America’s Yosemite National Park is well known for it’s dramatic, rugged scenery – the mountains, trees and waterfalls that soar far into the skies. Spring is the time to see these waterfalls at their best as the snow on the mountain’s higher reaches begins to melt, filling the falls to the max and creating awe…
Hummingbirds have been on my ‘bucket list’ for quite a while now, in fact for so long that I was beginning to give up hope of ever seeing any. So, here I am in Mariposa, California and the Guest House that we are staying at has hummingbird feeders and… Hummingbirds.These little birds are quite diminutive…
I know, I know – I said I didn’t do landscapes anymore but when you are in a place such as Yosemite you just have to take some shots. This first shot is the iconic view from the tunnel exit on the way in from the west side. It has been shot many times in…
Recently I gave a short presentation to a camera club that explained how I manage, process and protect my digital images. Subsequently I have now added the slides from that presentation to this website. This isn’t a detailed tutorial but shows the stages that I use when I take my images from the camera to…
I’ve now been added to the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union’s (L&CPU) website for lecturers. If you fancy taking a chance on me for a presentation at your club or organisation feel free to drop me a line via the ‘Bookings‘ tab on the menu. I currently have two presentations listed which are as below:…
A recent studio shoot with Talli Lyndsey produced some images that are not quite my norm, but I do like them!Talli is a strikingly different model that can help create photos that stand out from the crowd and this is something that I wanted to achieve. With this is mind I set about thinking of…
Just a quick post to show some new photos of a couple of my Mantids in a more artistic way than is usual. I decided to venture away from creating shots that look and feel as though they were taken in the wild to something a little more contrived, colourful and maybe, a bit different.…
