Last night was Londons Digital Switchover and to celebrate, Crystal Palace Transmitter hosted a laser light show. It was a misty old night so at some points visibility wasn’t great, but luckily for me I had prime view from the comfort of my living room.

I have had a very exciting past couple of weeks with lots of new shoots to add here once I’ve finished/begun the feat of trawling through them.
However one thing I have polished up, hot off the press is this years London Classic cycle ride in aid of The Evelina Childrens Hospital
This is my third year photographing the event and it just gets bigger and better every time, particularly as this time I had my own personal scooter chauffeur called Stan to take me around the route. After a reserved start of holding on tightly, I ended up with my camera out, one handed, shooting the cyclists as we passed them. I felt like Tom Cruise doing all my own stunts…except I had a camera and not a gun.
Anyway, the small yet prolific team behind this years event truly outdid themselves, and all comments from riders were positive. I’m really proud to play a small part in it and it’s for a great cause which you can still donate too for the next couple of months.
Shots from the ride can be seen here and the full collection of riders portraits are here

A couple of weeks ago I was commissioned to create an album cover for the new Motorcycle Display Team album. They had very firm ideas about the style and content of the image, and had settled on featuring a Spillway. Spillways are usually found in reservoirs and are giant holes within the body of water which prevent overflowing.
As I was drafted in to the project quite late on, I didn’t have time to visit an actual Spillway so instead I settled on getting the correct background scenery, which was the beautiful Suffolk lakelands.
We decided to get up early to get the best light for our landscape shots, so off we trundled at 5.30am waiting for that beautiful sunrise…except that glorious sunlight never came. It was the greyest day ever. We literally could have woken up at 12pm and got the same light, however when I took them back and looked through, it couldn’t have been more perfect for what we wanted.
The Spillway itself was created by the wonderful Ross Casswell plunging a bucket into icy water.
Then of course it was a day long photoshop job comping it all together, but at least it was a fun road trip.

The last couple of weeks have been an eclectic mix of location scouting in Suffolk, a 4 day indoor Photography exhibition show at the NEC where I thought my eyeballs were going to dry up and fall out from the constant air con, and then straight to Sussex for a day out in the woodlands.
I was helping out on the Sussex shoot so the pressure wasn’t on me, which meant I could fully appreciate the beautiful surroundings. After 4 days solidly locked away from fresh air, I certainly restored my equilibrium by the end of Thursday.
Fortunately the weather was lovely all day and the idea of foraging for food which you then cook makes you feel back at one with nature.
All in all a lovely day with great company and just what I needed after the confines of the NEC

The view from my office window on Sunday was amazing. There was a blanket of mist which partially covered the bottom of the transmitter tower, allowing it to ascend into the sunshine and blue sky

Along with the tear sheets I thought I would post up some of the other shots I took from my trip to Yorkshire
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Just come back from a week in Devon on the annual family holiday. Loads of food, drink and merriment. Pretty much like a week long christmas.
I had my camera and Holga lens with me one day so here are a few shots from the boat trip we went on
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I have just come back from a completely wonderful and stress free couple of days in Beccles with the wonderful CarwellCasswell crew.
Activities included:
Seaside
Ice Cream
Eating
Wine
Kayak
Boat
Scrabble
Fun

And of course the best bit was the company. I shall be back soon!

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I went to a festival in Hyde Park last weekend. It was fun, although it rained. A lot.
I’m thinking of rocking a poncho more often but not so much a hat with a childs windmill flower on it
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