Photographs

This is an online gallery where I've put some of my favourite pictures. (You'll find climbing photographs separately.)

Young gosling at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, shot in black and white
Young gosling at Titchfield Haven. The photo conveys feelings of curiosity and vulnerability.

Rusted anchor ring at Lochmaddy, shot in black and white
Rusted anchor ring in the harbour at Lochmaddy, North Uist. I love the textures in this image.

Bales in a field in Shropshire, under a deep blue sky
This field of hay bales was just down the road from my house. The shadows and the blue sky make this one of my favourite photos.

A seagull sits on a stone bollard with a No Fishing sign
No Fishing!
Gull on the pier in Oban

Boats at anchor on Harris
Boats at anchor on a glassy sea. Harris, Outer Hebrides

The view from Callow Hill, South Shropshire
This hazy dusk wonderfully highlights the clump of trees in the middle distance

Three white ducks
Three ducks near a lake in Nantwich

The three spires of Shrewsbury
The first of three photographs taken using Kodak HIE infra-red film. This is of my native town Shrewsbury.

The Main School Building at Shrewsbury
The Main School Building at Shrewsbury overlooks the river Severn. It was originally a Victorian workhouse.

Statue of Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney, heroic Old Salopian. When mortally wounded he refused a sip of water, insisting that it should be given instead to one of his injured troops.

Stornoway photographed in beautiful purple dawn light
Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis

Cormorant drying its wings near Carew, Pembrokeshire
A 300mm lens was used to capture this cormorant drying its wings near Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire.