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Photographing the Homeless
A few thoughts on photographing the homeless I’ve often seen the argument that street photographers shouldn’t photograph the homeless. The reasoning seems to roughly come down to three things: The ‘easy option’ The ‘they’re too…
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YPU Keighley Day 2019
A quick reminder that I’m one of the guest speakers at this years YPU Keighley Day in Pontefract on the 16th November. Below is the schedule for anyone interested in attending.
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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 just aren’t all that interesting. These are few…
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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 of the people) demos in Leeds yesterday. Fortunately,…
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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 amateur photographer who uses a Canon 5D DSLR.…
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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. My approach to Leeds Pride 2019 was that…
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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 a chronic spinal condition. A couple of years…
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Yorkshire Photographic Union Keighley Day 2019
YPU Keighley Day 2019 I’ll be one of the guest lecturers at the Yorkshire Photographic Union (YPU) Keighley Day 2019. The event will be held at Pontefract, West Yorkshire on the 16th November 2019 More…
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Film vs Digital
Moving back to film? Almost all the photographs on this site are shot on digital cameras. I haven’t shot on film for a long time but I have hundreds of negatives I’ve taken over the…








