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A quick update while I've got a minute in between jobs - I'm stoked to see my work in this months Climb magazine. Here's a PDF of the article, which is about rock climbing at an amazing venue in the south of Germany (just across the border from Luxembourg) called Ettringen. @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:...

                   Here's one of the photos from the shoot which didn't quite work for what we wanted,                                                     but those tattoos certainly "pop"                   This is the lighting set-up we used, two rim lights and a main light                  The...

    Just thought some of you "Die hard" outdoor fans might be ineterested in this news. Outdoor clothing manufacturer Marmot are opening their first dedicated clothing store here in the UK, (they already have one in Germany) That means ALL, I repeat ALL of that lovely shiny outdoor apparel they make will be in one place and its all in one very cool looking store. The stores based in London at...

Last week I posted a piece about a recent shoot I did in the studio with uber talented skater Dave Rees, aka the kickflip guy, I promised a short behind the scenes video of how it all went down and so here it is, short and sweet, I don’t want to bore you guys! The video was shot and edited by another young and very talented guy, film maker Matt Pyecroft As the video ends the photo you can see...

@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } I’ve been staring out of my wet window for what feels like the last two or three weeks. March here in England was the hottest on record with temperatures reaching 23...

I had a dream. Hmm, maybe this isn’t the time or place for my “Dream speech” Anyhow’s dream is probably to strong a word. Ok, I had an idea. More often than not my ideas don’t amount to much. They flash by at warp speed, resonate for a second or two before disappearing into the ether. If I’m lucky and I have a hand free, I’ll write the idea down in a little black book I carry with...

Thought I'd take a few minutes and post some photos of editorial work thats recently been published. Obviously they're just the opening double page spreads not the whole article, I've also included the original shot so you can compare the "before and after" so to speak, I thought you might like to take a look. First up is an article on the Churnet Valley, a collection of small Sandstone crags...

No apologies for the quality of the two photographs on this page, they’re just snapshots taken and edited on my phone and then posted to the popular App Instagram. They show two camera 'Set-Ups' I've been using over the last couple of weeks. The first a small system based around the Lumix 4/3rds GH1camera and the second a Hasselblad H3Dll - 39. They take up virtually either end of the spectrum,...

It’s amazing how many times I get asked “what gear do you use” most people actually mean camera gear, but in order to take a lot of the more specialist photos that I take you also need quite a lot of very specific gear (the chances are if your photographing Skiing you’ll need to be able to Ski, therefore you’ll need a full array of ‘Ski specific’ gear) so I thought I'd post a pic...

In January I wrote about the forthcoming Sheffield adventure film festival or ShAFF for short. I'd been asked along with two others (Lucy Creamer and Nikalas Cook)  to be one of the judges and watch a selection of almost 100 films. Well i can happily report that the festival came and went last weekend and was a unanimous succes for all those that attended.   The Sheffield Adventure Film...