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Category: Simplify

Posted on September 9, 2019September 10, 2019

Talk about your picture

Try this as an exercise. You’ve got three minutes. Describe your image and give me some idea of what motivated you. Intimidating? Impossible? Here’s how.

Posted on August 15, 2019August 19, 2019

Struggling for inspiration? Just keep trying!

Its the middle the day in the middle of summer. The sun’s shining and you’re out with a bunch of friends intent on taking some photographs. And the light’s dreadful. What to do?

Posted on October 18, 2018October 6, 2019

The value of a good editor

Finding someone else to help with editing our pictures and choose our collections can prove useful. It works in other fields; why not photography too?

Posted on September 30, 2018December 7, 2018

Monochrome: one less distraction

Consider the use of monochrome to concentrate your viewers’ eyes on the real subjects of your photos.

Posted on September 30, 2018September 10, 2019

I know WHAT it is but WHY did you take that photo?

I feel like something of a scratched record about this, banging on about photographic intentions yet again. But it’s important.

Posted on August 28, 2017October 1, 2018

Simplify, simplify! Pictures with impact

One of the hardest lessons to learn when starting with photography is not how to fit everything relevant into your pictures, but how to leave everything else out. Here are three steps I follow when I’m trying to create images with impact.

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Latest News and Articles

  • The Night Express, 2016
    It's as though the bridge is being cast in front of your eyes, a trail of molten gold flowing along the raised track.
  • Time’s Arrow, 2016
    The story behind the image. There was something about the line of gravestones not just leading to the door but also taking you back in time as you walk along beside them.
  • Bamburgh, 2016
    Bamburgh, 2016: bringing myths to life - the story behind the image.
  • Piemme, Bologna, 2006
    Piemme, Bologna, 2006: the story behind the image
  • A Longing for Distant Shores, 2015
    It does seem I get inspired by bad weather. I just needed 50 seconds between squalls to get the long exposure shot, and I wasn't getting them.

You can find more articles on the News and Articles page.

Latest Galleries

  • A gallery of arborial delights
    Over the years trees have featured prominently in the photographs I take. Here's some of my favourites. […]
  • Autumn light at Gosford House
    As we started walking round the grounds at Gosford House in East Lothian the light started to turn grey, Could we find any contrast worth talking about in the trees? […]
  • Panoramas
    Panoramic images and wide aspect photographs. […]
  • Manchester
    Images of Manchester's buildings, old and new. […]
  • Manchester graffiti
    Manchester, like all cities, has its share of graffiti. Here's a sample. […]

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