
Taken from the congregation as Melissa and Neil begin their walk down the aisle as husband and wife. Black and whiteView full post »
Leaving the Church
Melissa and Neil as they leave the church as husband and wife…the London bus in the background was for the weddingView full post »
Last look at the Church
The ceremony is over and just before heading for the reception there is always one last moment to look back at theView full post »
Melissa and Neil – The First Dance
Taken during the first dance from their wedding reception at the Brittania Hotel in Nottingham – I love the lightView full post »
Wollaton Hall in Winter
Another rework again from my winter work – this time of Wollaton hall taken from the edge of the LakeView full post »
Trees and Snow
A shot taken during the winter which I have only just got round to re-working in black and white. Taken at Wollaton HallView full post »
The Zone System and Landscapes – Ullswater
The zone system in photography was pioneered by Ansell Adams – perhaps one of (if not THE) greatest landscapeView full post »
Harrison and Mum
A lovely moment here between Harrison and Abi – a real mum and baby image, I love the eye contact between the 2 ofView full post »
Concentration
So much to learn…and every single thing is examined with complete concentration! I still to this day have no ideaView full post »
Harrison and Nana
Harrison continues his repertoire of expressions in this shot, taken with his Nan Karen – I think he was lookingView full post »
Harrison
I had the great pleasure of shooting Harrison over Easter – not only from the photography side but also fromView full post »
Water
A simple capture here of a small brook in the lakes near Ulvaston water. Slow shutter speeds to blur the water and thenView full post »
Sunset
This was a beautiful evening and the long suffering Amanda had to wait for sundown with me to take this shot – aView full post »
Blairwith Beck
Blairwith beck is a small stream that runs into Windermere, close to the Northern edge of the Lake. This shot was takenView full post »
Karen and Kevin
A beautiful portrait – absolutely love the way this one came out and Amanda tells me that she wants one of us likeView full post »
Lake Windermere at Sunset
One from my recent trip to the Lakes – this is taken from a secluded area (read: difficult to get to withoutView full post »