The storm passes the bay
This has been a personal favourite image for a while now, but I had never published it here.On a gloomy October morning in 2020 I went for a walk along the beach at Whitley Bay to photograph the d...
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Spring at Howick with the original Fujifilm Finepix X100
In mid-May, on a family visit the the beautiful Howick Hall Gardens in Northumberland, I decided to see how the original Fujifilm X100 holds up in 2023.Released in February 2011, the Fujifilm Fine...
Fret day at Cullercoats
In mid-June, as the temperatures rose, we got a few good fret days at the coast and on one of them I managed a wander with the camera.As you drive through Cullercoats coming from the north, the co...
Rainy Rendezvous Cafe
As the weather here turns to rain again, I thought I would share a couple of images from a rainy-day walk to the sea front at the end of June this year.The Rendezvous cafe in Whitley Bay is a prop...
No. 1 Queen Street
With some work visitors in town this week, I was reminded of the really interesting building at 1 Queen Street.Having been out for dinner in Newcastle last night, we headed down towards the river ...
First impressions: Lowepro PhotoSport Outdoor Backpack BP 24L AW III
Early thoughts on a lightweight photography hiking backpack
Goodwood FoS rally stage on film
Photograph a flying rally car with a 6x7 medium format film camera? Go on then.
Autumn photography in Northumberland
An early morning start to catch sunrise at the Simonside Hills
My top 4 photographs of 2021
Yes, this is over a year late...
The Watch House, Rocky Island, Seaton Sluice
An 1880 volunteer lifeboat watch house, now run as a museum.The weather here today has been constant mizzle, later turning into full-on rain, but the general trend has been towards the warmer clim...