Architectural Photography
I’ve been very lucky recently to be commissioned by architects Quinlan and Francis Terry to photograph some of their recent completed properties for their forthcoming book. The brief was simple , ” we want classical lines , square on to the front of the building and picking out the details in the stonework etc” , […]
Faces of India
Just about physically recovered from the trips to India and Morocco , October was just a crazy month for being all over the place but very rewarding photographically . India was great for photographing people , kids especially loved being photographed. on my first day in India , the flight arrived at 4 am so […]
Climbing Morocco Anti-Atlas
Been hanging out in Tafraoute with Adam to experience some adventure trad . Nothing is straightforward in morocco as far as climbing goes . Everything is a mission , from finding the right roads , to finding the right crag and then actually being able to get to the crag without being shredded by overgrown […]
Getting wet in the Alt a Mhuillin
Had to try out the high iso capability of the new 5Dmkiii and I’m pleased to say the results are very good . Mike pescod and I were scouting out some places for some canyoning shots and visited a few places in between downpours . the big jump on the mhuillin has potential for some […]
Mountain Biking with the nutters
Have just returned form up North where I started my new project . It’ll be officially launched with an exhibition at the Ft William Mountain festival next Feb so I won’t say too much about it just now . Had the pleasure of biking with Al snr and Al jnr and Kier , all brilliant […]
The Shard opening
Headed down to London on Thursday after work to see the laser and light show for the opening of the Shard . Tried out the view from tower bridge to see how that would be but felt it needed more fore ground interest which Tower bridge wouldn’t give . So thought about heading over to […]
Rab gear for Alpine rock climbing
Here’s a round up of the kit Chris and I used for the sudgrat . Rab are a super company to deal with and Dan Thompson a total star . As well as making some of the best kit on the planet , the pricing is right on the button making it affordable to all […]
Salbitschen Sudgrat
Chris and i were climbing the mega classic South ridge of the Grat, awesome route , not super hard but sustained at VS/HVS level for 17 pitches . A claggy misty and wet start to the day eventually brightened up as we climbed through the cloud. here’s a few shots from the day and from […]
North Wales
Had a fun trip to N wales recently , in spite of posting on UKC for climbers and or climbing partners , i managed to still end up on my own . Still , its nice to just have some solitude in the hills , managed to do the usual scrambles , cneifion arete still […]
The Roaches
A cold but productive day with Colin and John at the Roaches . Colin had his eye on a couple of the classic lines , `Sloth , commander energy and Elegy were the main ticks . Bumped into Johnny Dawes selling his book at the crag and had a chat with him, I’ve met Johnny […]