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Dunkery & Horner Wood National Nature Reserve, Exmoor

August 08, 2024

The latest (autumn 2024) edition of Exmoor Magazine contains a lovely circular walk around the wonderful Dunkery & Horner Wood National Nature Reserve near Porlock. I photographed the walk for… ›

Dunkery & Horner Wood National Nature Reserve, Exmoor

Ashton Windmill Infrared

June 14, 2024

This is an image I’ve been meaning to make for a while now but whenever I’ve visited the sky has never been really what I was looking for. My fault really as I’ve usually dropped in on my way past… ›

Ashton Windmill Infrared

Crop Curves

May 30, 2024

This is a field my wife and I often walk past on our regular walks together. When we are not putting the world to rights, I’ll marvel at the changes going on in this field. It only seems like a few… ›

Crop Curves

Path to Cat Bells Summit - Infrared

March 23, 2022

What I love about infrared photography is that I am working with light that the human eye cannot see. With colour photography I feel the need to keep integrity of the scene I am photographing to keep… ›

Path to Cat Bells Summit - Infrared

Mud and Clevedon Pier

September 17, 2021

I realised the other day that I’d not been back to my favourite pier since Comet Neowise’s visit last summer. A quick check of tide times told me there was a low tide occurring shortly after sunset… ›

Mud and Clevedon Pier

Withypool & Barle Valley Autumn Walk for Exmoor Magazine

August 23, 2021

I wrote back in February this year how I had been photographing walks for Exmoor Magazine lately. The autumn edition has just been published which again includes a featured walk illustrated with my… ›

Withypool & Barle Valley Autumn Walk for Exmoor Magazine

Infrared - King’s Wood in the Mendip Hills

June 14, 2021

These images are part of a larger long-term project that I’ve been working on for the last couple of years. I will talk more about this in another post soon, but these I made at the end of last week… ›

Infrared - King’s Wood in the Mendip Hills

Wild Garlic in Folly Wood, Somerset

May 19, 2021

Spring has been very slow this year. It started off well with an unusually warm spell but then in April temperatures plummeted and everything stopped. I’ve been waiting for weeks for the wild garlic… ›

Wild Garlic in Folly Wood, Somerset

Evening at Hartland Quay

April 15, 2021

The weather forecast suggested we were in for an evening of cloud so I decided to visit the beach at Harland Quay on the North Devon Coast and see if I could find make a moody seascape or two.… ›

Evening at Hartland Quay

Cornborough Cliff Sunset, North Devon

March 31, 2021

I don’t tend chase sunsets these days but, on this day, there was something quite tangible in the air and the draw was too much. I was on a pre-pandemic trip to Westward Ho! on the North Devon coast… ›

Cornborough Cliff Sunset, North Devon

Quantock Hills Spring Walk for Exmoor Magazine

February 22, 2021

I have been photographing a few walks for Exmoor Magazine recently. It’s a simple enough brief. Follow the provided walk and photograph it, a year before planned publication so that the images will… ›

Quantock Hills Spring Walk for Exmoor Magazine

Long Dark Winter

February 05, 2021

I don’t tend to stray to far from home in the winter. Maybe it is a hibernation thing, or I am just lazy! January tends to be my time for catching up on all the non-urgent admin jobs put off during… ›

Long Dark Winter

Comet Neowise

July 22, 2020

I have always had a fascination with space and the cosmos so when I heard there was a potential bright comet coming this year that should be visible in the sky from the northern hemisphere, I was… ›

Comet Neowise

Rain at Stockhill Wood in the Mendip Hills

June 22, 2020

I have been working almost exclusively in infrared for the past couple of weeks. The unsettled weather has kept me quite busy I have hardly made any colour images. Having largely missed out on spring… ›

Rain at Stockhill Wood in the Mendip Hills

The Great British Summer in Infrared

June 11, 2020

We had a scorching hot spring this year during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. The hottest, driest, and sunniest on record, or something like that. Almost right from the first day of lockdown we have… ›

The Great British Summer in Infrared

Morning Mist at Mendip Lodge Wood

May 22, 2020

On Wednesday I woke to find the house surrounded by fog which was a nice surprise. A quick check of my weather app told me there was fog on the Mendip Hills too so I threw on some clothes and set off… ›

Morning Mist at Mendip Lodge Wood

Unlocked during Lockdown – Autumn at Ebbor Gorge

April 09, 2020

Not being able to get out and make new photographs is frustrating but there has been an upside. It is proving to be an opportunity to unlock images from my backlog of unedited work so I thought I… ›

Unlocked during Lockdown – Autumn at Ebbor Gorge

Lockdown - What a Difference a Month Makes

April 02, 2020

When I made my last post in February I had no idea how much our lives were about change.I spent the second and thirds weeks of March in the Lake District with family on a walking holiday. At first… ›

Lockdown - What a Difference a Month Makes

Infrared - Oak Tree and Storm Dennis

February 19, 2020

Much to my surprise, my love affair with infrared has continued throughout the winter. Popular opinion online seems to be that spring and summer are the best times for infrared. I didn’t get my… ›

Infrared - Oak Tree and Storm Dennis

Summer Morning at Porlock Common

February 06, 2020

I’ve been working my way though some old unedited images the past few days. I absolutely love going out with my camera exploring and making new images. Editing them, on the other hand, doesn’t always… ›

Summer Morning at Porlock Common

West Sussex Coast Infrared

February 04, 2020

West Sussex Coast Infrared I made this image in 2018 as part of my early experiments with Infrared photography but I’ve only just gotten around to editing it. Back in 2018 I didn’t have a dedicated… ›

West Sussex Coast Infrared

New Year, New Decade - Somerset Coast

January 16, 2020

Last year was not the easiest year for me. My dear dad passed away in January after a long illness and that hit me harder than I ever imagined it would. He was my biggest fan. When I first started… ›

New Year, New Decade - Somerset Coast

Bluebell Dreamscapes

May 08, 2019

I made a conscious decision not to go chasing the bluebells this year. I spent a lot of time getting up early last year to photograph the bluebells and then just couldn’t find any real passion to… ›

Bluebell Dreamscapes

Blackmoor Reserve, Mendip Hills

March 19, 2019

The Mendip Hills have a long history of mining. Blackmoor along with nearby Ubley Warren and Velvet Bottom was the site of lead mining dating as far back as early Roman occupation and remained active… ›

Blackmoor Reserve, Mendip Hills

Clevedon Monochrome

March 07, 2019

Although not in infrared, I continued with my monochrome theme this week when I visited Clevedon on a wet overcast but tranquil evening. I spent all my time exploring compositions around the Marine… ›

Clevedon Monochrome

Black Down Infrared

March 05, 2019

After an unusually hot and sunny February in the UK, the weather switched back to the more usual cooler rain and cloud at the end of last week. I decided to pop up to Black Down on the Mendip Hills… ›

Black Down Infrared

Infrared Adventures

February 28, 2019

I’ve long had a fascination with infrared images. Ever since seeing the late Simon Marsden's infrared work in magazines in the 1980s. I found something quite eerie about these images created from… ›

Infrared Adventures

Autumn Mist on the Quantock Hills

October 26, 2018

Autumn is my favourite season. The warm tones, the morning mists and most of all, the peace and quiet. The changes in nature during spring is on a par with autumn for photographic interest but spring… ›

Autumn Mist on the Quantock Hills

Morning Mist at Wrington

October 22, 2018

Landscape photography is a funny business. I can spend a lot of time planning my photography but will often return empty handed (or later delete everything) from these well planned trips. Sometimes… ›

Morning Mist at Wrington

Golden Light and Subtle Autumn Colour at Stockhill Wood

October 12, 2018

I Spent a wonderful morning in Stockhill Wood in the Mendip Hills enjoying the subtlety of the of the first autumn colours this week. I arrived about half an hour before sunrise in the hope there… ›

Golden Light and Subtle Autumn Colour at Stockhill Wood

Draycott Sleights, Mendip Hills, Somerset

October 09, 2018

Draycott Sleights is a nature reserve on the edge of Mendip Hills near Cheddar overlooking the Somerset Levels. It’s is a place I’ve been visiting on and off for a while now. There is a fantastic… ›

Draycott Sleights, Mendip Hills, Somerset

Riggindale and Haweswater Reservoir

September 27, 2018

I’ve been catching up on some outstanding images over the last few days. Despite the uninspiring (for landscape photography) hot summer we had here, I somehow fell behind on processing images. It’s… ›

Riggindale and Haweswater Reservoir

Beacon Hill Wood, Somerset

September 18, 2018

This lovely little woodland is on the edge of the Mendip Hills overlooking Shepton Mallet in Somerset. I've been meaning to visit the wood for some time so on Sunday night I made the decision I would… ›

Beacon Hill Wood, Somerset

New Images - Black Down Heather

August 13, 2018

Apologies for the gap in posts. We've been having a bit of a heatwave here in the UK and we've been a bit short of inspiring landscapes for a few months, so I took the opportunity to devote time to a… ›

New Images - Black Down Heather

New Images - Snow at Cheddar Gorge

March 19, 2018

The gorge was looking beautiful this morning before the thaw. Today is officially the last day of winter so I suppose snow was appropriate, albeit a little unexpected the second time in March. I had… ›

New Images - Snow at Cheddar Gorge

On My Doorstep Part 5 - Black Down, Mendip Hills

February 05, 2018

Black Down in Somerset is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills Area of Natural Beauty. From its summit, Beacon Batch, you can see the Bristol Channel, both Severn road bridges, Wales, Exmoor, Chew… ›

On My Doorstep Part 5 - Black Down, Mendip Hills

New Images - Heather on the Quantock Hills

January 30, 2018

I've just uploaded a set of new images of the beautiful heather on the Quantock Hills Area of Natural Beauty in Somerset from a couple of days at the end of summer last year. ›

New Images - Heather on the Quantock Hills

On My Doorstep Part 4 - Crook Peak, Mendip Hills

January 19, 2018

A short drive down the A38 from my home is Crook Peak, the most westerly hill of the Mendips. It overlooks the Somerset Levels and the Bristol Channel and on a good day Exmoor, The Quantocks and… ›

On My Doorstep Part 4 - Crook Peak, Mendip Hills

New Images – Late Summer at The Punchbowl, Exmoor

December 07, 2017

I’ve just added a few images from my visit to The Punchbowl at Winsford Hill in Exmoor National Park, Somerset, in August this year. As was the case for most of Exmoor this year, the heather was… ›

New Images – Late Summer at The Punchbowl, Exmoor

New Images - Holdstone Down, Exmoor National Park

December 04, 2017

New images just uploaded. From a wonderful late summer afternoon on Holdstone Down in Exmoor National Park. The heather was surprisingly late blooming this year but was nevertheless a spectacular… ›

New Images - Holdstone Down, Exmoor National Park

New Images - Morte Point, North Devon

November 17, 2017

I've been a bit quiet here for the past few weeks as autumn has kept me busy and away from my desk. There's still some colour to be had here and there but I'm finally getting some time to work… ›

New Images - Morte Point, North Devon

New Image - Welcombe Mouth

October 10, 2017

A typical British summers day on the coast - wind, rain and a dark brooding sky! It was tempting to stay indoors but there was an impressive swell in the Atlantic which meant there would be equally… ›

New Image - Welcombe Mouth

New Images - Mouthmill, North Devon

October 05, 2017

New images just uploaded! Two months ago today I was at Mouthmill on the North Devon Coast where I spent the evening chasing the retreating tide while photographing the exposed rocks and of course,… ›

New Images - Mouthmill, North Devon

On My Doorstep Part 3 - Black Nore

October 04, 2017

Black Nore is a small beach along the Severn Estuary at Portishead on the North Somerset coast. The main feature of the beach is the Lighthouse. Built in 1894 the lighthouse was a navigation aid for… ›

On My Doorstep Part 3 - Black Nore

New Images - Bossington, Exmoor National Park

September 11, 2017

I’ve just uploaded a few new images of Bossington in Exmoor National Park that I made on a stormy summer afternoon at the end of July. Bossington is a small hamlet at the foot of Selworthy Beacon… ›

New Images - Bossington, Exmoor National Park

On My Doorstep Part 2 – Clevedon Pier

August 24, 2017

In the second instalment of this series we visit the pier at Clevedon in North Somerset. As I have posted before, this is my favourite pier. It was built by the Victorians as a jetty to take… ›

On My Doorstep Part 2 – Clevedon Pier

On My Doorstep Part 1 - Cheddar Gorge

August 16, 2017

When I was planning my photography for this year I noticed I had in the past had a tendency of not covering locations near to my home. I realised I was only visiting local places when testing… ›

On My Doorstep Part 1 - Cheddar Gorge

New Images – Waterfall Country, Brecon Beacons

August 04, 2017

In June, I spent a few days exploring the waterfalls on the Afon Pyrddin and Afon Mellte rivers in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. The waterfalls were very popular with swimmers… ›

New Images – Waterfall Country, Brecon Beacons

New Images - Rivers & Streams of Dartmoor

July 21, 2017

A few weeks ago, I visited Dartmoor and in particular Venford Brook, the River Meavey and the Grimstone and Sortridge Leat. I've been mostly focussing on North Devon this summer but am hoping to… ›

New Images - Rivers & Streams of Dartmoor

New Image - Northam Burrows, North Devon

July 20, 2017

Spent a little time on the North Devon coast over the weekend. Managed to get to the dunes at Northam Burrows just in time for the last of the day's sunlight to break though the cloud cover. The… ›

New Image - Northam Burrows, North Devon