Site Update

It's taken me a while but I've finally got round to posting a few shots from Flying Legends and RIAT which I've posted in the Airshow section.

That Red Barn again

As I was heading down to Cornwall for work, I took the opportunity to call by the Red Barn at Emsworthy on Dartmoor just in case it was worth a snap.
Throughout the journey down the M5, the skies had been very dramatic which was encouraging, but as soon as I got near Emsworthy, all the definition in the sky disappeared and the rain started. Luckily there was a brief gap in the weather and I managed one shot before getting soaked.
I'll be back.

Spring in Scotland

As I had a few days leave owing to me and my family were all rapped up with school revision etc, I decided to spend a few days in and around Rannock Moor near Glen Coe.
Rannock moor is a really remote and dramatic place and from the photos I've seen of it, It can be a spectacular venue for photography as long as the rain holds off. Bizarrely rain wasn't my problem, clear blue skies were my curse; I was hoping for stormy clouds!
Anyway, I had a great time on my lonesome and hope to be heading back there in the Autumn.

Train Spotting

The weekend of the 25th - 27th Jan 2013 saw the Great Central Railway hold their Winter Steam Gala. Having never been to such an event before (and also having bugger all else to do) Laurie Hughes and I went along.
I still can't come to terms with being a train spotter but steam trains in the snow was something special.
Thanks to everyone who made us feel welcome, though I have no idea what any of you were talking about most of the time.
Shots from the day are on the website.

30th January 2012

Went Owl watching today with my Old mate Glen Pardoe. I left Bristol this morning in a Blizzard and headed north. Fortunately the weather was better (but not as good as the forecast) where the owls were.
I forgot my lunch, broke the clamp on my lens and then sat in a traffic jam for two hours on the way home. I've had better days but the owls were good to see and I've hopefully got some half decent shots.
They'll be in the wildlife section (obviously) when I get round to posting them.

27th January 2012

Had a bit of a strange day today. I spent the day at work even though it was my day off. I went in to photograph a family of Field Mice who have made their home in a bank outside the window of a basement office, ironically in the BBC's Natural History Dept.

6th January 2012

Couldn't sleep last night, so when at 4am I looked out of the bedroom window and saw that the sky was crystal clear, I got up and headed out with my camera. I finished up in Lyme Regis to capture the sun rising over the Cobb. Had really enjoyable day despite getting up at an ungodly hour!