7 May, 2023
Age or Beauty? – 2: Hokkaido Barns, Glue Prints
Hokkaido is the northernmost and second largest island in Japan. Just off the Siberian peninsula winters are long, cold and harsh. The main industries are fishing, timber produc...
6 May, 2023
Fujifilm Professional TX-2 – Seeing Panoramic
The Fujifilm Professional TX-2 (its sister Hasselblad XPan I/II or the older Fuji TX) is one of those cameras which you lust after, and when you get it, open the packaging and ...
25 April, 2023
Age or Beauty? – 1: Modern Art Painted by Nature
When I first went to Hokkaido I was taken to Shinzo Maeda’s gallery in Biei. I was impressed by his style and images and, like many other landscape photographers, I later went t...
20 April, 2023
5 Frames with an Olympus OM1, a roll of HP5 and a Bridge
I have a few film cameras that all mean something emotional to me (my Olympus XA2 I won in a photographic competition aged 12, my OM1 was my only camera for about 20 years until...
18 April, 2023
Heavens Above
The City of London has many beautiful churches, and a few ruins. ‘The Friends of the City Churches’ is an architectural heritage charity helping to open the churches for visito...
15 April, 2023
Drinking districts in Japan II – Nagasaki with a Leica iiig, 50mm Summitar and Portra 400
My photography is about people but often without people – stories in objects and surroundings about their lives and lifestyles.
Nagasaki (city) is a historically famous port. T...
13 April, 2023
Venice into Dreams – a Pinhole Photo Essay
Many of my images or photo series are concept based, a photographic interpretation of an idea. This series – meant to be viewed in the order shown – was inspired by the way I so...
Most plans are pretty good until they aren’t. I know I had it all planned out in my head as I waited for the birth of my son - the cameras, the lenses, and even the settings. B...
