The Humber Renown

The Humber Renown

Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother brief canal related exploration – though this time with a toddler in tow, so limited photography. However I was very pleased to see The MV Humber Renown, one of the remaining working boats on the canal, passing through Bulholme Lock. I also took this 

Castleford to Knottingley

Castleford to Knottingley

Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing last September’s walk out to Woodlesford I decided on a different leg of the Aire and Calder for another walk, from Castleford, out to Knottingley. So this time I started at the station, with a brief detour to test the low light capabilities of 

Families, Flu and Extreme Photography – Part 2

Families, Flu and Extreme Photography – Part 2

Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome back to my crazy holiday in Wales. By Saturday, the snow had really set in. These are my adventures from that point onwards. Saturday On Saturday morning, we all decided to get the bus into Betws-y-Coed, so that Nain (the Welsh word for Nana) 

Nuclear Implosion

Nuclear Implosion

Reading Time: 5 minutesThere has been a bit of a buzz recently about this new film produced by Adox. This promises ‘Imploding Colours, Bursting Reds and Toxic Grain’. I have read that it was in fact a dud batch with one of the layers incorrectly coats. It is 

Families, Flu, and Extreme Photography – Part 1

Families, Flu, and Extreme Photography – Part 1

Reading Time: 7 minutesI have recently got back from my first family holiday since my son was born, staying in a lovely cottage managed by my mother in the village of Cwm Penmacho in rural Conwy. This little village lies at the head of the Machno Valley, about 

Image Rescue…

Image Rescue…

Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the benefits of shooting black and white film, is its latitude, the range of contrast it can reproduce. I am not going to go into great detail about this here, as for the purposes of this tutorial it is not necessary, read up 

Infra-Red – Part one.

Infra-Red – Part one.

Reading Time: 6 minutesI have been waiting all year for these… Last year, I bought a couple of rolls of Rollei IR400 from AG Photographic, having read a bit about the crazy effects of infra-red photography. Shooting Infra-red Sadly this does not let you see through people’s clothes as some 

Woodlesford and St Aidans

Woodlesford and St Aidans

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve decided to make a bit of a push to do some more walking, and set off a few days ago to walk up to Woodlesford. This has been partly due to seeing a rather interesting wetland on google maps. More on that later. For 

Image Tutorial – ‘Heading North, Heading Home’

Image Tutorial – ‘Heading North, Heading Home’

Reading Time: 8 minutesToday I would like to share a tutorial about how I made one of my recent images – ‘Heading North, Heading Home’. My idea for this image was something a little crunchy – not fully crisp and bright, but blending the dirt of a northern 

The Evil Airbrush

The Evil Airbrush

Reading Time: 3 minutes…And at the end of the day, fashion photography is marketing. Whilst many of us will happily buy a misshapen carrot, if you want to advertise carrots you would show them in their best light. If you don’t like it then just avoid the fashion industry, as it is not going to change. Sorry.
Sozzani’s comment is meaningless. I would warrant that the ‘very few’ who don’t use Photoshop don’t use it because they use something else…

Holbeck Again, Canals and Mills

Holbeck Again, Canals and Mills

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been back to Holbeck again after my first photo exploration, looking for a few old buildings such as the mill here on Low Hall Place that I have explored on google maps. Hunslet is very much a place of change at the moment. While 

Luddite 200

Luddite 200

Reading Time: 3 minutesI was invited to come and document this gig at TJ’s in Woodhouse, commemorating 200 year anniversary of the Luddite Rebellion, with Chumbawamba, Dan Audio and some other acts who have slipped my memory. The term Luddite is one often used as an insult and