My photos
Some of my better photos (I think so anyway)
Dramatic sky in Garstang
Slow shutter of the dramatic sky in Garstang
Dramatic sky in Garstang
Catch - Dramatic sky in Garstang
Dramatic sky in Garstang
Dramatic sky in Garstang
Dramatic Sky
Dramatic sky in Garstang
Queen Jo
Queen Jo - my beautiful wife at Alice in Wonderland in Garstang for the Platinum Jubilee Weekend
Orson at Alice in Wonderland in Garstang
Orson at Alice in Wonderland in Garstang for the Platinum Jubilee Weekend
Starry night 2
Stars and satellites visible from Garstang
Starry night
Stars and satellites visible from Garstang
Winter sunset over Oldham
A misty sunset in winter over Oldham
Close up of a full moon
A close up of a full moon, which taken from Crompton Moor.
Full moon at Crompton Moor
A full moon glowing bright behind the tips of the trees at Crompton Moor
Sunset over Berrow Beach
Dramatic clouds as the sun sets over Berrow Beach
Sunset on Berrow Beach
Taken on the last day of our holiday, the perfect way to finish the holiday.
Sea and Sand
Glass ball on the sand as the water just catches it.
Glass Lens Ball on Berrow Beach
A glass lens ball placed on the edge of the water as it approaches on Berrow Beach
Common Lizard at Cheddar Gorge
Common lizard on tree stump at Cheddar Gorge
Cheddar Gorge Walk
One of the steep drops whilst walking over the Cheddar Gorge loop
Cheddar Gorge
A view from "Jacob's Ladder" side of Cheddar Gorge
Black & White Landscape view from Cheddar Gorge
Taken whilst walking over Cheddar Gorge, just after climbing Jacob's Ladder.
Seagull enjoying the breeze
Taken on Weston-super-mare Beach
Garden Flower with my new prism
My wife and boys bought me a prism for father's day 2021, this is my first attempt at using it.
Frozen Ivy - Crompton Moor
Ivy growing near a waterfall that had frozen
Fallen Sign - Crompton Moor
Sign that has 'fallen' into the (a very cold) stream on the walk down from Brushes Clough Resevoir.
The deep dark woods
A low light shot after venturing quite deep into the woods on Crompton Moor, lighting adjusted in Adobe Photoshop
"I ♥ you all" - A message from my eldest son
On a rather cold family walk on Crompton Moor, my eldest left this message "I ♥ you all"
River Wellies
Out on one of our covid-safe walks, I captured this high shutter speed shot whilst walking in the river with my youngest!
Attack!!!
Out on one of our family (covid) walks, I managed to capture this great action shot of my youngest about to 'attack' me!
Bokeh - Eldest Son - Cave
A photo of my eldest son in a cave at The Heights of Abraham
Sam underwater at Callow Top Campsite in Ashbourne
A bit of underwater photography, Sam swimming underwater at Callow Top Campsite in Ashbourne
Bokeh Bottles
Experimenting with the bokeh effect and put a hearts cut out on the front of my lens which you can see in the background.
Spiderweb
A low aperture photo of a spider in its web.
Eye - Macro - Son
Used macro tubes and a 50mm prime lens. Photo of Sam's eye.
Macro - Dewdrops - Leaf
Taken in the garden using macro tubes during covid lockdown one in the UK.
Macro - Flower - Pollen
Grass reflecting in still water
Walking over Ogden Reservoir, I spotted the grass reflecting in the perfectly still water.
Pylon - Mist - Ogden Reservoir
A very cold wintery walk over Ogden Reservoir. As we got higher up visibility became pretty bad.
Ogden Reservoir - Tree - Glass Ball
Taken on a very cold walk up over Ogden Resevoir, inverterted and edited in Adobe Photoshop
Happy Sheep - Ogden Reservoir
A group of happy sheep hiding from the heat of the sun.
Manchester - Brushes Clough - Crompton Moor
Brushes Clough - Sunset - Crompton Moor
Clear moon on a clear (cold) night
A fantastically clear night resulted in this great shot of the moon.
Moon - Day Moon - Close Up
Close up of the moon taken during the day
Horse on a hill
Horse on a hill - taken from Hollingworth Lake Campsite
Manchester Town Hall
The town hall clock in Manchester city centre
Canal Lock - Manchester - Canal Street
Slow shutter photo of a canal lock on Canal Street in Manchester
Alan Turing Memorial - Manchester
Manchester - Rainbow - Pride - Canal St
Piccadilly Rats
Autumn Leaves
A low to the ground shot of leaves in Albert Square, Manchester
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Autumn leaf on the floor in Manchester city centre.
Fallen leaf
Leaf fallen on the black marble of a fountain in Manchester.
Corn on the cob - Sam - Nando's
Eldest Son - Tech
In flight
A bird in flight at a falconry day in Knutsford
Owl landing
A Great Horned Owl coming in to land at a falconry day.
Landing - Falconry Day
A Golden Eagle about to land at a falconry day in Knutsford.
Wings spread - Falconry
A bird landing on a post with the sun highlighting its wing feathers.
What you looking at?
A photo from a falconry day in Knutsford, can't remember what type of bird this is. If you know, please tell me!
Landing
A Golden Eagle coming into land on a Falconry Day
What?
A Great Horned Owl taken at a falconry day
Vorsicht - Attention - Sign - Auschwitz
An old sign in the concentration camps in Auschwitz
Wilting Rose - Auschwitz
A rose left by a visitor on the train tracks in Auschwitz.
Gates - Auschwitz
The foreboding gates into Auschwitz
Halt - Auschwitz
An old stop sign in the concentration camps in Auschwitz.
Sunset over the ocean - Egypt - Honeymoon
The sun setting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. A fantastic place to visit, and also photograph.
Underwater Photography - Egypt - Honeymoon
Swimming in the coral reef in Sharm El-Sheikh
Underwater Photography - Egypt
A bit of underwater photography at Sharm El-Sheikh on my honeymoon.
Underwater photography - Egypt - Honeymoon
A shoal of fish on the coral reef in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Underwater photography
Underwater photography in Sharm El-Sheikh
Underwater photography - Egypt - Honeymoon
Underwater photography in coral reef at Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunset - Egypt - Honeymoon
The sun setting over the hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunny day in by the pool
A sunny say in Sharm El-Sheikh by the pool overlooking the ocean.
Fountain in Sharm El-Sheikh
Lit fountain in Sharm El-Sheikh whilst on Honeymoon
Sunset, Sea and Pool
Sun setting over the sea and the lit pool in Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunset over the hotel
The sun setting over the hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunset - Silhouette - Egypt - Honeymoon
Silhouette of beach umbrellas in Sharm El-Sheikh
Tilt-shift - Egypt - Honeymoon
A tilt-shift photo looking over a beach in Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunsetting - Egypt - Honeymoon
One of many photos of the fantastic sunsets we saw in Sharm El-Sheikh whilst on honeymoon.
Sunset - Egypt - Honeymoon
Another sunset in Sharm El-Sheikh
Flower at sunset - Egypt - Honeymoon
A flower at sunset with a soft focus sunset in the background.
Ice Wall - Manchester
A very cold snap in Manchester cause the ice to form under a railway bridge.
Frozen wall
A very cold snap caused the rain to freeze under a railway bridge between Salford and Manchester.
Ice Glow - Manchester
Sunlight glowing through a wall of ice during a cold snap in Manchester
Ice Wall - Manchester
Frozen dripping water under a railway bridge between Manchester and Salford
Rochdale Canal - Manchester
Quite an old photo, one I would like to try and take again, maybe in daylight. The reflections of the buildings surrounding the Rochdale Canal at Lock 92, near Dukes 92.
Manchester Cathederal
HDR attempt of Manchester Cathedral, edited with Photoshop
Shadows & Stained Glass
Photoshopped photo of Manchester Cathedral.
Sir John Barbirolli - Bridgewater Hall - Manchester
A statue of Sir John Barbirolli that sits outside Bridgewater Hall in Manchester City Centre.
Albert Square Fountain - Manchester
A slow shutter photo of the fountain in Albert Square, outside Manchester Town Hall
Beetham Tower - Manchester
A tall, narrow photo of Beetham Tower and a reflection in the canal shot from Castlefield, Manchester
Tram & Car - Slow Shutter - Manchester
An old T-68 Metrolink tram passing over Great Bridgewater St in Manchester City Centre
Fountain - Bridgewater Hall - Slow Shutter
Slow shutter photo of the fountain near the Bridgewater Hall, taken at night.
Manchester
A stone carving of the word "Manchester", in Manchester city centre.
Albert's Shed - Manchester
Playing around slow shutter effects using a zoom lens to move the sign closer whilst the shutter is open.
Madchester
Found this 'Madchester' graffiti on an partly demolished building in Salford.
Manchester Science and Industry Museum - MOSI
HDR shot of the open area between the main building and the steam house at The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
The John Rylands Library - Manchester
A stitched photo of The John Rylands Library in Manchester
Embrace the moment - Edited
A slow shutter photo taken in Manchester of two couples, one walking holding hands and another hugging as the chaos of the Manchester goes on behind them. Edited with Adobe Photoshop for an exhibition.
Embrace the moment
A slow shutter photo taken in Manchester of two couples, one walking holding hands and another hugging as the chaos of the Manchester goes on behind them.
Town Hall Arches - Manchester
A covered walkway at the back of Manchester Town Hall
Spinningfields - Manchester
Night shot of Spinningfields in Manchester
Manchester - Canals - Dark
Covered section of the canals at Castlefield
Manchester Wheel - Slow shutter
Cropped shot if The Manchester Wheel using a slow shutter speed
Manchester Wheel
When The Manchester Wheel was located at St. Annes Square, very slow shutter speed.
Reflection - Canal - Manchester
Blue lights reflecting off the canal water next to a lock
St Anns Arcade - Manchester
The light of the St Anns Arcade sign reflecting of the fountain.
Lock 92 - Rochdale Canal - Manchester
Slow shutter shot of a canal lock in Castlefield in Manchester
My equipment
Nikon D7000
As the D-SLR market expands, D-SLR users are becoming more diverse to include those who demand the ability to capture images with greater definition and image quality, those looking for more advanced shooting functions, and those looking for the ability to record movies with the rich power of expression that is only possible with SLR cameras.
Nikon D300S
The rugged D300S' hallmarks include versatility, speed, agility and exceptional image quality. Versatility is its 12.3-megapixel, DX-format CMOS image sensor, with Nikon EXPEED image processing that captures stunning low-noise stills and extraordinary 24 fps, 720p HD video with sound.
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens
The AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G optical design allows a different look and feel to images taken with zoom lenses, and its dimensions are ideal for discrete snapshots and landscape shooting with a picture angle that approximates that of the human eye.
Sigma 170-500mm f5-6.3 APO EX DG HSM Lens
A10x telephoto zoom lens for Nikon digital and film SLR cameras
Four SLD elements for superior correction of chromatic abberations
HSM motor for quiet high speed focusing
Removable tripod collar
Multi-layer coating optimises quality for digital photography