About the Photographer

I am a professional photographer who specialises in producing creative & contemporary landscape and nature images.

My photographs have been published internationally as posters & greetings cards and have appeared in books, magazines, newspapers & calendars across the world. Prints of my work have been exhibited in venues throughout the UK and have appeared on sets for both theatre and film productions. My work has also won many awards in both national and international competitions.

I particularly enjoy writing & teaching about photography and am a regular contributor to many of the major photography magazines in the UK. For several years I have run a programme of workshops for photographers of all levels and regularly give talks to photographic societies and other groups. You can find out more about my Workshop Programme here.

 

Artist Statement

I believe that a passion for the subject is an essential pre-requisite for a successful photograph. If the photographer feels ambivalent about whatever is seen through the viewfinder how can they hope to have any impact on those who see the final photograph? Communicating mood & emotion are my most important motivators for making images. I’ve never been overly concerned with technical perfection or producing an accurate pictorial record of a subject or a location. For me the heart of photography is to capture and communicate what I’m feeling, as much (if not more) than what I see at the time of releasing the shutter. If my photographs speak to the viewer on an emotional level then I have succeeded in my work.

 

Recent Awards

2006 Winner of the ‘Places’ category and runner up in the ‘Inkjet Printer of the Year’ category of the ‘Black & White Photographer of the Year’ competition.

2003 Award Winner in the Royal Horticultural Society’s International Photographic Competition - ‘Tree & Shrub’ category.

2002 Award Winner in the Royal Horticultural Society’s International Photographic Competition - ‘Flower & Plant’ category.

 

Recent Exhibitions

2009 'Time & Motion' - Joe Cornish Gallery, Northallerton, North Yorkshire

2009 'Lensless Landscapes' - Silverprint, London

2009  'Mistakes We Kept' (a joint exhibition with David Tarn) - Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire

2009 'Lensless Landscapes' - Beyond Words, Edinburgh

2009 'Lakeland Light' - The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Cumbria 

2008/2009 'Presence VI' (Group Exhibition), Manor House, Ilkley

2008 ‘Duo Tones; The Art of Landscape Photography’ (a joint exhibition with David Tarn) – The Yorkshire Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes

2008 ‘Lensless Landscapes’ – the Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley, North Yorkshire

2007 ‘Lensless Landscapes’ – Gibson Mill (National Trust), Hebden Bridge

2007 ‘Lensless Landscapes’ – The Yorkshire Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes

2007 ‘A Point of View’ – Newby Hall, Ripon

2006 ‘f138’ - The Treasurers House (National Trust), York

2006 ‘f138’ - Joe Cornish Gallery, Northallerton

2005 ‘Landscapes of the Spirit’ - RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate

2003 ‘Close Encounters’ - RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate