About
I have enjoyed photography for many years going back to getting my first camera when I was about thirteen. This, strangely enough, was a polaroid camera that at the time I struggled with and could never afford much film for. I now have a large collection of film cameras going back to about 1928, including another polaroid. These, I use for all my work as film gives a unique feel to the final image. The other factors include the different qualities of the lens for any particular camera.
There is a strong historical theme in a lot of my landscape work such as old bridges, former Abbeys and other ruins. The area in North Yorkshire is awash with history from before the Romans to more recent times. The countryside is littered with the remains of fortifications, marker stones, buidings, and all manner of humans use of the land during the past three thousand years. I like the effects that nature sometimes has on all this human history. The light we get here in North Yorkshire is in my opinion unique. I have been and lived in various parts of the world and there is nothing much to compare with this area around Masham. That is why a lot of my art prints have a theme of strong light in them, very often I photograph the light disregarding the subject. Pin hole photography is another main intrest and there will be more of that work appearing on the site shortly.
The darkroom is another area that forms a very important part of my photographic practice. Given two lifetimes I might learn as much as some other photographers and printers I know, again see my links page. I now go out to photograph a subject having already planned what the final print is going to look like. I now almost exclusively use fibre paper for all my printing unless the image is a cibachrome. I hope you enjoy the images on the site and contact me if you wish to ask or discuss any aspect of what is on view.
There is a strong historical theme in a lot of my landscape work such as old bridges, former Abbeys and other ruins. The area in North Yorkshire is awash with history from before the Romans to more recent times. The countryside is littered with the remains of fortifications, marker stones, buidings, and all manner of humans use of the land during the past three thousand years. I like the effects that nature sometimes has on all this human history. The light we get here in North Yorkshire is in my opinion unique. I have been and lived in various parts of the world and there is nothing much to compare with this area around Masham. That is why a lot of my art prints have a theme of strong light in them, very often I photograph the light disregarding the subject. Pin hole photography is another main intrest and there will be more of that work appearing on the site shortly.
The darkroom is another area that forms a very important part of my photographic practice. Given two lifetimes I might learn as much as some other photographers and printers I know, again see my links page. I now go out to photograph a subject having already planned what the final print is going to look like. I now almost exclusively use fibre paper for all my printing unless the image is a cibachrome. I hope you enjoy the images on the site and contact me if you wish to ask or discuss any aspect of what is on view.