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  • Will 2020 be The Last Year of Flickr?

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    I really hope I’m wrong, but I have a sad feeling that 2020 is going to be Flickr’s last year. I’ve been a ‘Pro’ (paying) member of the photo-sharing site since 2006. The early years I remember the earlier years of Flickr very well. For me, it went through a Golden Age which ran from…

  • Shropshire Diary – Photobook

    2009 was a year of quiet introspection for me. Working away from home in Shropshire, I had many long evenings to fill, alone with my camera. Every evening I would upload my images onto Flickr, and I have some wonderful memories of sharing those pictures and receiving inspiring comments from people around the world. It…

  • Notes from Susan Sontag On Photography

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    I recently came into possession of a copy of Susan Sontag’s On Photography, and was delighted to see it contained hand-written notes made in pencil by a previous owner. It has that wonderful musty ‘old book’ smell, and I’m finding it fascinating to go through, picking up on some of the notes and highlights. The…

  • Forever Autumn in Swindon

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    The sun rises over Lydiard Fields, Swindon, 2019. In late 2018 I began work on a three-month assignment in Swindon, Wiltshire. The photographs in this post were made while staying in the town. The post is titled after the song from War of The Worlds famously recorded by Justin Hayward, who was born in Dean…

  • Marine Drive

    I don’t photograph landscapes very often, especially not my local landscape which most people would describe as totally flat and somewhat dull. However, yesterday evening I went out and tried to make a short series of interesting pictures just a few minutes drive from home. I’m pleased with the results. Marine Drive is a coastal…

  • Liverpool Comic Con 2019

    Today I spent a couple of hours photographing some of the visitors to Liverpool Comic Con, held at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. The wind was crazy, with gale-force gusts blowing hair and bits of costumes everywhere, but spirits were high, even as people queued in the cold to get in. Comic Con is a big…

  • An Interview With Myself

    Introduce yourself Hello. I like to take pictures and nearly always have a camera in my hand. How and when did you get into photography? I’ve been taking pictures since I was a child, so most of my life. Digital photography wasn’t around when I started and my parents didn’t have much money so I…

  • Featured in British Horse magazine

    One of my images from the BHS Northwest Dressage Championship at Bold Heath Equestrian Centre was featured in the November edition of British Horse, the magazine of The British Horse Society. It was only a small feature, but it’s been a while since any of my photographs have appeared in magazines. The last one was a…