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A SLOVAKIAN ADVENTURE
June 20, 2017 - If you're familiar with my photography, then you'll have noticed that it's pretty much exclusively East Anglia. That is,...
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DECISIONS, DECISIONS
February 12, 2017 - At a recent camera club talk, somebody pointed out that while still being a strong focal point, the main subject is ofte...
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REVIEW: LOWEPRO WHISTLER BP 350 AW
January 25, 2017 - When it comes to bags, photographers are spoilt for choice. Camera bags come in so many different shapes and sizes that...
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THE BEST OF 2016
December 31, 2016 - With the strains of Auld Lang Syne fading and the dawn breaking on a shiny new year, before we start looking forward to...
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LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2016
October 23, 2016 - Where does the time go? I've been so busy with photography commissions, writing articles and getting my range of greetin...
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REVIEW: LEE FILTERS FIELD POUCH
April 15, 2016 - Over the years my collection of filters has become indispensable (not to mention valuable) so it's important that they a...
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A WALK ALONG THE RIVER ALDE
February 06, 2016 - However many photos I come back with from a shoot, I don't often add more than one or two of those images to my website,...
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Tutorial: Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head repair
November 19, 2015 - Through rain and shine, frequent bouts of frantic knob twirling and regularly being unceremoniously lobbed into the car,...
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Landscape Photographer of the Year 2015
October 18, 2015 - After missing out last year, I'm delighted to say that one of my images has been commended in this year's Landscape Phot...
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31 Days of August
September 04, 2015 - If, like me, you spend too much time on Facebook, Flickr or any of the numerous other social media websites then you'll...
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A minutes is a long time in photography
August 13, 2015 - During the summer months I try and take advantage of the long evenings and the north westerly position of the setting su...
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Review: Nisi Filters - part 1 - The ingredients
July 22, 2015 - As a landscape photographer one of the most important things in my camera bag is my filter system. I've used Lee filters...
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Spring-ing into action
June 02, 2015 - Bluebells in Blickling Great Woods, Norfolk
Regular readers of my irregular blog may remember me talking last November...
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Tutorial: Using neutral density graduated filters
May 17, 2015 - I was asked recently to do a short talk at Felixstowe Photographic Society on why, when and how to use filters. I use fi...
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Living with the enemy
March 03, 2015 - Once a thriving small town, Covehithe is now just a quiet settlement on the Suffolk coast north of Southwold. Losing nea...
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Latest work - February 2015
February 24, 2015 - I'm not sure where the time has been going lately, or rather I do, too many projects and not enough hours in the day. As...
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A busy night
February 01, 2015 - The last twelve months have been a busy time for me, photographically speaking anyway, especially where competitions wer...
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Latest work - December 2014
December 05, 2014 - I've been trying to catch up on some processing so I have a few photos to upload, the first batch of which is a mix of o...
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Mist opportunities
November 26, 2014 - The problem with being a part-time photographer is the 'weekend weather rule'. The weekend weather rule states that the...
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Autumn adventure
November 21, 2014 - Wicken Fen
If you're a photographer yourself it probably won't come as much of a surprise to hear that I love autumn. W...
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Latest work - October 2014
October 28, 2014 - I've decided to change things up a little bit on my website, nothing too drastic just a small change in how I present ne...
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Review: Lowerpro Flipside Sport - Part 1
September 26, 2014 - Over the years I've probably bought more camera bags than my wife has handbags, at least that's what she tells me anyway...
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Decisions, decisions
August 20, 2014 - Summer is drawing to a close this year with an impressive display of heather across the country including here in Suffol...
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First impressions
July 01, 2014 - Fuji X-Pro1, Fuji 14mm f2.8, Hoya IR72 Filter
After a week or so with the Fuji X-Pro1 it's time for an update with a fe...
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Small but perfectly formed
June 23, 2014 - A few weeks ago I scribbled down a blog about compact system cameras, a piece of literary genius that will sadly never s...
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LRPS Distinction
June 22, 2014 - The atmosphere in the room was tense, there were some positive murmurings from my fellow spectators but I couldn't quite...
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Weather matters
June 03, 2014 - If you've ever set your alarm for 3am to photograph in the golden hour only to find it's been replaced by a wishy-washy...
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Leave it out
March 05, 2014 - Every now and then something obvious occurs to you, well it does me anyway. Usually something that I've read, understood...
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Making an exhibition of myself
February 21, 2014 - Another post about competitions, well exhibitions to be precise… A few months ago one of my images won a gold medal for...
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Measuring up
February 02, 2014 - It's that time of year again, last weekend was the annual camera club awards dinner and this year I was pleased to colle...
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A New Year's Resolution
January 13, 2014 - I don't really go in for New Year resolutions. If I was going start going to the gym, write a blog regularly or create w...
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Better late than never
December 23, 2013 - In what seems to have become typical British fashion, all the seasons this year have been running late, very late, weeks...
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Have camera why travel?
December 13, 2013 - There's nothing better than finding a new location, especially when you get the planning right and the weather condition...
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Review: Lowepro Pro Trekker 300AW - conclusion
November 26, 2013 - At the beginning of this year I started a review of the Lowepro Pro Trekker 300AW backpack so after ten months of use it...
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Six things every landscape photographer needs
October 25, 2013 - Forget cameras, lenses, filters, tripods etc. this week lets look at the other things every landscape photographer reall...
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Landscape Photographer of the Year competition
October 21, 2013 - First of all I must apologise in advance for spending two blog posts in a row talking about myself but I've got a bit of...
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Golden shot
September 21, 2013 - Earlier today I went along to Ipswich Town Hall to view the 6th annual Beyond Group photographic exhibition, Beyond Grou...
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Up to date - new work for August
September 10, 2013 - You'll often hear it said that Summer isn't usually the most productive time of year for landscape photography but with...
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The purr-fect moment
September 03, 2013 - A new arrival in the shape of a tiny ginger kitten has been keeping us busy lately at home. The usual stuff... dodging a...
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Burning the candle at both ends
July 25, 2013 - On the north west corner of Norfolk, a four hour round trip drive from my home in Suffolk, is a place I visit whenever t...
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Landscape Photographer of the Year 2013
July 19, 2013 - I was delighted to receive an email this week from Take a View informing me that two of my images (above) have been shor...
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A shattering experience
July 03, 2013 - I will at some point get round to writing a comparison between the Lee and Hitech ten stop filters but in the mean time...
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A day at the office
May 07, 2013 - A few weeks ago I held my first landscape workshop in the shape of a day's one-to-one tuition and I've finally got round...
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Scratching the surface
February 04, 2013 - A few weeks ago a photographer friend asked if I wanted to join him for a days photography in Southend. Now I know what...
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Society awards
January 29, 2013 - At the end of my first full year as a member of Felixstowe Photographic Society (my first full year as a member of any p...
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Press cuttings
January 20, 2013 - The second in what is becoming a regular blog feature rounding up my work in print. I experimented with doing them indiv...
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Review: Lowepro Pro Trekker 300AW - Part 1
January 06, 2013 - A few months ago I did a short review on my latest camera bag purchase, a discrete Think Tank shoulder bag perfect for t...
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Practical Photography - February 2013
December 22, 2012 - Practical Photographer were kind enough to ask me to provide them with some tips and photographs for a 3 page feature ab...
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Up to date - new work for December
December 20, 2012 - Just a quickie but it's about time I did a regular blog to try and keep you updated with new additions to the website. T...
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Pros and cons
December 12, 2012 - From the comfort of my 9-5 salary, the life of a professional landscape photographer looks rather enviable. Doing every...
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Does size matter?
December 06, 2012 - Earlier today I received a request from Getty Images for several of my photos for their 'Flickr Collection'. As nice as...
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Spur of the moment
November 27, 2012 - My usual pre-dawn alarm went off this Sunday but when I poked my head out of the curtains and was met with grey skies an...
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In search of autumn
November 17, 2012 - I seem to have an ongoing battle with autumn. Every year I eagerly await it's misty mornings, the blaze of colour and th...
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Press cuttings
October 26, 2012 - I had a couple of images published in the November photography magazines so thought I'd mention it in the next blog. Whe...
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A wrong Thurne
October 22, 2012 - A lot of time in recent weeks was spent preparing for my wedding but now I'm married and back from honeymoon it's left m...
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A week in the Medina
October 02, 2012 - A couple of weeks ago I headed off for an amazing week in Morocco armed only with my Canon G1-X... I really didn't want...
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Blurring the boundaries
September 02, 2012 - If you've been reading my blog, you might remember that a photo taken at the last minute as I was leaving to go home has...
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Review: Think Tank Retrospective 5 shoulder bag
August 21, 2012 - I love my DSLR. A Canon 7D, it's big, heavy, solid and dependable. I'll happily carry it and several kilos of glass and...
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Location, location, location
August 09, 2012 - For me the summer months have become the time to photograph the landscapes close to home, after all, it's a struggle jus...
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Look behind you...
July 25, 2012 - Today I received an email from the organisers of the take a view Landscape Photographer of the Year competition informin...
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Press cuttings
July 15, 2012 - News of my competition win reached the local press this week when, whilst paying for a carton of milk in the Co-op, I go...
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Southwold success
July 08, 2012 - I love entering photography competitions. I can't really explain why - I guess sometimes it gives me a reason to try som...
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Club culture
July 05, 2012 - I'd previously considered the idea of joining a camera club but had visions of it being full of stuffy, blinkered old du...
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Landscapes and Lattes
July 03, 2012 - Colchester in Essex has more than it's fair share of quaint little tea rooms or inviting cafés tucked away in the narrow...
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