Well it's been a bit more than a year, more like 18 months, but as usual I got bored of the old site so here we go with a new format and a new design. There's a new focus this time as well. I'll continue to post my landscape, newspaper and event photos so the site should still be of interest to local people, but now I want to make things more informative for other photographers, especially those who do newspaper work.

Over the last three years I've learned most of what I know from people posting guides and tutorials on the Internet, so I want to give something back. I'm only a jobbing shutter monkey, still with a lot to learn myself, but there are some things that I'm getting quite good at, especially lighting, so I'd like to help some new photographers in the way that others helped me.

So what you'll be seeing here from now on is pretty much the same as you were seeing before, only with more technical details and advice on how to achieve certain lighting effects.

I'll also do something that not enough photographers do, which is to post galleries of the "not quite good enough" shots from photo sessions. I find it enormously helpful to see the pictures that other photographers produce before they get the shot they want, so I'm happy to let people see my getting-there shots as well as the finished product. But when you look at any of these galleries, please do remember that the shots are unprocessed and are provided only as a curiosity. There will be a lot of rubbish shots with bad lighting and poor colours, but the point is to show what works and what doesn't.

Occasionally I'll post some processing tutorials.

Anyway I hope you find something of interest at the site, whether you're just visiting to see the latest local photos or you're here to pick up a few tips and tricks. Each update has a comments section so feel free to leave feedback or ask questions.

The previous version of the site can still be viewed: Click here