Back in July 2021, I went to photograph Steve Overthrow at his studio on the banks of the River Parrett in Langport. I was here to capture Steve for my Life In A Somerset Landscape Project
I had a shoot near Dartmouth in South Devon this morning and came across this beautiful scene. As I took a few frames the swans got rather nervous quickly followed by a large splash.
It was late summer and I was walking over the Somerset Levels at Ham Wall nature reserve with my camera in hand. I had no plan as to what if anything I was going to shoot until I came across several swan feathers on the ground close to the water’s edge.
Diving Into The Dawn At Elli Beach Rhodes It was already 27 degrees as I loaded the car at 5am with my photography gear. The early start was because I wanted to shoot the dawn at Elli beach diving tower near Rhodes Town.
I recently returned from a well-earnt break in Greece which got me thinking about this image. I created this image (note I said created not taken) a couple of years ago.
Michael Eavis Somerset Dairy Farmer and Festival Creator I’m a bit of a daydreamer, especially while driving which maybe isn’t an ideal time! It’s how I got the sudden urge (not sure why) that I should reach out to ask if I might photograph Michael Eavis.
Last May I was asked if I would like to go onto BBC Somersets Trish Campbell’s show to chat about my Life In A Somerset Landscape Project. Unfortunately, I was in Cornwall at the time and the connection did not hold for long and I was cut off a few minutes in.
Somerset’s old English name roughly translates to “Land of the Summer People” This is due to the fact that a large part of the land was wetland marsh and only liveable during the summer months when it dried out. For me and probably most people that live in Somerset Glastonbury Tor is the iconic landmark…
I can still feel that bitter cold morning even now. I had to drive my children to school and I knew seeing we had a super hard frost that there were some incredible images waiting to be captured. I grabbed my camera as well as the kids and loaded them into the car.