When I was a lot younger I was inclined to photograph everything that caught my eye.  A few of my photography friends advised me to stick to one style of photography only,  this was in the main landscape photography. Their reasoning was if you don’t focus on one type...

A new shoot featuring a princess and a knight. The theme for this photography event is forbidden love. This was organised over two sesions allowing  two groups of photographers to capture James and Frankie in costume.  Our location was Newcastle Castle a perfect...

It was great to finally get a full exhibition of the work myself as the photographer and the wonderful team of performers and creators pulled together.  We had an opening night where a combination of those directly involved and those who follow of work were able to...

It was a few years ago in a school hall after hours that I created my fist image set witches around a caldron.  The three ladies involved with brilliant came with makeup clothing etc.  My aim was to create a caldron add light and smoke and just have fun creating the...

    This recreation took a long time to organise.  We visted so many castles in the North east of England but when you mention somone getting burnt at the stake with fire and smoke you are on to a looser.  Steph Mosman a member of our group was always going...

Whitby Pirates Festival   I traveled down to Whitby be with four friends to capture photographs of this event.  This I now understand will be a regular event and what joy it was to meet so many creative people prepared to dress up in wonderful pirate costumes, with...

Long sands beach photoshoot It seems to have taken for ever for summer to arrive. Now it’s here it seemed like a great idea to get out in the open air and do some creative photography.  My link with the House of KIKI and the wonderful Karen who is willing to loan me...

For anyone interesting in developing their photography skills then my Beamish Photography Teaching Session is for you. For anyone who loves people photography as I do there is honestly no better place to capture images which will be reminiscent of art inspired by...

Wedding photography part one. Pressure what pressure? I’ve been saying for a long time that I should write a blog about wedding photography.  After all these years, photographing weddings has become a big part of my professional life and I even run short courses...