London: A Painterly Portrait
Imagine you are standing at sunrise on Primrose Hill, looking south across the vast cityscape of London. Now rewind the clock to the turn of…
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Platinum: King of Photographic Prints
Have you wondered why I put so much love into pursuing such an old print process as Platinum printing? It’s true that the process doesn’t…
Rum at Dusk
“All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. “Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures…
Postcards from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
I’ve been involved in a rather special journey over the last week or so — accompanying my friend Duncan Davis on his narrowboat, Pearl Barley, from…
My Own Perfect Landscape
I’ve been looking forward to writing about Cambois (pronounced Kammus) for a long time now — in particular, introducing you to the photograph featured in this…
The Magic of Pinhole Photography
Yesterday, on a rainy afternoon, I finally got together with some of the children at my younger son’s school to make pinhole photographs. Pinhole photography…
Photographic Tweets
There’s no denying that I’ve loved creating this site over the summer and, as a result, seeing the renewed enthusiasm for my work gain rapid…
Cornerstones 1996~2004
As my about me page describes, I’ve been re-embracing my own photography recently (the whole raison d’être for this site, of course) and it’s amazing…
A Pilgrimage to Bardsey Island
The Llŷn Peninsula sits on the very north western corner of Wales. We (like many others) have always referred to it as the pig’s ear…
The First Digital Negatives
You may have read in my first proper post, Remembering Ardnamurchan, a week or two ago that I plan to gradually release Platinum/Palladium Prints of…