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Photographer based in London. Work: Lifestyle, gardens, landscape and people.
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Alter ego: rowing coach.

Old Isleworth this evening. #editorialphotograph

Old Isleworth this evening.

#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #landscapephotography #getoutside #cloudscape #sunsetphotography #outdoorphotographymag #sunset #riverthames #thames #river #londonislands #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #syonreach #stormyweather #oldisleworth

Observations in Gunnersbury Park during last week'

Observations in Gunnersbury Park during last week's cold snap.

1. Catkins, lamb tails. Quite a few trees produce these. I think these are hazel.
2. Dawn redwood.
3. Frosty leaves.
4. Fragments. Clouds and broken ice.
5. Horse chestnut with Brentford Skyline.
6. Woodland by Potomac Pond and London plane trees.
7. 'The Scary Tree' as my daughters used to call it. Or more correctly, a Japanese Pagoda tree.
8. Sunset - the Potomac Pond and wooded area on the edge of the old golf course.

#gunnersburypark #nature #garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #gardeninglife #treeshapes #london #beautifullondon #lostplaces #nature_takes_over #japanesepagodatree #horsechestnut #dawnredwood #brentford #lastlight #londonplanetree #frostyleaves #catkins #hazelcatkins #lambtails

Strand-on-the-Green and Oliver's Island. Apparent

Strand-on-the-Green and Oliver's Island.

Apparently a road ran along the front of the buildings in the last frame. This was gradually washed away by the increased flow when the original Putney Bridge was replaced by the present one. The old bridge spans were narrow and this choked the river.

#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #strandonthegreen #landscapephotography #getoutside #outdoorphotographymag #riverthames #thames #river #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #oliversisland #lastlight #lowlight

Gunnersbury Park. Winter is nearly always the bes

Gunnersbury Park.

Winter is nearly always the best time to photograph trees. In the summer a continuous canopy often blends and hides distinct forms. This time of year you can see the shapes, skeletons and details that are hidden in deep shade later on.

1. London plane tree avenue with Saturday's moon - not quite full!
2. There's a circle of trees in the south end of the park. Never been completely sure what they are - possibly ash.
3. Some kind of pine. One of quite a few unnamed around the park.
4. Hedgerow with new leaf buds forming.

#gunnersburypark #nature #garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #gardeninglife #treeshapes #london #beautifullondon #lostplaces #nature_takes_over #wintertrees #treelines #lastlight

Mortlake this morning. Waiting for the fog to clea

Mortlake this morning. Waiting for the fog to clear.

#lightandshadows #shadowandlight #riverthames #thames #london #beautifullondon #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #londonsbridges #hiddenlondon #exploringlondon #foggydays #foggylondon #fog

Notes from a cold day. Freezing for the most part

Notes from a cold day.

Freezing for the most part, with plenty of ice on boats!

#documentingspace #naturephotography #landscapephotography #getoutside #riverthames #thames #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #kew #london #beautifullondon #hiddenlondon #chiswickbridge #exploringlondon #mortlake #putneytownrowingclub

Imaginary trees, Hammersmith. Shapes and shadows.

Imaginary trees, Hammersmith.

Shapes and shadows.

1. London plane
2. Silver birch

#documentingspace #overlookedbeauty #banalography #streetphotography #urbanautica #alteredlandscape #newtopography #mundanebeauty #treeshapes #wintertrees #naturalsculpture #treelines #lostplaces #abandoned #urbex #hiddenlondon #exploringlondon #secretlondon #industrialbeauty #hammersmith

Kew Gardens Looking for garden colour in an other

Kew Gardens

Looking for garden colour in an otherwise brown time of year.

1. Helleborus hybrids. These are always shy and face downwards, making it difficult to see inside the flower. But worth getting your knees wet whilst looking.

2. Cornus sanguinea ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’. Some plants look as if they have been plugged into the mains and the various varieties of cornus will always show off wherever you plant them.

3. Edgeworthia chrysantha - Paperbush. These are strange looking things, but have a light scent to add to the show.

#flowers #flower #flowerphotography #flowerphotographer #floral #nature #garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #gardeninglife #perennialborder #perennialflowers #gardencolour #plantingideas #instagarden #bloom #petals #nature #flowery #flower-portrait
#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #shrub

Strand-On-The-Green Low tide, Kew Road and Kew R

Strand-On-The-Green

Low tide, Kew Road and Kew Rail Bridges

#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #strandonthegreen #landscapephotography #getoutside #outdoorphotographymag #riverthames #thames #river #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #kewroadbridge #kewrailbridge

Conil de la Frontera - August 2024 Cliff top wand

Conil de la Frontera - August 2024

Cliff top wandering.

#andalucia #spain #coastoflight #costadelaluz #landscapephotography #getoutside #españa #beachlines #conildelafrontera #playadelosbateles #goldenhour #lastlight #welivetoexplore #lightandshadow #wave

Strand-On-The-Green and Oliver's Island Mirror ca

Strand-On-The-Green and Oliver's Island

Mirror calm this evening.

#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #strandonthegreen #landscapephotography #getoutside #outdoorphotographymag #riverthames #thames #river #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #oliversisland #kewrailbridge

Barnes and Leg O Mutton Reservoir. Beautiful ligh

Barnes and Leg O Mutton Reservoir.

Beautiful light this afternoon after yesterday's storm.

1. Barnes Bridge
2. London plane tree and an inconvenient fence on the border of the footpath.
3. River at Barnes
4. Woodland surrounding the Leg O Mutton Reservoir.
5. Last light, Barnes

#documentingspace #naturephotography #landscapephotography #getoutside #cloudscape #sunsetphotography #outdoorphotographymag #barnes #barnesbridge #legomutton #treeshapes #wintertrees #naturalsculpture #treelines #winter #londonsriver #urbanriver #citywaterways #londonsbridges

Mistletoe growing in an orchard in Monmouthshire.

Mistletoe growing in an orchard in Monmouthshire.

A long list of beliefs, uses and traditions are linked with mistletoe. The Romans associated it with peace, love and understanding and hung it over doorways as protection.

And later it became associated with Christmas, where lovers might kiss under a sprig. Or used as protection against demons and witches.

Whichever one you might choose, hopefully it will carry into 2025. Happy New Year folks!

#nature #garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #gardeninglife #editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #mistletoe #appletree #orchard #christmastraditions

Details in one of the quietest times in a garden.

Details in one of the quietest times in a garden. It's harder to find subjects, but there's always something there.

1. Buddha heads. I found these hidden in my mum's garden when her house was sold. They now reside in my front garden.
2. I have two olive trees in the front garden. Both produce fruit, which seems a bit odd in London. But I leave everything for the birds as I've been told home prepared olives taste vile if you're used to Waitrose. 🙂
3. Miscanthus sinensis seed heads.
4. Fatsia japonica. I planted this in the back garden at least 20 years ago as a tiny plant. Now around 1.75m tall, it's an impressive shrub, evergreen and seemingly indestructible.
5. Black bamboo. Inherited from the previous owners, I sometimes harvest stems as plant supports.
6. Acer palmatum and Amelanchier lamarckii stems. With the first signs of leaf buds ready for the new season.

#garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #gardeninglife #gardencolour #plantingideas #nature
#editorialphotography #featureshoot #magazinefeature #droughttolerant #gravelgarden #frontgarden #urbangarden #smallgarden #wintergardens

If you have ever had a desire to live on a remote,

If you have ever had a desire to live on a remote, windswept, barren island, this short book may help make up your mind! Written by Tove Jansson, author of the Moomins, about her daily life and struggling to build a cabin on such an island in Finland in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

I love reading these accounts and armed with a camera, I’d try for a week or two. But I would draw the line at 26 summers. If you have ever tried to pull-start a belligerent engine (most are). Or have ever drifted down the Thames looking at a silent outboard motor, praying you won’t be hit by the next class 5 cruiser, you will understand. 🙂

#recommendedbooks #notesfromanisland #tovejansson #livingonanisland

Chiswick Bridge and Brentford Ait. A beautiful fl

Chiswick Bridge and Brentford Ait.

A beautiful flat calm in the mist today. Unfortunately a fair bit of sewage too, which could be smelt at certain locations. The boats needed a good clean afterwards too.

#subjectivelyobjective #documentingspace #urbanriver #citywaterways #londonsbridges #hiddenlondon #exploringlondon #chiswickbridge #winterdays
#mistydays #foggydays #londonfog #cityphotography #architecture #foggytrees #brentfordait

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope Santa is kind and t

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope Santa is kind and that everyone has a wonderful 2025. x

#christmaspast

Dunwich, Suffolk. If ever you want a definition o

Dunwich, Suffolk.

If ever you want a definition of a big sky, landscapes in Suffolk or Norfolk will give you that.

1, 3 & 5. Dunwich Beach
2. Driftwood - improvisation or land art? One of the oddities you can find along here, made with things washed out of the sea.
4. Verbascum seed heads (left) and teasel. Amazing these plants can grow out of the sand and gravel. I've also seen Verbascum growing out of cracks in the tarmac along the M4 near Slough. Love how nature can find a way in seemingly impossible locations.

#wanderlust #documentingspace #naturephotography #landscapephotography #getoutside #cloudscape #wildlings #seedheads #landart

Notes from Norwich 1. 15:45, River Wensum. Sunset

Notes from Norwich

1. 15:45, River Wensum. Sunset on the solstice.
2. Puppy in the window. 🤷🏻‍♂️
3. Anglia Square and River Wensum. Anglia Square looking even closer to demolition.
4. Team photo
5. Anglia Square. Wavy like the navy 🤷🏻‍♂️
6. Shopping
7. Anglia Square.

#subjectivelyobjective #documentingspace #overlookedbeauty #streetphotography #urbanautica #alteredlandscape #city #cityphotography #architecture #nightview #norwich #nightriver #urbansunset #riverwensum

New hand bound notebooks with Japanese marbled pap

New hand bound notebooks with Japanese marbled paper.

I originally started binding my own portfolios as it’s an expensive thing to get these produced commercially. But I like to throw in an occasional notebook…and to flick through the pages. 🙂

#bookbinding #paper #handmade #traditionalbook #notebook #journal #japanesepaper #bindingbooks

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