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I live in the North East of England and started photography in my 20’s using black and white 35mm roll film. My first darkroom was a make shift temporary conversion of the bathroom, but when I started using a medium format view camera with 5x4 sheet film it was necessary to build a permanent darkroom. I took photography seriously for several years, but I was not very active during the early days of digital cameras and the arrival of Adobe Photoshop because I was preoccupied with my business and a young family. 

In 2006 I bought a second-hand Nikon D2X camera and the passion resumed although it took me a while to start printing again due to ink jet printers producing prints that were nowhere near the quality of a silver halide print on rag paper. I still prefer black and white or mono toned images, and use gradient maps or fill layers in Photoshop to tone and colour grade. 

I still use mostly Nikon equipment but I also use an astro modified Sony A7iii for nightscape and astro photography. My post processing is done on a Mac using Lightroom and Photoshop together with some plugins for better control of noise and sharpening. I use PTGui for panorama stitching, and for nightscapes I currently use Starry Landscape Stacker and Siril. I use a Canon printer for prints up to A2 size.

Photography gets me outdoors in all weather where I enjoy watching wildlife and being in the natural environment. I also enjoy the more technical challenge of low light night photography and astrophotography. 

Please respect my work and do not use or reproduce my images without permission. All rights reserved. 

My images can be used under licence through the stock library at 500px.com or you can contact me directly to buy larger image files or to purchase prints.