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

Wandering, South Ealing. #graffiti #southealing

Wandering, South Ealing.

#graffiti #southealing

Storm coming in. Strand-on-the-Green. #strandonth

Storm coming in. Strand-on-the-Green.

#strandonthegreen #lastlight #rainyday #riverthames

Wrapped for winter! With @georgiegrr and @made__li

Wrapped for winter! With @georgiegrr and @made__line__s

#rowinglife #coachinglife #asl

Mirror calm. Grand Union Canal near Kensal Rise.

Mirror calm. Grand Union Canal near Kensal Rise.

#grandunioncanal #wandering #urbanwaterways #autumndays

Editing and captioning images today, preparing for

Editing and captioning images today, preparing for submission.

Cádiz, Conil and surroundings.

#andalucia #urbanwandering #lastlight #cadiz #conildelafrontera

Conil de la Frontera - monochrome variations. #li

Conil de la Frontera - monochrome variations.

#lith #monochrome #blackandwhite #cloudscape #conildelafrontera #andalucia

Mortlake and Chiswick Bridge early today. #mortl

Mortlake and Chiswick Bridge early today.

#mortlake #earlylight #chiswickbridge #rowinglife

Polaroid ‘lifts’. Cutting Polaroid print bord

Polaroid ‘lifts’.

Cutting Polaroid print borders off and floating the gossamer thin emulsion onto another base, such as art paper. A heartbreaking process when the emulsion tears! See last frame.

#polaroid #polaroidlifts #alternativephotography #botanicalprint

If you leave a boat alone for more than a few minu

If you leave a boat alone for more than a few minutes, a whole range of wildlife will take up residence at different times of the year. It's autumn spider time now!

#autumn #spidersweb #scullinglife #tidewayscullers

Kew Bridge, East and West. #kew #riverthames #la

Kew Bridge, East and West.

#kew #riverthames #lastlight #strandonthegreen

The Pairs Head race today with Rob Waugh, my favou

The Pairs Head race today with Rob Waugh, my favourite racing event. Just under 5km from Chiswick Bridge to Harrods Repository, downstream of Hammersmith Bridge.

Amazing day and conditions. Finished 2nd in our category, beaten by just 4 seconds. But my best result in this competition, so really pleased!

First pic by allmarkone. Overtaking shots thanks to @ballardieadrian . Always good to see an overtake!

#tss #tidewayscullers #pairshead #riverrace #scullinglife

The Scullers Head Race today. One of the hardest r

The Scullers Head Race today. One of the hardest races in a single, at around 6.5km, from Chiswick to Putney. With regular category apposition, @alexandermarengo

Really pleased with how it went in sometimes very windy conditions... until I found that someone had nicked my towel! I guess you can't have everything! 🙂

#tss #tidewayscullers #vestascullershead #riverrace #scullinglife

Birthday girl. Mum, 97! Another amazing milestone.

Birthday girl. Mum, 97! Another amazing milestone.

She was on good behaviour today with the photos as I had my 'proper camera' with me. Phones don't count!

#familyportraits

Notes and observations, Andalucia. Editing recent

Notes and observations, Andalucia.

Editing recent photos. Seville and Conil de la Frontera.

#andalucia #spain #coastoflight #costadelaluz #conildelafrontera #streetphotography #urbanexploring #cityexplorer #seville

Cliff top wandering - seed heads. Wild carrot, bu

Cliff top wandering - seed heads.

Wild carrot, bunny tail grass and allium.

#andalucia #seedhead #driedplants #goldenhour #lastlight #botanicalphotography

Wandering in Seville Editing Polaroids. #polaroi

Wandering in Seville

Editing Polaroids.

#polaroid #instantphotography #seville #urbancolour #andalucia

36! 😊 #familyportrait

36! 😊

#familyportrait

Field notes - printing with turmeric. A curious pr

Field notes - printing with turmeric. A curious process.

I’ve seen a few examples of this over the last couple of years. Decided to try it today - with the ingredients bought from the local Spanish supermarket!

The light sensitive part a mix of turmeric and alcohol painted onto art paper. And the developer/fixer a solution of bicarbonate of soda. That’s it.

The turmeric solution is painted onto the paper and allowed to dry. Your subject matter is placed onto the paper under glass. The exposure time is 4-5 hours in bright sun. This would be difficult in London!

Then it is developed in the bicarbonate of soda solution, rinsed in water for a couple of minutes and left to dry.

A curiosity more than anything, maybe used as a first step before making a digital copy to manipulate further. These are phone copies. But I was surprised how simple and basic this is.

#turmericprinting #alternativephotography #artprints #contactprinting #sunprinting

Lunar eclipse. We did wake up in time for this! A

Lunar eclipse. We did wake up in time for this!

As I’m on holiday, my camera equipment is limited to wide lenses, a cranky old tripod and no computer. But some phone grabs of the camera screen with magnified image. I should be able to pull a lot more detail into the highlights at some point. Should make an acceptable A4 print.

Much more atmospheric than the solar eclipse a few weeks ago too. Freezing cold, standing on the roof, with a cup of coffee and the sound of waves breaking on the beach.

#lunareclipse #moon #fullmoon

Moon and clouds. There’s another eclipse in th

Moon and clouds.

There’s another eclipse in the early hours of tomorrow, around 04:00. Not sure I’ll be up for that, but some spectacular cloud forms today and this evening.

#moon #cloudscape #andalucia #costadelaluz #conildelafrontera

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