A collection of short articles on photography

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…

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…

Leeds street photos – a few out-takes
One of the problems with street photography is there’s inevitably a lot of failures. Lots of camera shake, out of focus pictures and plenty of pictures that…

Far right demo in Leeds 7th September
A few photos from the pro and anti Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (or Tommy Robinson as he likes to be called so that he appears to be a man…

Photographers, Perverts and Paranoia
Photographers are the bad guys now. A few days back a friend of Bridget’s was taking pictures in Bradford city centre, the City Park. Bridget’s friend is a keen…

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….

Cold Turkey – coming off anti-depressants
A photographic essay depicting the side-effects of ant-depressant withdrawal. 15 years or so ago I was prescribed a high dose anti-depressant (Dosulepin) as a muscle relaxant for…

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…

Redcar – Fashionably unfashionable
There was a recent article in the Guardian Newspaper about the effects on industrial towns when the main industries close. This tied in closely with the After…

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….

Photo Competitions – why they’re not for me!
I get asked quite often why I don’t enter competitions, the British Journal of Photography ‘Portrait of Britain’ competition being one of them. Part of the problem…

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…Rhyl
A couple of hours in Rhyl, North Wales. The last time I was in Rhyl was when I was ten or eleven years old. Apart from having…

Cutting the Crap
Street Photography – Cutting the Crap Think of a street photographer, one of your favourites. It could be anyone from CartierBresson to someone whose pictures you like…

The camera never lies…
….but the truth is open to interpretation! I’m always fascinated by the reactions some of the photos get and how preconceptions can influence the interpretation of the…

The backlash against street photographers
Watch out there’s a photographer about! I don’t know if it’s just here in the UK but there seems to be a growing suspicion and even open…

Post processing…not for the purists
There are many photographers who believe that if the image has been post processed then somehow, it’s not real photography. I’m not in this camp. Post processing…
An article on street photography
From time to time I get asked to write a few pieces on photography, in particular, street photography. Whilst there are plenty of books available on the…