Valorias Property Ltd Branding
Valorias Property Ltd specilise in luxury short term rentals delivering premium experiences in a cozy setting. They required a full brand package including a photography portfolio of their current properties to display online and some nice touchpoints to engage with guests.
Mendip Hills Nature Recovery Plan
For the past year I have been working closely with Tim Haselden at the Mendip Hills AONB whilst we produce a comprehensive 200 page Nature Recovery Plan. It was a big meaty job that has had a few elements branch off. This weekend was a chance to formally launch the ‘plan’ and specifically the Species […]
Mental Health Swims & Speedo
I don’t usually like to follow trends, but back in 2020 I was one of the thousands of people that fell into outdoor swimming. The benefits to my wellbeing are huge – not only is it great exercise, but the feeling of the cold water gently lapping against my skin is otherworldly. No one recognises […]
Image Events Visual Identity, Headshots and Website
Katie from Image Events got in touch asking me to update their website and get some new headshots. We had previously worked together on a few projects but it was great to be introduced to Marianne and the rest of the team. Following a meeting to discuss what was and wasn’t working with the existing […]
Flooding around Apperley and Wainlode Hill on the River Severn
I made use of a spare afternoon by photographing the flooding on the River Severn yesterday. Even though it was a grey and rainy day, there is still a quiet sense of stout resilience within the community that experiences this routinely. Doing a bit of reading shows that members of the community not only pull […]
Can a GoPro seriously be a good camera for photography?
I had a rare Friday with a clear schedule so decided to get a long overnight run in over Dartmoor. Along the way, I thought I’d really test the GoPro and see how well it performed as a camera solely for photography. What is the point of GoPros? I have a three (plus one) camera […]
Bristol Pride March and Festival 2024 Photos
Bristol Pride was spectacular this year with the weather playing much nicer than in 2023 (my forehead is steadily returning to a normal colour). This year I was part of the official photographers which gave me some more access (I was stood 2 feet away from the stage canon going off at the end of […]
Love Bound – Shanshan Chen and Qiuyan Chen at The Watershed
Working with Bristol Pride, I was asked to photograph a screening and Q&A session of Love Bound with director Shanshan Chen, Queer China UK activist Qiuyan Chen and hosted by Monica Wat. The film was a beautifully edited documentary that sensitively showed the challenges Qiuyan and Bling faced in a homophobic China, then finding love […]
Comparing the Leica Q2 to the Fujifilm system for landscape photography
I’m one of those who, after using Fujifilm for over 10 years, has moved to Leica. Long story short – the files that the Leica Q2 produces blow the Fujifilm files out of the water. This is even compared to an X-Pro2 with the new 18mm f1.4 (which is an incredible lens). My transition […]
Fujifilm Astia is a great film simulation for Autumn
Every year I seem to get hooked on trying to photograph autumnal trees. It’s a compulsion more than anything and I doubt that I’m alone. The problem is, Fujifilm’s PRO Neg Std, which has recently become my favourite film profile to use, actually looks a bit lacklustre in the orange and yellow tones of Autumn. […]