Painting With Shadows

Mill Sessions Photography Video

The Geese at The Mill Sessions

The Geese are a local "indie-folk" band, who I’ve photographed on previous occasions. In fact one of my photos graces their first...Read More

Philosophy Reflections Trying to make sense of my existence in the universe Who am I?

Processes

A wave travelling through water is not an object - it is a process. The water it flows through is affected by the energy of the wave, causin...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Conversation snippets

Beginnings

“ My mother’s looking after the kids on Saturday evening ,” she said, casually dropping it into the conversation, as though her mother would...Read More

Cartoon strips Conversation snippets Video

Animation...

I came across a site the other day called "GoAnimate". It allows you to create your own animated sketches by using cartoon charact...Read More

Mill Sessions Music Photography Video

Finding Albert at The Mill Sessions

Finding Albert are a rather talented, up and coming band who played at The Mill Sessions last week. As in previous performances this year...Read More

Suprisingly gentle

On a cold, wet and windy autumn day, the clouds briefly part. Momentarily, a ball of fire a million times larger than the earth and 93 mil...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Family Man Fatherhood

Pumpkin Carving

For many years, creating a vegetable-based lantern at Halloween meant hours of hard graft with a knife and a turnip. Designs were pretty bas...Read More

All the leaves are brown… not!

I caught “ California Dreaming ” by The Mamas & The Papas on the radio the other day, the opening lines of which are: All the leaves ...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Who am I?

45 Today

Today I finally reach 45 years old – middle aged if I live to 90… It’s been suggested I’ve always been 45. Even when I was 6 I would sit i...Read More

Family Man Fatherhood

Rites of Manhood

Unlike our tribal ancestors, there are very few rites of passage to adulthood for boys in the modern age. Getting drunk with a few pals is h...Read More

Land of the Chip Shops and Plastic Pointy Teeth

For the past few years, during the October Break, we’ve rented a cottage for a week in Yorkshire. Not only is the countryside beautiful, but...Read More

Photography Wigtown Book Festival

Photography Fun

During my stint as Artist in Residence for the Wigtown Book Festival, I found myself reflecting on the fact it often feels I’m part photogr...Read More

Photography Reflections Wigtown Book Festival

It's over... or maybe it's just begun...

As I stapled the last of the photos to the walls of The Hut at 1 o’clock in the morning, a few hours after the Wigtown Book Festival had of...Read More

Photography Wigtown Book Festival

Halfway Through...

I've reached the halfway point in the Residency at the Wigtown Book Festival. Do pop across to the blog I put together especially for ...Read More

Photography Wigtown Book Festival

Wigtown Book Festival Blog

For the next 10 days - 23rd Sept to 2nd Oct - I will be in Wigtown as Artist in Residence at the Book Festival. I've created a separat...Read More

Book Photography

Facing The Weekend – The Book

Back at the end of May this year, I was involved in the Open Studio event, “Spring Fling”, where for 3 days I opened my doors to the public ...Read More

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