Still Life
22 February 2026
“Wine improves with age, the older I get the more I enjoy it”.
Corny, but true.
Vertigo
26 January 2026
The two previous pictures below demonstrate that whilst the UK had a dusting of snow in January, our December visit to the Austrian alps was snow-free and almost spring like. My favourite image from the week in Salzburg was this one, looking down the stairwell in our hotel.
Snow Globe
5 January 2026
Wolfgangsee
26 December 2025
Nearing the end of 2025 I’m reflecting on this picture, one of the last taken on a trip to Salzburg before I dropped my camera and broke the only lens I took with me. Luckily the camera body seems to be OK.
Plop
27 November 2025
So, I had a break. Almost six months since I posted anything. There’s not really any reason for the pause and no particular reason to start again now except that it feels right.
Here’s the latest attempt to master water drop collisions. All kinds of difficulties balancing focus point, depth of field and the amount of flash power available. I’m still far from satisfied but I feel it’s an improvement on past efforts.
Shuttleworth
2 June 2025
The world’s only remaining airworthy Bristol Blenheim excorted by a Spitfire MkV at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight on Saturday. Tricky combination of panning and slow shutter to get the aircraft sharp but propellers blurred. Lots of ‘burst mode’ shots and only a few keepers.
The Big Sky
17 June 2025
Fenland is renowned for ‘The Big Sky’; the flat landscape giving an unobstructed view of the sky, whatever the weather. That was the prompt for this wide-angle view of King’s College from Queen’s Road (The Backs) on a day when the sky was full of cloudy texture.
