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25% Discount on canvas prints
April 15, 2020 - 25% discount – canvas print sale Brighten your indoor spaces with a large, beautifully printed canvas print.
A selectio...
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Coronavirus - photography paused
April 07, 2020 - Coronavirus - photography paused but 25% off canvas prints
Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, photography...
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Cave diver Rick Stanton receives George Medal for rescuing boys a from a flooded cave in Thailand
May 02, 2019 - Today, cave-diver Rick Stanton was awarded a George Medal at Buckingham Palace for playing a key role in the rescue of 1...
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Talk
November 15, 2017 - On the 28th of November, I am talking at a Yes Stories event. I will be one of several speakers at the November Yes Stor...
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An update
November 15, 2017 - An update For the past few months, I have not posted here but I have been very busy photographing the Thames from the so...
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Source To Sea - February 18th - Cheese Wharf to Tadpole Bridge
February 22, 2017 - Cheese Wharf to Tadpole Bridge.
The sky turned thunderous and threatening as we got into our kayaks at Cheese Wharf, a...
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Source To Sea - February 16th - Thames Head to Lyd Well
February 17, 2017 - The Thames is now starting at Thames Head.
In the evening I revisited the Source of the Thames hoping to find water pum...
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Source To Sea - February 16th - David Wood, Fly Fisherman
February 17, 2017 - David Wood, Fly Fisherman.
At 2pm I met up with David Wood at Cricklade. David is a local fly fisherman who has been fi...
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Source to Sea - 16th February - The Thames through Neigh Bridge Country Park
February 17, 2017 - The Thames through Neigh Bridge Country Park.
It had been an early start and I parked in the car park at the Neigh Brid...
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Swindon Advertiser "Photographer tells the Thames' intriguing story"
February 15, 2017 - The Swindon Advertiser published an article about my Thames project on the 7th of February.
"Photographer tells the Tha...
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Source To Sea - February 4th - The Thames from Castle Eaton to a few miles downriver of Kempsford
February 15, 2017 - The Thames from Castle Eaton to a few miles downriver of Kempsford. It was chilli as we got onto the water at Castle Eat...
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Source To Sea - January 28th - The Thames between Ashton Keynes and Lower Mill Estate
January 30, 2017 - From Ashton Keynes, I set out upriver towards Lower Mill Estate. The Thames path follows this stretch of the river which...
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Source To Sea - January 28th, Ashton Keynes
January 30, 2017 - Ashton Ke ynes - the first village through which the Thames flows.
Ashton Ke ynes is a bout si x and a half miles from...
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Source To Sea - January 21st - Cricklade
January 24, 2017 - RIVER THAMES.
Saturday afternoon - Cricklade.
Saturday morning began very early as I photographed one mile downriver o...
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Source To Sea - January 21st - Underwater
January 23, 2017 - RIVER THAMES
Underwater near Kemble
After photographing the sun rising over the water, where it first emerges from und...
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Source To Sea - January 21st - One mile from the Source
January 23, 2017 - RIVER THAMES
Misty Dawn One Mile from the Source.
For the past week and a half, I had been waiting patiently for the l...
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Source To Sea - January 8th - Lyd Well
January 13, 2017 - The 8th of January saw another visit to Kemble, near the source, starting at Lyd Well and heading downstream under the t...
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Source To Sea - January 7th - Lechlade
January 12, 2017 - Exploring up-river from Lechlade.
Today Neil joined me for a recce paddle upriver from Lechlade.
We got into our kayak...
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Source To Sea - January 6th - Cricklade and Lyd Well
January 12, 2017 - Friday 6th January - First day of Source to Sea.
Today is a recci, the light is poor, flat grey sky, drizzling rain and...
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Source to Sea - The Beginning - January
January 11, 2017 - January 2017 - This month's photography will be from the Source of the River Thames to Lechlade
So where do I start?...
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Source To Sea - a photographic exploration of the Thames
December 21, 2016 - Source to Sea
For 2017 I have decided to photograph the River Thames from Source to Sea from a kayak.
My aim is to get...
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Day 7 - River Dart
December 21, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Seven.
This photo I took recently while paddling the "Loop section" of the...
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Day 6 - Bee
December 21, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Six.
Bee sitting on a dahlia in an English urban garden.
An interesting ar...
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Day 5 - Ystradfellte Waterfalls
December 19, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Five.
Sgwˆd Isaf Clun-Gwyn. Ystradfellte, Brecon Beacons, South Wales.
Sgw...
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Day 4 - Usk Reservoir
December 18, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Three.
The River Usk reservoir in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales.
It was...
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Day 3 - Straw Formation
December 17, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Three.
Straw formation in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave, in the Brecon Beacons, Sou...
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Day 2 - Maen Llia Standing Stone
December 16, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day Two. Maen Llia Standing Stone.
It was around midnight, during the summer, t...
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Day 1 - The Berbice River, Guyana, South America
December 15, 2016 - Seven Day Nature Photography Challenge
Day One.
Ituni, Berbice River, Guyana.
I took this picture while working as th...
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Canoeists Xmas Course
December 12, 2016 - This is how the Richmond and Twickenham Times used my picture. It appeared in the 2nd of December's edition, page 3.
Se...
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Canoe Club kicks off the Christmas dinner season with a splash
November 29, 2016 - Canoeists float their boats for Christmas dinner
25 canoeists kicked off the Christmas season with a splash by kayaking...
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Whitewater - the River Dart - Day 2 - Saturday
November 23, 2016 - Whitewater - the River Dart - Saturday 19th November This was the second of two days of photographing the Loop section o...
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Whitewater - the River Dart - Day 1 - Friday
November 23, 2016 - Whitewater - the River Dart - Friday 18th November This was the first of two days photographing the Loop section of the...
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Ystradfellte Watefalls
November 17, 2016 - The Waterfalls walk in Ystradfellte, South Wales, is spectacular this time of year. There has not been much rainfall lat...
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Putney to Tower Bridge by kayak - as day turns to night
November 16, 2016 - Putney through central London to Tower Bridge by kayak as day turns to night
10 November 2016,
Our journey began a...
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Caving in OFD (Ogof Ffynnon Ddu) cave in South Wales
November 08, 2016 - Caving in OFD (Ogof Ffynnon Ddu) cave in South Wales
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Caves of South Wales Calendar 2017
October 20, 2016 - Today my Caves of South Wales Calendar 2017 is going to the printer. The A4 calendar opens to A3 and is filled with unus...
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Commission from the BCU Lifeguards
September 21, 2016 - SATURDAY 17 September
SUNDAY 18th September
Commission fro m the BCU Lifeguards
The British Canoe U nion Life guards...
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Stop Frame Video - Tower Bridge lifts for the cruise ship "Silver Wind"
July 20, 2016 - The cruise ship "Silver Wind"
According to the Tower Bridge lift timetable, Tower Bridge was scheduled to lift for the...
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Hollow Mountain - disused mines - project up-date
June 29, 2016 - Today I up-dated the Hollow Mountain project page
'Hollow Mountain' a photographic documentary.
Deep beneath the sur...
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The Nave
June 29, 2016 - "The Nave" is an amazing formation in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave, South Wales, UK. To reach it, cavers have to use SRT (singl...
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The Wiener Riesenrad - Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel
June 28, 2016 - The Wiener Riesenrad - Giant Ferris Wheel, Vienna, Austria
Inside the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, is...
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Maen Llia - Video
June 08, 2016 - Maen Llia Standing Stone - Video.
It was about mid-night when I began photographing Maen Llia, a standing stone in the...
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Bryn Gwern Gardens
June 02, 2016 - Bryn Gwern Gardens, Dolgellau, Wales.
This enchanting garden is only open to the public two or three days a year. The...
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Porth Yr Ogof cave
May 29, 2016 - This is the entrance to Porth Yr Ogof cave in Brecon, South Wales. It was dusk and had been raining heavily, the river l...
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30 new postcards for the New Inn's shop, Ystradfellte, Wales
May 27, 2016 - Here are the postcards that I have had printed for Kathy, at the New Inn in Ystradfellte.
I'm really excited about thes...
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Caver exploring Cwmorthin Slate mine
May 26, 2016 - Caver Peter Hamilton dangling over a deep shaft in Cwmorthin Slate mine, near Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pete was sliding along...
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Maen Llia Ancient Standing Stone
May 05, 2016 - Maen Llia Ancient Standing Stone. Cathy from the New Inn pub in Ystradfellte, is opening a gift shop and had asked me to...
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Star trails over the River Ceou, France
April 14, 2016 - Star Trails - River Céou, south-western France.
A few nights ago, at mid-night I was standing on a bridge over the Rive...
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Star Lit Bramshill Lakes
March 16, 2016 - I returned to Bramhill Lake to further explore it photographically. This time the moon was in the west and throwing a wo...
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Bramshill Lake
March 15, 2016 - Star lit Bramshill Lake
The Bramshill Lakes, near Wokingham, Reading, were created as a result of gravel extraction and...
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Paddling the rising Thames
March 14, 2016 - Three paddlers left Barn Elms, near Putney, paddling to the White Swan pub, opposite Eel Pie Island, nine miles up river...
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SRT (Single Rope Technique) practice.
March 02, 2016 - SRT (Single Rope Technique) practice.
Last Friday I photographed caver Neil Montgomery practicing SRT techniques on D...
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Exploring the Cave of the Black Spring
March 02, 2016 - Caving in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave - cave of the Black Spring. OFD is inside a mountain at Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Va...
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"The Nave" formations in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave.
February 29, 2016 - This spectacular formation is known as "the Nave" in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, a cave inside the mountains surrounding Penwyllt...
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Klondyke Mill
November 05, 2015 - Klondyke Mill is near Trefriw in north Wales. It was constructed in 1900 and was an ore processing mill, built to receiv...
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Calendar 2016
November 04, 2015 - This year's Welsh Mine's Calendar for 2016 has just arrived on my door-mat, from the printer.
It is an A4 booklet style...
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The Classic Car Graveyard - Gaewern Slate Mine
October 27, 2015 - Gaewern Slate Mine near Corris, mid-west Wales was first mined in the 1800's and closed in 1970. It is a maze of huge bl...
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Cae Defaid Slate Mine
October 27, 2015 - Exploring Cae Defaid Slate Mine
Cae Defaid Slate Mine is South West of Bala, near Rhydymain and operated in the late 19...
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Victorian Bore Hole
October 26, 2015 - Victorian Bore Hole in Abercwmeiddaw slate mine, Wales
At Abercwmeiddaw slate mine, just a short distance from the vi...
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Exploring Cwmorthin Slate Mine
October 18, 2015 - The disused, Victorian, Cwmorthin Slate Mine is in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, UK. It comprises of many miles of tu...
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The Falls at Furnace, mid-west Wales, UK
October 18, 2015 - This beautiful waterfall tumbles down the river Ystrad Einion, at Furnace in Wales. A furnace had been built here immedi...
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Car Graveyard buried in Gaewern Slate Mine, Wales
October 12, 2015 - Car Graveyard buried in Gaewern Slate Mine, Wales Last week I was in Wales photographing disused slate mines.
This huge...
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A Winter Coat for Droitwich Lido
September 08, 2015 - Droitwich Lido gets its winter coat After the last swim of the season the staff at Droitwich Lido pulled the covers over...
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Droitwich Lido summer season is ending - will the Lido re-open next year?
September 06, 2015 - The summer season is coming to an end and the staff at the beautiful Droitwich Lido are about to pull the cover over the...
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Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
September 01, 2015 - Ystrad Einion copper mine Ystrad Einion copper mine is at Cwm Einion (artists valley) near the village of Furnace, not f...
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The Waterfalls- Ystradfellte
December 13, 2014 - The Waterfalls - Ystradfellte. In Black and White. The classic waterfall walk at Ystradfellte twists a narrow, rough rou...
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Tower Bridge
December 11, 2014 - Tower Bridge
Although I have lived in London for many years I still love to see Tower Bridge opening.
Tower bridge was...
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Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum, London
December 09, 2014 - Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum, London
As I live near the Natural History Museum in London, I decided to t...
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Autumnal
December 06, 2014 - Autumnal In the Isabella Plantation a pile of exotic leaves had been left to rot down over the winter....
The Isabella...
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Ogof Capel
December 04, 2014 - Ogof Capel is a cave in the Clydach Gorge, South Wales, the cave passes under the Heads of the Valleys Road. It’s a rich...
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Wokingham woodlands
December 02, 2014 - Testing the FujiFilm X-E1 camera Wokingham woodlands near Reading was the location I used to test a new camera – the Fuj...
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Sgwd Isaf Clwn-gwyn falls
November 09, 2014 - Sgwd Isaf Clwn-Gwyn falls It was late afternoon when I arrived the Sgwd Isaf Clwn-Gwyn falls on the River Mellte in the...
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The River Mellte
November 04, 2014 - The River Mellte
Mellte is the Welsh word for ‘Lightning’, and the river is believed to have got it’s name because of t...
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Perilous Truck
November 03, 2014 - Perilous Truck My New Welsh Calendar for 2015 is available to buy now at www.h2ophotography.photoshelter.com £11 +p+p A...
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Rhosydd Slate Mine in North Wales
November 02, 2014 - Rhosydd Slate Mine Here’s a page from my new Calendar for 2015 showing Rhosydd Slate Mine in North Wales. I took this ph...
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Welsh Mines Calendar 2015
October 31, 2014 - Welsh Mines Calendar
2015 This calendar is the result of my photographic exploration of disused mines in Wales over the...
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PARTY TIME – in a MINE….!
October 29, 2014 - PARTY TIME – in a MINE….!
On October the 18th I attended the Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club’s 50th Anniversary – and...
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Bramshill Lake
October 25, 2014 - Bramshill Lake Yesterday evening I visited Bramshill Lake near Reading. I went there to do a recci to see if the lake wa...
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Underwater Land Rover 15% off Prints and Canvas
October 24, 2014 - Underwater Land Rover 15% off Prints and Canvas For one week only – get a fifteen percent discount on beautiful archival...
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Old Doors of Tarassac
October 22, 2014 - . Old Doors of Tarassac Back to the recent French trip – It had been a long day’s walk over mountains taking us through...
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A warm, calm break in a grey, blustery evening.
October 21, 2014 - A warm, calm break in a grey, blustery evening. Yesterday morning the weather forecast was for a clear sky from 5pm onwa...
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Les Vignes
October 16, 2014 - Les Vignes
The river Tarn valley, in the south of France, was carved during the last ice age. It created a steep gorge...
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Capsize!
October 16, 2014 - Capsize! John was still playing at the bottom of the step weir in his inflatable kayak. As he reversed his boat into the...
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Terrados Weir, France
October 16, 2014 - Terrados Weir, France
The ‘Camping Le Terrados’ campsite at Les Vignes, on the River Tarn, over looked this weir, which...
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White water kayaking on the river Tarn
October 15, 2014 - White water kayaking on the river Tarn
This was a beautiful river to paddle with stretches of gentle whitewater, ideal...
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A New Look – the H2o PHotography website has been redesigned
September 29, 2014 - A New Look Following a period of ‘under construction’ my website has been redesigned and has a fresh, new look with more...
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The River Tarn
September 26, 2014 - This is the River Tarn in the south of France. We paddled this beautiful river in kayaks, surrounded by stunning mountai...
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Geoff Turns his kayak into a SUP
September 26, 2014 - Geoff turns his inflatable kayak into a SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board) – or does he?
Geoffrey Onyett paddling his inflatab...
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Erecting the Giant Tent…
September 26, 2014 - Arriving at the river Orb campsite, d’Tarassac, in the south of France, Geoff and John erected their giant tent. Photogr...
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Paddling the River Tarn – split level photography
August 27, 2014 - I have just returned from a photography trip to the south of France to shoot magazine features; mainly kayaking and walk...
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Godstone Mine – Landscapes
July 31, 2014 - On Wednesday evening I returned to the Godstone Mine dig for some underground photography. About six cavers turned up to...
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Tranquil Space
July 23, 2014 - Tranquil Space While not out photographing kayaking or caves, it’s really relaxing to spend time photographing my boyfri...
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Getting close-up and personal with Summer Flowers
July 22, 2014 - The early morning rain had left a sprinkling of water droplets on petals and a hazy sun created warm soft light – ideal...
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The Godstone Mine Diggers
June 19, 2014 - I returned to Godstone Mine to photograph the progress of the Godstone Mine Diggers. The tunnel has progressed another s...
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Marden Mine, Surrey, UK
June 05, 2014 - Marden Mine in Surrey, UK, has a similar history to the nearby Godstone Mine, (see earlier post) a firestone mine establ...
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Digging in Godstone Mine, Surrey, UK
June 03, 2014 - Members of the Wealden Mine and Cave Society (of which I am a member) are digging a tunnel to create access to a part of...
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Dinas Rock mine photographs published in Speleology magazine
February 13, 2014 -
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The Columns – Black and white
January 13, 2014 - The columns in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu II (OFD) cave, South Wales, are technically ‘industrial waste’ as a lime kiln once opera...
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Moore Books prize for Best Mining photo and Best Newcomer at the Hidden Earth Caving Conference
October 08, 2013 - Hidden Earth is the UK’s annual national caving conference and this year was held in Monmouth.
I submitted the images b...
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Silica Mine photos in national papers
September 25, 2013 - Images from recent photographic explorations of the Dinas Rock Silica Mine in South Wales were published in the Times ne...
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Cae Coch Sulphur Mine, North Wales
September 11, 2013 - The Cae Coch Sulphur Mine lies on Forestry Commission land in the Gwydyr Forest, north Wales and is one of the weirdest...
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Maldives – Dhiggaru, Mulaku Atoll
March 08, 2013 - Dhiggaru is a tiny inhabited island in the Mulaku Atoll, Maldives. I visited Dhiggaru during a week’s trip to the Maldiv...
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Dinas Rock Silica Mine
February 27, 2013 - Photography of the Dinas Rock Silica Mine in South Wales.
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Snow covered Malvern Hills
January 29, 2013 - It was an early start for a walk up the Malverns. Low white cloud, mist and snow removed most colour and contrast from t...
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The Worcester Floodplains by kayak
January 14, 2013 - On January 3rd 2013, I crawled out of bed long before dawn to photograph the River Severn floodplains around Worcester....
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Cave Painting the Columns
January 13, 2013 - A few days before Christmas, I organised a caving trip to visit the Columns in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu II (OFD) cave. A lime ki...
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Photography Workshops
December 31, 2012 - One-day Photography Workshops Location: Central London. These one-day workshops are one-to-one (or 2 or 3) for anyone wa...
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Usk Resevoir, South Wales, UK
December 06, 2012 - As my knee is still recovering from a repetitive strain injury, caused by excessive amounts of driving, we decided a fla...
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Caving article in Photography Monthly magazine
November 14, 2012 - This month sees an article on caving photography published in Photography Monthly magazine
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Underwater baby pictures in Daily Mail
November 12, 2012 - Underwater baby portraits published in the Daily Mail and on-line – see them here:
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Photography Monthly Magazine
September 01, 2012 - An article is published in this months Photography Monthly magazine about my underwater studio portrait work. To see mor...
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Classics Monthly Magazine
June 12, 2012 - June issue of Classics Monthly magazine…..
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The Bug Hunters
May 31, 2012 - Ever wondered what lives in caves?
Last Sunday a small group of cavers went into Porth-Y-Ogof cave, South Wales, with c...
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Shakespere’s Cave
April 13, 2012 - Last Saturday the plan was to photograph Ogof Capel. A pretty cave, threatened by planned building work, which will wide...
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The Legacy Course
November 08, 2011 - The Westminster Boating Base took a group of young people, adults and coaches to the Lee Valley White Water Center and p...
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Weekend photography workshop in the Brecon Beacons
March 03, 2011 - Eight people joined me in Ystradfellte, Brecon Beacons, for a weekend landscape photography workshop.
Seven of us; Hele...
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Frosty Fingers
January 09, 2011 - Frost had laid her icy fingers through Butter Wood in Hampshire. But by mid morning most of the ice had melted away – ex...
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Dawn on Boxing Day on the Malvern Hills. Worcestershire. UK.
January 02, 2011 - With all the hustle and bustle of cooking Christmas dinner over, I decided that early boxing day morning was going to be...
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The Rivers Mellte and Hepste, Neath Valley, South Wales
August 17, 2007 - The Rivers Mellte and Hepste, Neath Valley, South Wales
This is the second outdoor test using my camera in an underwate...
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River Wey
August 11, 2007 - The River Wey This willow tree was photographed from below the surface of the River Wey, the camera looking up through ‘...
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Shepperton Weir
July 24, 2007 - Shepperton Weir
Due to heavy rain around the country Shepperton Weir has all ten sluice gates open creating a wonderful...
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