Cracking winter conditions on St Sunday Crag in the Lake District

llswater Lake like a millpond, a white winter coat on everything above 500m, cracking views across many peaks and dales of the Lakes – I was accused of  “dawdling” several times on Sunday, as I stopped to take yet another picture, but the conditions were superb, and rival those I found on Aonach Mor 5 [...]

A Photographer’s Journey – Photographic talks in Derbyshire

I’ve just given a talk entitled “A Photographer’s Journey” to a couple of image clubs in Derbyshire. (These differ from the more commonly found camera clubs as their main purpose is not to compete (either individually or against other clubs), but instead the main ethos of the club is to discuss and learn from images, [...]

Madeira recovering well after flooding disaster

It’s always sad to hear of natural disasters striking places, the more so when they’re places that you’ve travelled through and spent time in. Both Chile and Madeira are two such places for me – each suffering different natural disasters, but both with a significant and serious impact on the people living there.
I’ve been very [...]

Great British Life do the right thing!

Another day, and a u-turn on rights grabbing T&Cs… life is definitely improving!
I’ve recently joined a few direct protests on unfair use of images by organisations and corporations. This isn’t normally something that I’ve got too involved in, but perhaps coming back from somewhere as wonderful as Antarctica has thrown things into perspective a bit. [...]

Antarctica Images

The first few images from my Antarctica trip are now online here. It’s going to take a while to go through all that I took and process them, but this is the best place to look for them! Later on in the year, some of them will be available to view in an exhibition that [...]

Another day, another rights grab

Rights grabs are far too common place these days – it seems almost every competition is a thinly veiled way for the competition sponsor to gain a free photolibrary, and now the magazines are at it with photosharing sites.
But we’re fighting back – check Great British Life out to see how Photographers Direct (a fair-trade [...]

Last chance to see… air!

ust a quick reminder that this is the last couple of weeks that my work is up in Derbyshire Hospitals as part of their air (arts to aid wellbeing program).
In their words the program “supports the healing process with high quality art,which helps to create a therapeutic environment and a place in which patients, visitors [...]

The Digital Economy Bill – a thieves charter

Imagine a world in which a thief could take the licence plate off your car, and not get punished for it. Well, perhaps that already happens, perhaps not. But what if the Government were to introduce a Bill that allows such thieves to then take that car without your consent and do whatever they like [...]

Orphan Works – the photographers nightmare

What is an Orphan Work?
Quite simply a creative work which has lost the information that would tell a viewer who created it.
Why are Orphan Works a problem for Photographers?
Because in the case of digital photographs, the information on who created (and owns the Copyright in) the image is scarily easy to remove. Some software does [...]

A Devonport hide-away and Rangitoto Island – Auckland’s nearest and most recent volcano!

Having fallen on my feet with an I-site that’s helpful and knowledgeable in Devonport, I ended up at the one and only affordable B&B in Devonport – the Secret Garden on Eton Terrace. Run by the friendly and knowledgeable Xenia and Tony, it was really nice to have a proper double bed and homely bathroom [...]