To say that I grabbed this photograph while in a moving car, simply spotting the opportunity and quickly shooting the image as we passed the specific run of trees... I was happy with the clarity of the result.

A fast shutter-speed and some adjustment of the exposure in post-production and it manages to convey a late-summer, dream-like quality.





AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.   Dawn Trees - £35.00. The print is 8 x 10, suitable for framing and will be sent via signed-for delivery. Each print is also signed on the rear of the photograph to preserve authenticity.

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This was an occasion when I knew exactly what I wanted and largely managed to achieve it.

Noting how the storefront stood out against the night, all that was left for me to do in post-production was darken the night even further so the lights stood out.

I love the sense of isolation, the fact that though this shop would normally be a hub of activity, that here, it's all alone in the night...

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After a major storm passed through Iowa, I presumed some of the evening's best shots might come from a foray up to the town's grave-yard, complete with lightning every few seconds.

Instead, the best photograph of the night probably came from this image across the railroad tracks with the lightning illuminating the corn silos and cloud formations in a way that almost looks nuclear.

This was a longer exposure of a few seconds, but I'm very happy with the result...

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.  Storm Front - £35.00. The print is 8 x 10, suitable for framing and will be sent via signed-for delivery. Each print is also signed on the rear of the photograph to preserve authenticity.

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York, England is a city full of interesting corners and angles and this longer-exposure near the river depicts an area often prone to flooding.

However this scene captured the coldness of one autumn evening and the slower shutter allowed me to capture deliberate movement in the figures walking along the quayside.

As York is also famous for its ghost-walks, this felt like capturing two-sides of the same city coin...

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I've photographed this bridge so many times in so many different ways that I've lost count, but it remains a strong, impressive, resolute symbol of the American Mid-West.

Crossing the IowaSouth Dakota border, this particular track and bridge is barely sued once a week, more of an ancillary line. But that gives more scope for capturing it through the seasons and at different angles.  Here, mid-winter, it really brings out the starkness of its steely structure...

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There is something surreal about this image, though the only thing changed has been the contrast - even then with only minor alterations.  However the result feels like it's almost a stage-set for a production.

However the building, snow, trees and backdrop are very real and is another example of managing to get the feeling of a cold exterior with the promise of much greater warmth inside...

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At the risk of merely producing a postcard image, I couldn't resist the photo-magnetism of a major London landmark during the holiday season.

At Christmas, Trafalgar Square in London really pushes the metaphorical boat out with colours, lights and decorations. With a longer-exposure shot like the one here, it is possible to get both the cold and warmth of the location in one frame...

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A more abstract photograph, this was a more opportunistic shot taken when workers were cleaning graffiti off the side of a local building. Using high-powered hoses they were removing even the most determined stains.

But the bright light also cast strong shadows and the image here was not of the workers, but the shadows cast against the sprayed backdrop.

Again, this is a shot that seems to work even better in black and white...

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Early morning on the East Coast and it's cold enough that there aren't a lot of beachcombers and tourists on the sands.

I took photographs that were closer in on the subjects here, but ultimately I liked the placement of these lone figures on an empty beach, the sun picking up their silhouettes and the shine off the newly wet sand...

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Whitby is the English coastal town where Bram Stoker brings Dracula ashore in the famous nosferatu novel.

Though there are plenty of more sinister streets and shadowy corners which I have photographed in the past and will do so again, I liked the fact that this viewpoint from near the town's famous abbey actually shows the lesser-known main town, away from the harbour.

There's a jumbled organisation to all the buildings, even the prominent church and it seemed right to fade the structures to black and white while leaving the sky intact...

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Taken within a deserted and long abandoned school in Iowa, this felt like a perfect subject for black and white photography. Sometimes colour photographs simply can't capture the sense of isolation and forgotten history or the discarded parts of history.

I half expected people to be walking along the corridors, ignoring the debris on their way to lessons. But school's out... forever.

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A long exposure shot taken across West Yorkshire on the Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night 2011.

City reflections and general 'light pollution' can be frustrating if you want to take night-photographs, but here, with only very minimal colour-tweaking, the various lights and fires across the Aire Valley give the clouds a fiery hue that works perfectly for the subject-matter...

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