The Art of the Night

Back in November I had the opportunity to support the fundraising efforts of the Framework Housing Association through donating a set of images which I made during their Big Sleep Out , held at the astroturf pitches of the Forest Recreation Ground , Nottingham. The charity works hard to help and support vulnerable adults at risk of homelessness through a variety of outreach services […]

Nottingham’s Riverside Festival this year came around at just the right time for it to be a chance to test some new camera equipment, funded courtesy of the Prince’s Trust  –  and see what it would do with of my annual fireworks challenge! Extremely pleased with the results – most of the images apart from the first (14-24 f/2.8) and last (80-200mm f/2.8) were made with […]

The most memorable aspect of this particular evening was the way that some angry clouds at sunset settled down to give way to some peaceful skies as the night drew in. I made these images of Beeston Marina , and the nearby surroundings in March earlier this year. With it being nearly four years since I’d last made photographs of the Marina I’d thought […]

A week ago I got to read about Andy Black’s spectacular work in installing over 7000 LED lights onto a 20ft oak tree in front of his house in Bar Lane , Nottingham , inspired by displays he’d seen on Youtube within the US. Couldn’t help but be interested enough to pop down and take a look myself , in one of my last […]

Recently I had the opportunity to visit Nottinghamshire Hospice , based in Alexandra Park near Mapperley in Nottingham and donate the above images in aid of their Light Up A Night fundraiser. The hospice has the tagline “adding life to days” and they work with people based in the county with helping those with less than 12 months to live with various activities and […]

It’s not long until Christmas , and as such I thought it fitting to tease another image from the 2017 Nottingham Calendar. This time round I’ve presented a view of one of the main arterial roads of Nottingham , Mansfield Road – with suitably festive decorations for the holiday season , seen two years go – and as ever with a good deal with […]

An interesting evening yesterday was spent in Beeston , Nottinghamshire – the original plan was to take a look at some new lights installed to St John’s the Baptist Church just off to the city centre .However I got rather more then I’d bargained for with some fireworks thrown in for good measure – as the town was having it’s annual Christmas lights switch-on! […]

Some takes of a Chinese bell tower I came across while foraging the Arboretum park in Nottingham for late autumnal scenes last week.  Got treated to a very moody sunset with some strong and vivid orange , and pink colours feeding through to the many fallen leaves lying around (foreshadowing). The sunset was just about on its way out when I first came round […]

My first set of copies for this coming year’s Nottingham Calendar have now arrived! For this year’s edition I thought it fitting to continue the twilight theme highlighting some of my urban landscape work within the city of Nottingham. In it there is a mix of familiar landmarks such as Cobden Chambers and Green’s Mill , but I’ve also updated this to include cityscapes […]

A cathartic look at this year’s edition of Goose Fair – this time around I only got to have a look at the Saturday evening action , with the fair proving to be as popular as ever – with plenty of busy crowds Having been very busy with other commitments I’d found myself unable to spend quite as much time as I’d have liked […]