Moorbank Botanical Garden, Newcastle
Yesterday I popped into Moorbank Botanical Garden in Newcastle with Alan Hewitt, Trai Anfield and Trai's friend, Helen. We were sussing out the possibility of doing Hawk's Head Photography workshops. I loved the fact that it was tropical inside and snowing outside! Here are a few of the images:
Kenya – Elephant abstract
This old bull elephant ambled towards us with a slow, deliberate purpose. When you see several tonnes of animal wandering towards your vehicle, it's a sphincter-tightening moment. He had absolutely no malice though and we spent what must have been the best part of an hour with him, happily munching leaves [...]
Bird Watching Magazine – How to be a Bird Photographer
Published today! (available to subscribers now and in the shops in a few days)
Horse photography – something rather different!
What's with the long face! Horse portraiture (of the horses themselves and with their owners) is something I've been thinking about doing for quite some time. I've admired the work of photographers such as Tim Flach and Matthew Seed and wanted to get away from the standard look of event photography in [...]
Waxwings in Byker!
I got a call from Byker yesterday that there were waxwings eating the berries on the heavily laden trees there. Lo and behold, there they were: about 60 waxwings, as well as several red-wings munching away on the red berries. Waxwings are beautiful birds and come here in winter most years from [...]
Writing for Landscape and Wildlife Photography Magazine
I've just started a beautiful relationship with Landscape & Wildlife Photography Magazine writing regular articles in the new wildlife photography section. The first article, published on 1 Dec 2012, was titled 'Psycho Sunrise' - an exploration of the psychology of the golden hour. There's a lot more to it than [...]