These photos taken with my Leica Q3 are from a walk through Thorden Woods, near Canterbury. This blog could be viewed along with my Blean Woods blog. I was drawn into the dense mist of a damp air rich with the smell of trees and earth, wet moss, in a veil of opaque white. There …
These photos are from a Jewish Renaissance visit to Iceland in January 2026. There is a small Jewish community in Reykjavik descended in part from wartime émigrés, some of whom who were influential in the development of Iceland’s classical music. Despite the then prime minister Hermann wanting to keep the Iceland ‘a pure Nordic country, …
This was a personal journey to discover more about my father’s family and particularly my grandfather, who left Windau (now Ventspils) in Courland in 1896. Courland (or Kurzeme) was then in the Russian Empire and is now one of the five provinces of Latvia. I found far more family history and connections than I had …
Landscape photography is probably one of the most popular, if not the most popular, photographic genre. Photos of hills, valleys, sunrises, beaches and woodlands evoke ‘nature’ and a world that is beautiful and continuously renewable. But what do we see when we photograph landscapes? Landscapes are not just scenery but are dynamic, socially constructed, and …
These photos were taken in Krakow, Poland in October 2025. Most are from the Kazimierz district. This is the historic Jewish quarter that was established in the 14th century. It was a thriving centre of Jewish life until the German occupation (1939-45) when Jews were forced into the Krakow Ghetto which was liquidated in March …
This is a collection of seascapes from many places – around where I live, Canterbury UK and from around the world. I like the changes in the sea and beaches in different seasons, the changing quality of light and changes during the day. The reflections of cloud and light are fragile and the beach is …
Many of my photos are in black and white. This is a different medium from colour. It is true that black and white looses some of the experience of ‘being there’ but it is about making a different kind of image. Without colour we get the subtlties of light and tone, exposure, range and contrast. …
Oberdrum, Osttirol, Austria is a small village or Dorf of around 500 inhabitants a few kilometers outside Lienz, a busy town in the Osttirol. Though a significant tourist centre, this area is remote (a delightful three hour bus journey from Innsbruck through the Italian Sudtirol) and is relatively quiet compared with much of the Alps. …
I lived a lot of my life in Lancaster but did not return for many years. This is from my trip to Lancaster in July 2024 on a sunny day. These photos show how Lancaster’s industrial past, particularly connected with the canal, has been transformed into leasure and tourist sites. If you enjoy my photographs …
A mixture of photos here from 2024 taken in the small village of Oberdrum, Osttirol, Austria, the nearby town of Lienz and the beautiful city of Salzburg Oberdrum, nr Lienz, Austria. I often walked passed this farm with various bits of machinery outside. The car caught my attention with the shadows and high contrast of …