A collection of short articles on photography

Review of the year 2022

Quite a successful year, exhibitions in both the UK and Japan and another few hundred pictures for the archives. Here’s a short selection of photos taken this…

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Review of the year 2020

2020 will forever be associated with Covid-19. The street photography opportunities have been very restricted and look as though they will be for a while to come….

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Street Photography and the Lockdown

Being prevented from going out hardly provides the best opportunities for street photography. Unlike many we have stuck to the guidelines, only going out for essential shopping…

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Words about my father

Words about my father So what do I know? I have a vague memory of deep set eyes and heavy eyebrows. A slender frame with hairy arms….

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I’ve never been to New York!

A lot of people dislike street photography. A lot of photographers dislike street photography. That’s okay, I understand that. What I don’t understand is those ‘photographers’ who…

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An hour in Leeds

If you look too hard for photos they probably won’t be there. Just be ready for when they are 🙂 One of the questions that seem to…

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The Seaside

Scarborough and Bridlington – A photographer’s paradise I never really had holidays as a kid. No transport, no father, and no money. The closest we got was…

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Photographing the Homeless

A few thoughts on photographing the homeless This man was trying to get enough money for few nights in a hostel that would take him and his…

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Photographs from Leeds Pride 2019

I’m not the world’s greatest ‘event’ photographer. There’ll be far better pictures that capture the colour of the LGBT Pride parade and characters than I could take….

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Film vs Digital

Moving back to film? Ricoh GR1v Ilford HP5 Almost all the photographs on this site are shot on digital cameras. I haven’t shot on film for a…

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The angry mob

This is a local group…there’s nothing for you here! Over the years we’ve taken thousands of pictures, several hundred of these have been posted on social media….

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