Journal

Spent the afternoon in Chalford Hill, taking photographs of this fabulous property that a friend is now offering to guests on airbnb.

Nigel has single-handedly project managed the development of this spacious, light and airy villa located in the beautiful south Cotswolds.  He has also been awarded a 5-star rating for being a ‘superhost’.

Pleased to be able to help the Royal Photographic Society recruit new members by giving them permission to use some of my images in their current marketing programme.

This image captured on the Isle of Arran was also included in the panel for my successful ARPS Landscape distinction.

Today, Ella and I had fun testing out ideas for my new Photo Fun workshop: Learning from the Masters.

We visited the Radev exhibition at The Wilson in Cheltenham and found a piece of art that she really liked.  We then spent the afternoon recreating her interpretation of this abstract painting with things found in the garden.  What do you think?

Just spent a very enjoyable afternoon photographing the volunteers fixing bikes at the Fresh Hope Cycle Project in Cheltenham.

Rather than charging for the repairs and maintenance, owners are invited to make a donation to cover the cost of any parts that have to be purchased.  The team also refurbish and sell donated bikes to raise money for the Fresh Hope charity and support other community projects.

At RPS House in Bristol for the assessment of my landscape distinction panel – the final step on my journey to Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.

Investigating locations around the harbour in Bristol for my Urban Landscape workshops.

Exploring the rugged landscapes of the Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) in search of the final images for my ARPS distinction panel.

Delighted to learn that one of my images has been selected by the Royal Photographic Society for their Summer Exhibition.

A few years ago, I found a set of black & white negatives at the back of a filing cabinet.  The pictures had been taken for a competition when I was at school in Blackburn in the 1970s.

Given their historical interest, I decided to share the images with the archivist at Blackburn library and a journalist at the Lancashire Telegraph – who decided the story merited a double-page feature in the local newspaper.

The response from the community was remarkable.  Scores of people contacted me after recognising themselves, and the faces of friends and relatives, in photos taken over 40 years ago.

To complete the story, I went back to Blackburn several months later to meet some of these people and learn more about their lives before taking a new set of photographs in the same locations as the original images.