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18th May 2013 Climb Magazine 100th Isuue - The very best of British
I recently shot a portrait of top British climber Lucy Creamer for the Climbers Against Cancer website (read about it here) a month later I was contacted by Ian Parnell Deputy Editor of British climbing magazine Climb, asking if they could use the portrait in their 100th issue to accompany an interview Ian was conducting with Lucy Creamer. Ian told me that for the 100th issue Climb were going...
30th Apr 2013 Robert Jasper in Climb magazine
Just got the latest edition of Climb magazine through the door and I was very pleased to see my Image of Robert Jasper taken at the Kendal film festival a few months ago used to illustrate an interview. If you like the photo and would like to read and see just how it was taken click here which will take you to an older page on my website. If you haven't already seen it, I hope you enjoy it -...
21st Mar 2013 Climbers Against Cancer
As acronyms go CAC is pretty good and never fails to put a huge schoolboy grin on my face. But underneath the amusing abbreviation is a far more serious message. A message which becomes very obvious when you understand CAC actually stands for Climbers Against Cancer. Cancer is a word that I don't particulary like. If I'm honest it's a word that fills me with dread and conjurs up deeply rooted...
18th Feb 2013 Winter Blues - The Running Man
Whenever the weather seems to be concerned, I don't seem to be having much luck of late. I flew out to Arizona from the UK in a snow storm, only to land in a rain storm and to hear from the locals that it "never rains in AZ" It did, for a week! Last week a friend asked if I'd go out into the Peak District (Derbyshire, UK) and take some photographs of him on a training run. Of course I will, I...
13th Feb 2013 Patagonia or Bust
I'm Just in the process of trying to organise my trips for 2013. One of my special "wants" for this year is to visit Patagonia, nothing spectacular in terms of what i want to do when I get there, just go trekking and take photos, but I thought while I was thinking "all things Patagonia" it was a great excuse to use a photograph I took last year featuring Outdoor Clothing Manufacturer Patagonia's...
5th Feb 2013 Twenty Minutes with Climber Robert Jasper
In November last year I was lucky enough to be asked to photograph one of the worlds leading Climbers, German Alpinist Robert Jasper. One of his major sponsors, outdoor clothing manufacturer Marmot, needed a new portrait for promotional purposes and as they were flying him in to the UK for a lecture at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival it seemed a great opportunity for us to hook up. Robert and...
19th Nov 2012 Free Climbing Photography Workshop 2013 - Yes its Free
It should have already happened, Twice. But as with a lot of well laid plans the photography workshop dates had to be changed at the last minute because Life, or rather death got in the way. The basic idea is simple - take 10 of the best climbers in Britain (including Ste McClure and Lucy Creamer) marry them to some of the best and most accessible climbing Britain has to offer, the Peak...
12th Nov 2012 Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Yes its that time of year again, Film festival time. I'm super stoked to be heading up to Kendal later this week to Shoot renowned German ice and mixed specialist Robert Jasper who will be the main attraction for the "Marmot" sponsored Friday Night spectacular. He'll be talking about his most recent adventures including his ascent of the ‘Shark’s Fin’, Monte Giordano in Tierra del Fuego's...
8th Nov 2012 Winter Warmers
A damp and wet weekend (about 6 weeks ago) found me in the "Suprise view" carpark in the Peak District National Park. Unfortunately there was nothing suprising about the wonderful view today. In fact it was rather spectacularly unsuprising. Having said that when your shooting photos of insulated, waterproof outdoor gear that has been designed for conditions not unlike the prevailing ones, you...