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We are exhibiting at the Craft in Focus Christmas Contemporary Craft show at RHS Wisley. Jan is doing it on her own to save my bad back which has taken a bit of a beating...

I’m in Buxton Pavilion Gardens running Gallery in the Gardens all day. After 6 days at the Ideal Home show in Earls Court in London and 5 at the NEC immediately before...

It was a busy and full day at the Ideal Home Christmas Show at Earls Court today. We were open for 11 hours, closing at 9pm. I wandered around taking a few photos as the crowds...

Our stand at the Ideal Home Christmas Show at Earls Court in London is now finished. We are on the ground floor stand 1F118. For more information click here.  www.idealhomeshowchristmas.co.uk...

Set up and ready for the Ideal Home Christmas Show www.idealhomeshowchristmas.co.uk at Earls Court. Our stand is 1F118 on the ground floor. Lots of show offers. Lots of new pictures....

It’s the first day of the ICHF Crafts for Christmas Show at the Birmingham NEC today. It runs until Sunday 9am to 5.30pm, 5pm Sunday. We have a few hundred darkroom...

While I am lecturing at PhotoLive 2013 Jan is running our stand at the Craft in Focus show at Wellington College Crowthorne,  near Bracknell. The last day is tomorrow,...

All set up ready for the starting pistol of PhotoLive 2013 www.photo-live.com! Expecting lots of people today for the dozens of lectures, hopefully some will come to mine!...

The new PhotoLive 2013 event in London is fast approaching. It is being run by Future Publishing whose titles include Photography Week, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, NPhoto and Practical...

In July we visited Berlin for a few days, all planned around taking photographs of the city. The films have been processed a while and here is a taster of them. More on my web...

Apologies but I’m a bit behind with my blog posts. It’s been a bit busy since we returned home from the Alps, with no sign of a let-up yet. We left Switzerland...

We are having a few days to ourselves in Grindelwald. On Friday, the first day after finishing the Alpine Pass Route on Thursday, we had a short walk with Rob to the lakes...

Another good start to the day. Dry but cold. Clouds on the tops though. Started in the best way by catching the cable car to the top! Good view behind us over Trubsee Lake...

Today started where yesterday ended, with rain and low cloud. The Hotel Alpina in Unterschächen was good and most of our clothes were dry. The walking was not that memorable,...

Today, our fourth day on the Alpine Pass Route, was our first wet day. It was raining as we left the Hotel Bahnhof in Linthal and it was still raining as we arrived at the Hotel...

Yesterday was a big day for us and jolly tiring so we decided to shorten today’s walk by 4 miles by using the bus. The weather was due to close in later so this also...

Yesterday we travelled from Grindelwald to Zurich where we had a couple of hours for taking photos around the city. I took photos along the river, across the lake and around...

We left Trier after a good morning taking photos around the town, and the elephants! There was an exhibition of ceramic elephants across the town. Jan took a photo of me taking...

We drove down to Folkestone yesterday, Friday,  and caught an early shuttle across the channel. Then 6 hours from Calais we arrived in Trier, our first time here. Overcast...

We are half way through the ICHF Chilterns Craft and Design Show at Stonor Park near Henley on Thames. I was unable to do a post sooner as my bad back is really painful right...

I have used Sekonic light meters for a long time to work out what exposure settings to use on my Mamiya film cameras. Somehow Sekonic found my work on the web and have now done...

After a hearty breakfast at Lisvane bed and breakfast in Grosmont we were on the move by 8.45am. No sausage scares for Al so all was well with the world! All uphill for a couple...

After a hearty breakfast at the Lion Inn at Blakey we left at 9am heading for Grosmont. It was dry all day, with lots of sunshine, until we went to the pub at the end of the day when...

We had to be up early today as Andrea, our landlady at Newlands House in Great Broughton, had to go to a funeral in Middlesborough. Breakfast was at 7.30am, followed by a lift...

Today Big Al and I walked from Ingleby to Great Broughton, continuing the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk that we started 2 years ago.  This shot was taken from the last...

After 3 days in the Yorkshire Dales we moved on to North Yorkshire to resume our 3 year trip along the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk. I’m doing it with good friend...

Today was a short walk of just 9.5 miles from Austwick to Clapham and back. We started an hour or so earlier than our friends so that we could take photos of the nearby Norber...

We’re in the Yorkshire Dales with friends walking the hills, taking some photos. It’s also a bit of last minute training for the last leg of the Wainwright Coast...

Had a good day on Pen-y-Gent in the Yorkshire Dales. It was my fifth time on the peak and the first in good weather,blue sky and white fluffy clouds. Took just over 2 rolls...

There are some new images of London on my web site. I tried to add locations that were missing, as well as a few more of the old favourites. There are 15 new ones in total.Here’s...

I’m just adding to the images of the North York Moors area on my web site. Here are some of the ones loaded so far with the permanent links to Yorkshire: Landscapes...

There are quite a few new images of the Orkneys on my web site. Mainly Orkney Mainland but a few other islands too. Here’s the permanent link to the Orkneys photographs....

I added several new images of Northumberland to my web site a few a weeks ago. They included several castles as well as Berwick. Here’s a sample. The rest are on the web split...

The Great Dome Art Fair is in full swing in Buxton this weekend, 10am to 4.30pm Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. It’s also the last weekend of the Buxton Opera Festival...

Last Day in Berlin. Best weather of our 3 days today, sunny with a few clouds. Still a few locations to photograph but I have lots already. I have taken over 25 rolls of 120 Ilford...

We arrived over 3 hours late at our hotel last night. Delays from the plane fire at Heathrow the day before and a diversion to a different airport at Berlin. We finally checked...

We drove down to Heathrow Airport today for a flight to Berlin. It was 32ºC in the car,  not used to that! Now waiting in air-conditioned Cafe Nero at Heathrow. Hoping...

We are exhibiting at the Artist and Designer’s Fair in Buxton Pavilion Gardens. Nearly 50 top quality exhibitors, and it’s a lovely warm, sunny day. The show ends...

It was the first day of the Craft and Design Show at Henley on Thames. Still 2 days to go if you are thinking about coming, our stand is B21. www.craftexperience.co.uk I remembered...

Jan drove us down to set up our stand at the Craft and Design Show at the Henley Showground near Henley on Thames (just north of Henley on the road to Marlow). Our stand is B21....

I just published my June e-newsletter with details of events for June and July, courses and new images. Click the link below to take you to the iContact web site to view it. http://www.icontact-archive.com/jl0iCWueQ8pT8Wjjl2OqJBv9n816RA5y?w=3...

Thursday I had to visit the dentist in Knutsford to have a broken filling replaced. It needed a jab, so no pain at all. Called in at Booth’s supermarket before coming...

We are exhibiting at the Craft and Design Experience near Henley on Thames from 21st to 23rd June, 10am to 5pm each day, stand B21. Both Jan and I will be there, unlike Wisley...

We had a 9 hour power cut today. The local electricity company had some planned maintenance to do in the area. After 3 hours of doing odd jobs and having no power for computers...

Much busier day today at the Ideal Home Show Scotland at the Glasgow SECC. Sold lots of photos, Glasgow, Edinburgh and New York as the best sellers, and a few books. Last...

Interesting day at Ideal Home Show Scotland at the Glasgow SECC.My new Glasgow and Edinburgh photographs sold well. The best seller for the day was taken in a blizzard at night...

Jan drove us up to Glasgow today to setup for the Ideal Home Show at the SECC. It’s our first time at this show but it’s much easier than at the NEC where they...

We are doing the Living Crafts show at Hatfield House. The first day was today and it runs until 5pm Sunday 12th May. We are in marquee G with lots of photos, books and courses....