This picture was taken on my (at the time) new Olympus E-30 in Bourton-on-the-water, a place in the Cotswolds that's always been popular with bikers and pensioner coach parties alike. An incongruous mix, but they seem to get by and generally leave each other alone apart from some good natured name-calling in the tea-shops! I … Continue reading MMX: Bike and Reflection →

Taken on a lazy Sunday afternoon in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. I really like the instancy of this picture. The way people have been frozen in a moment of time. The lady looking at the photograph she has just taken, the boy on the right explaining something to his girl-friend and the couple on the … Continue reading MMX: Sunday Afternoon →

Taken at the Chesterton Windmill, I got the inspiration of this from the cover of the Judas Priest album 'Sin after Sin'. It was easy to do using two layers, the top layer converted to greyscale and the archway painted out to reveal the colour image underneath. The picture was taken using an Olympus E-620.

This is the pedestrian walkway in Leamington, from the car-park to The Parade. I was going to the bank and turned around as I reached the end of the corridor. I liked the soft light that came in through the windows and I happened to have my trusty old Nikon 4100 compact with me and … Continue reading MMX: Alone →

This was taken in the Lake District after one of the driest springs on record. The rocks you see in the image should be at least 45 centimetres under the surface of the river at the time this was taken in the middle of May. The sky was quite overcast and so I placed a … Continue reading MMX: Flow →

The picture was taken at Chesterton Windmill on a bright but blustery day in May. The viewpoint is from one of the paths that are cut through the field to enable people to reach the windmill without walking through the crops. The cloud formations that day were excellent, huge and billowing, moving quickly across the … Continue reading MMX Windmill and poppies →

Taken with an Olympus E-620 at Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria. This location is always a favourite with tourists and photographers, so it pays to get there nice and early in the morning or late in the evening. We got there early in the morning and managed to grab a few shots before the hordes … Continue reading MMX: Stone Circle →

This image was taken in Cumbria at Blea Tarn in May on a landscape photography holiday. The clouds were beginning to gather and there was rain in the air. There was a break in the clouds and I just got the patch of light on the far side of the tarn as it skipped across … Continue reading MMX: Tarn and Clouds →

This image was also taken at the edge of Bassenthwaite Lake with an Olympus E-620. These small yellow flowers were forcing themselves through the stones and gravel of the lake edge and the cream coloured rocks and sparse grass gave a nice backdrop for them. I slightly softened the image and put a vignette around … Continue reading MMX: Rocks and Flowers →

This was an early attempt at a combined colour and monochrome image. The can was found on the side of Bassenthwaite lake in Cumbria. The idea of the bright green of the beer can against the texture of the pebbles appealed to me. Taken with an Olympus E-620.