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7 March 2022 Monday afternoon, standing at improvised kitchen surface desk: kitchen surface, upturned plastic washing-up bowl, cardboard box. Because my back is still sore. Putting on socks isn’t quite as traumatic as it was this time last week, but it’s still a long way from right, despite two recent trips to the chiropractor. The […]
The opening months of 2022 have seen me rekindling my passion for street photography. It’s been helped by visiting new towns, which always helps to renew the spark. Whatever those places are like, there is greater sensitivity and heightened observation when you are somewhere unfamiliar, and if you only have a limited amount of time […]
Last month I photographed the Wales national football team’s final group qualification matches for the 2022 World Cup, against Belarus and Belgium. The win and draw determined that Wales would have a home tie in the semi-final of their World Cup play-off against Austria in March 2022. And if they win that match, another home […]
Staying positive was very hard to do last week. And it continues to be a battle. A Covid-19 test result (or three) meant I had to cancel a big conference job at late-notice. The event had been a long-time coming from initial pitch, to acceptance, to event kick-off. Sometimes everything can all happen quite quickly […]
The year of 2021 has been deeply unusual for live events and event photography. When it began in January, the still-raging pandemic meant that most events of any scale were pretty much off the cards. Indoor events were certainly a no-no. Now they are back. By the time summer arrived, things had changed, or were […]
Come on. Just give me a new blog to eat. Do it for me, your old website friend eh? How about it? Some nice fresh content to chew on. It’s been a while and I’m hungry. It doesn’t have to be any good. You don’t have to shyly promote it on social media, half embarrassed […]
A new laptop battery led me to a shop in the Cardiff streets of my student days this week. While my machine was being tinkered with, I took a short wander. A stone’s throw away was the two bedroom flat above a shop I rented with a friend in my third year of university, twenty […]
My relationship with social media is wickedly complicated and constantly evolving and horribly tangled up with creative urges. I don’t really understand the relationship. A big part of me wants there not to be one. Sometimes I want to ignore it and not care at all. Maybe even delete everything and just get on with […]
The now UK-wide coronavirus 2021 lockdown feels a world away from last March. The governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England have all done it slightly differently, but after a journey of various changing restrictions over the last few months, we are now in the same place. Here in Wales we have been under […]
Cardiff is nearing the end of its two-week firebreak lockdown imposed by the Welsh Government to slow the spread of coronavirus. It is due to be lifted on November 9th. On Monday morning I photographed some city centre shopping streets. Media outlets and picture editors tend to favour a slightly amplified image of complete desertion […]