Shipshape
Happy New Year, one and all! I trust that you’ve had a peaceful and enjoyable festive break? At the start of 2015, after a long time…
Category: Photography
Then I must make your portrait…
I told this story a few days ago on my favourite social medium, Instagram. It received a great response, so I thought I’d tell it…
On the Telly
There’s excitement afoot but more on that later in the month. In the meantime, whet your appetite with this short clip broadcast last night by…
Portrait of a Roundabout
Swan, Billy Mill and Cowgate — when strung together, these names could perhaps be mistaken for the title of an obscure new advertising agency. Instead, if you…
My New Ambulance
It’s been a curve-curve ball of a week… A while back you may remember that I was inspired by the work and adventures of Ian…
Skye Glass
Two weeks ago, Julian Calverley invited me on an impromptu visit to the Isle of Skye, a stunningly beautiful wilderness in the far north of Scotland.…
Kielder Moon Shines at BALTIC 39
On 9th December 2013 I made Kielder Moon, as it happened, on the very day that Kielder Observatory was awarded Dark Sky Status. There’s another event…
New Course Charted
In allowing myself a bit of thinking space, it’s been a over month since I last posted — a month that has seen the culmination of…
Sketch for a Darkbox
A year ago, I wouldn’t have imagined writing a post like this… I’m now very close to making wet plates under my own steam and…
A New Device, A New Language, A New Frontier
That’s the claim from photographer Adam Magyar. He’s right, yet still he’s modest. When this lecture was waved over my screen, it was accompanied by much…