Thwaite Mills and Post Industrial Regeneration

Thwaite Mills and Post Industrial Regeneration

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been deveoping quite an interest in photographing some of Leeds Industrial Heritage, and of course we have a fair set of museums which are quite good for entertaining small children. One of these, though a fair way out and only open occasionally is Thwaite 

The Wedding

The Wedding

Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Don’t do it’, they all say… ‘Shooting a wedding for a fried or family member is a baaaaad idea.’ Of course many photographers would love the chance to jump in and shoot a wedding – for may it is seen as a surefire way to 

Kruidvat Keroppi

Kruidvat Keroppi

Reading Time: 2 minutesPardon? I appreciate this sounds like some utterance one might expect from a frog… Which I guess is fitting as Keroppi is in fact a frog and this relates to a quirky little Keroppi branded camera. I loaded this with Kruidvat 200 film – I 

Butterley Spillway Exhibition

Butterley Spillway Exhibition

Reading Time: < 1 minute…one of my images will be featuring in an exhibition at A Month of Sundaes in Marsden, for the Save Butterley Spillway campaign which is trying to prevent Yorkshire Water from destroying this unique piece of Victorian architectural engineering…

ISS Flyby

ISS Flyby

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a photographer, like anything, there is always a possibility that nature will not play ball. I think this rates highly as one of those. The International Space Station actually passes quite frequently and visibly, but this was supposedly a good show, where it would 

Unity Day Program

Unity Day Program

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of my images featuring on the Programme for this year’s Hyde Park Unity Day… Be There.

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