"Pictures can tell a story, create understanding, lift a heart and engage our emotions"

Back in the Seventies I did commercial photography in my home city of Manchester.  Marketing Communications and Corporate Relations then seduced me away for 35 years  (It was better money!).
So when retirement came along I figured that I would need a hobby and I decided to try to become a photographer again .... but this time only for the pure enjoyment.  And now in Gloucestershire.
Most of my photography involves people.  Many of the images will attempt to elicit an emotion.  Sometimes it works, sometimes not.  If you stroll through the genrés you’ll get a feel for what I like to shoot. And you'll find the majority of my individual ideas in the Project Galleries. Hope that you enjoy.

THE STUFF I ENJOY DOING

For the last few months I've begun selecting the images that I like best in the sessions I shoot and combining them into a ****tych (Triptych Quadtych etc .... a combo of several images on one page). In a way, I feel that they can 'tell-a-story' more fully.

 

Paris Blue Hour
Jessica
Bexit Negotiator
Food
Nitr0gene
Boudoir Plus
On the Beach
Aprikoositorttu
Em Theresa
BoOu
Stage in a Studio
Paris Street
Emma Jayne
BOou and Alexandra Frances McCue, Merlimont Plage
BoOu
Didcot Night Shoot

THE COVID PROJECT

EARTH : WATER : FIRE :: LIGHT

During the Covid pandemic I wanted a project that I could add images to as well as some new ideas on an ongoing basis. And, given that I needed to shield for 6 months, not to have to leave the house.

It started with vegetables grown in our organic garden - which need earth and water to grow. It developed with the addition of fire which is needed to cook.  Then the challenge of using just one light to create an image that might be worth looking at twice. Kept me busy. It’s still a bit of an ongoing project.

Previous Projects

Another Tango in Paris

Location, Street

On the left bank of the Seine at Quai Saint-Bernard there is a small park named after the Corsican singer and movie star Tino Rossi. It's between the Sully and Austerlitz bridges and it's become enormously popular as an impromptu dance venue from mid-afternoon into the...

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Another Costa Del Sol

'Scapes, Street

Estepona is a little quieter than some other resort towns such as Malaga, Marbella and Torremolinos. Whilst there has been a good deal of tourist development in terms of sea-front amenities and hotels, the town - and most of the Western end of the...

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Eezy Blues Band

Documentary, Location

Eezy Blues is a group based in Jumilhac le Grand in the North of the Dordogne, playing Blues, Rock & Soul classics from the 50s to the 80s. A great sound and ambience which really gets the predominantly French family audience on their feet.  Just...

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Amie Boulton

Fashion, Latest

Amie is a professional, Devon based, internationally travelled model who specialises in fashion and beauty with niches in both sixties and androgynous styling. She covers many modelling genres and has a versatile look with the ability to pose without direction; amongst photographers she's known...

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