Taken in Florence, Italy, this was a trip to celebrate my wife's 50th birthday. An absolutely fantastic location. We spent four days there experiencing and expolring the old city. You can't help but take good photographs in Florence, there is so much beautiful architecture and works of art. All you have to do is point … Continue reading MMX: Florence I →

This was taken on a visit to the National Trust property at Canons Ashby in the autumn of 2010. The ivy on the front of the building had turned a gorgeous red and gave me the impression that the whole of the wall was on fire, with the flames licking around the window.I have done … Continue reading MMX: Burning Ivy →

This image was my submission for a club project entitled 'beer'. I tried various different cans of beer, glasses and tankards in many different setups and eventually settled on Guinness (my favourite tipple) and a pewter tankard. I particularly like the lighting on this image and the simple yet effective arrangement of the objects.Taken with … Continue reading MMX: Beer →

This image was taken in the lake district with an Olympus E-30. It was a gloriously sunny day but very windy. We had pulled into a lay-by by a stream to get some shots both up the valley from where we had just come from and down the valley in the direction  we were headed. … Continue reading MMX: The Boulder →