Composed Images
Just as the idea of physical distance has a certain romance, distant shapes can acquire an enchanting mystery. That is, until you eventually go and explore them. Across any town or city there are features of the skyline: good, bad or indifferent. You will instantly know what some of them are and have little interest in […]
Professional Event Photographer – Mental Discipline and Boringness Required
Being a professional event photographer requires a specialised mental discipline and a certain boringness. Many photographers, and I’d wager a lot of people generally, consider themselves to be outsiders. We all understand life and other people in our own unique ways from the perspective of our own isolated consciousness, based on our own personal experiences. […]
Waking up to see Mount Snowdon through the window of your cabin feels pretty good for the soul. Our little wooden space near Beddgelert campsite was nestled into a hillside surrounded by trails and tracks. Its position next to a large field proved a heavenly back garden for Tal, our young labrador. The owner’s website […]
The general election of 2017 was announced suddenly by Prime Minister Theresa May on April 18th. Nobody knew in advance what her major announcement would be, but a ‘snap election’ was called for June 8th, little under two months away. Before the week was out Whitchurch Common in the constituency of Cardiff North saw the […]
The UEFA Champions League came to Cardiff over May and June 2017. It was an unforgettable period for the city from the moment a dragon appeared embedded on Cardiff Castle walls in mid-May, and I was lucky enough to have a front row seat for most of the events. This was a huge thrill for […]
Boxing doesn’t often crop up on my radar as a sports’ fan or as a photographer. But a local opportunity was recently presented in the form of a Cyclone Promotions ‘Enter The Dragon’ boxing event at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. I had never photographed boxing before but the idea appealed, if only to have some boxing […]
As a photographer who often works totally alone, it’s fascinating and inspiring to hear photography philosophy from others speaking in depth about their own work and journey. There are all sorts of mental challenges to be faced in working in such a solitary way. You’re left squarely inside your own head for much of the time, when planning, […]
Clifton Suspension Bridge is a widely celebrated piece of architecture. Despite passing beneath it along the A4 Portway road on countless occasions, I had never been up to the Clifton Down parklands surrounding it, nor walked, cycled or driven across it. Until recently. One glorious sun-kissed Sunday in early May 2017 I photographed Bristol City’s […]
The final chapter of my White Hart Lane memories came on April 15th 2017 when I photographed the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and AFC Bournemouth for Prime Media Images. I parked at a school next to the ground, attempted to stretch off the long drive, unpacked my kit and went for a wander. It was just […]
Short-lived blossom was thinning out and daffodils were wilting.. The sky sagged a harmless grey, like it couldn’t quite muster the will to drizzle over the constituency of Cardiff North and its excitably burbling groups of Labour party supporters. On the first floor of a large house beyond the park a young man sat at […]