About Me

I have had a love of landscape, geology, fauna and flora from childhood. Over the years it has always been a passion which evolved has from being an escape from work to a full time obsession. 

I have some favourite places which I visit metronomically at the same time each year so that I can intimately understand the light and conditions leading to a deeper bond with the landscape and its moods. My best work comes once I have a connection with place. 

I have been an active landscape and wildlife photographer for nearly ½ a century with a wealth of experience with film and digital technology including film up to 10x8 and digital from sub full frame to medium format in both mirrorless and technical cameras. 

My landscape work in recent years has been largely project based with repeated visits to a location building a deep understanding and connection with the cycles of the land, weather and tides if coastal. I have a love of the weather in all its forms and this is a significant part of what excites me artistically. If I had to define my photographic style then my ambition is to capture the quiet light, the introspective beauty of natural landscapes, with a strong focus on mood, texture, and compositional harmony.

I am an enthusiastic exponent of the ‘less is more’ when it comes to lenses and equipment. I prefer primes lenses to zooms although in the Scottish landscape a zoom can have distinct advantages! Today and for many years you can find me out with equivalent of 24/35/85mm 3 prime kit in my bag and I do feel my best work comes with that ability to foresee how the landscape will look and what decisions you have to make on the ground to optimise the composition. 

I have published work in physical (Outdoor Photography) and digital magazines (On Landscape) and galleries including the prestigious Joe Cornish gallery where I had a significant portfolio prior to Covid. I worked with Nidderdale AONB providing them with publicity and marketing material over several years. I have a steady flow of print and card sales with a calendar produced for several years. 

I have skills and experience using Sony cameras & lenses, Fuji and Hasselblad digital medium format and technical cameras from Arca from digital platforms through to 10x8 film. Filter usage is Lee and Kase. I use Gitzo and RRS tripods, levelling heads and heads from RRS and Arca Swiss. Post Processing is principally Adobe Lightroom.

Although I do not actively market my work I have provided prints if something catches the eye. Just ask :-)