NEWS FLASH:
21.04.2010
I have just had a small selection of images published in Yorkshire Life magazine. I have also had a selection of eight of my images printed onto A5 greetings cards using litho printing for best reproduction and gloss varnish to protect the inks. They are blank inside for your own use.
These are available to buy either as a single card for £2.50 inc. P&P or all eight designs for £14.00 inc. P&P.
Envelopes included.
The images used are:
Frosty Sunrise in Bailey Dale
Remaining Frost in Frendal Dale
Cloud Drama
Autumn Colours in Scoar Dale
Summer Storm on Bishop Wilton Wold
Autumn Geometry in Shortlands Dale
Calm Waters at Londesborough
and Marble White on Grass Seeds
Hopefully I will find a way to add online ordering.
Please contact me if you require any.
Thanks

NEWS FLASH:
I have been given a release date of 17th September for York Illuminated. I will be adding news regularly with details of signings and presentation evenings.

VIEWPOINT:
David Hockney
A recent BBC Imagine documentary highlighted the work of iconic artist David Hockney and his new found love of painting the Yorkshire Wolds landscape. Bradford born Mr H has been painting various locations around the Wolds for over 3 years, some of which I also have photographed. His work captures the drama, detail and colour of the Wolds landscape and his 50 canvas mammoth artwork 'Bigger Trees Near Warter' is a place I know well being only a couple of miles from my front door. I have yet to catch Mr H out in the field but would love the opportunity to shake his hand for recognising the beauty of my local patch.
Hopefully his work will give the Wolds the recognition it deserves for artists and photographers alike not just walkers. This part of the country may not have colossal mountain peaks, flowing rivers, dramatic waterfalls or strange rock formations but it has a serene beauty all of its own. It's only a matter of time!

LOCATIONS:
Millington Pastures
About a mile from the village of Millington is a series of dry chalk valleys which go by the name of Millington Pastures.
The valleys were created in the ice age by glacial melt water erosion and are open access land. They are crossed by many pathways including the Wolds Way and Minster Way but these only offer a small view of some of the valleys.
There are five main valleys, Millington Dale leading to Pasture Dale is the central valley which has a superb winding road running along its bottom. Branching from this are the valleys of Scoar Dale, Sylvan Dale, Nettle Dale and Frendal Dale. Each of these valleys has its own character and change dramatically throughout the seasons. Spring sees hawthorn and gorse in full bloom on the valley walls, summer sees tall grasses and wildflowers, autumn has colourful drying grassland and winter brings frosts and snowfall protected from the low sun by deep valley walls.
Evening and morning light casts dramatic shadows on some of the valley walls from trees growing on top of the hills.
Many butterflies, including the Marbled White, are regularly spotted in summer months. I have made many outings to Millington Pastures over the years and I still find something new on every visit. Please see the Yorkshire Wolds Gallery for shots of all the valleys throughout the seasons.

LOCATIONS:
Nunburnholme Wold
I have many locations around the Wolds which I return to regularly and above Nunburnholme, on a back road heading towards Middleton-on-the-Wolds, happens to be one of these locations. The view from the road offers a stunning panorama across the undulating Wolds fields and takes in Londesborough woods in the valley below.
The fields are dissected by a long row of electricity pylons which fall and rise in tune with the dips and climbs of the fields. Depending on crops, season and time of day the view changes dramatically. A farm track leads down between the fields and this also offers an excellent compositional aid.
For examples of this area please see the following:
Morning Light on the Wolds Parts 1 & 2, Winter on Nunburnholme Wold, Tracks in the Wheat, Path to the Woods, Snow Poles, Londesborough Woods and Golden Fields in my Yorkshire Wolds Gallery.

NEWS FLASH:
01.06.2009
I have recently completed work on two hardback photography books on York for Halsgrove.
The first is a 150 photograph study of York Illuminated. The shots were taken between October 2008 and March 2009 and include many of York's attractions during the evening and night-time.
The second is Spirit of York which contains 60-70 general shots of York at all hours of the day.
Both will be published in September 2009.
They will be available at all good booksellers and online via Amazon.
Watch this space!

NEWS FLASH:
20.05.2009
I am currently exhibiting 14 framed prints of my photography at Pocklington Arts Centre in the café area. They will be on display until late summer.