The National Centre for Birds of Prey On Tuesday Sheryl and I spent the day with our friends Mike and Lynne, who stopped by on their way home after visiting the North East. We met up at the National Centre for Birds of Prey (NCBP) in Helmsley, just an hour or so away from us. … Read more Intimate Portraits of Birds of Prey
A new lens for infrared photography At the back end of last year I bought a 2nd D800 and part of that package deal was a 16-85mm DX lens. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t want that lens but since it was packaged as part of the D800 sale, I was forced to buy it … Read more AF-S NIKKOR 16-85mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED DX
LTNS! It’s ten years since John first emigrated to the US and since then he’s made, I think, three return trips including this. On this occasion, early in June, John was visiting for around 10 days. Though I was working for some of his visit, I was able to give a decent amount of time … Read more The Yorkshire Tripper – Tenth Anniversary Edition
Around the first week of February, Matt, Glenn and I headed into the Peak District for a “get-together with cameras”. Traditionally, this is our version of an organised photo shoot; we turn up with our cameras and catch up on each others’ lives while wandering aimlessly around in a photogenic landscape, casually picking out photo … Read more PEAK
Inching into the scene Having noted that I didn’t shoot much landscape in the last year, I determined to make more of an effort to break out of my wildlife rut and back into a less documentary and more creative genre. It turns out that’s not an easy thing for me to do. Perhaps, with … Read more January Summary
Pathways and gateways This project began life unintentionally, over an extended period of time. I didn’t initially realise that I was collecting a catalogue of images of pathways and gateways, and only happened to notice a pattern in my photography around 2 years ago when I realised how naturally drawn to pathways and gateways I … Read more Pathways & Gateways – LIVE
2024 In Review So here we are, at the beginning of another year and so it’s time to take a look back over the last year and float some of the winning shots to the surface. I actually thought I did a year in review post every year but it turns out I’ve only posted … Read more My Greatest Hits of 2024
Annual outing on Maisie’s birthday It’s now tradition. Every year, Boxing Day is given over to remembering my beloved dog Maisie. Maisie was born on Boxing Day in 2009 and so, to celebrate her birthday, I retrace some of the steps that she and I took on walks and days out over the years we … Read more Maisie Day 2024
Picking up the pace Despite what I think has been probably some of the scrottiest weather over the last couple of months, where my photography has suffered a bit of a lack of attention, I’m still quite excited about a few of the photos I’ve managed to grab. I’ve also picked up some new (to … Read more Q4 Round-Up
On one of those rare occasions when my day off coincided with Sheryl’s day off, we decided to go with Glenn to visit the grey seal colony at Donna Nook in Lincolnshire. Not being sure of how busy it would be, there, we decided the best plan would be to get there … Read more →
