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On Birdsong Avenue.

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

It has been a quiet time for me recently, photographically speaking. Following a number of disappointments –  this one, for example, but there have been others –  I am adapting to the idea of being semi-retired as a photographer. It … Continue reading →

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You wait for years for an eagle re-introduction project to arrive….

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

……. and then two come along at the same time! A good friend and I have often discussed how good it would be to see golden eagles back in Wales. We have often thought that the area above Nant-y-moch reservoir, … Continue reading →

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Support a local photographer…..

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

As many of you will know, I have been publishing the Wild Wales/Cymru Wyllt range of postcards for over thirty years. Yes! People still do buy them! At an age when most sensible people would be putting their feet up, … Continue reading →

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Kit talk. Far too much kit talk.

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

As I have done so little photography in the last two months I hope you’ll forgive me if recount an incident from spring last year. In early May I paid a visit to Ham Wall in the Somerset Levels near … Continue reading →

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Approaching the Landscape – Photography workshop, May 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by

I will be running a residential landscape photography workshop from May 9th – 12th at Trigonos, Nantlle, north Wales. Trigonos is a really excellent venue. For many years it has run a programme of personal growth, yoga and mindfulness workshops, … Continue reading →

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With Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

  I’d just like to wish all my readers a happy festive season – whatever their beliefs – and a successful year in 2019. I have a couple of new projects to look forward to in the New Year, and … Continue reading →

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Not soon coming to a bookshop near you……….

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

Earlier this year I wrote about a number of disappointments I had had as a photographer during the previous twelve months (see this post). At the time I wasn’t sure if I should be blogging about my failures but they … Continue reading →

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Putting the environment back into farming.

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

One result of Brexit is that the UK will be leaving the Common Agricultural Policy, the EU’s farming support programme. This, it is argued, has been responsible for much of the loss of biodiversity that has been evident over the … Continue reading →

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Photography on the fly.

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

We’re well into autumn now and I recently decided I needed some photographs of that spectacular fungus, the fly agaric. I was up in north Wales for a couple of days, and a mixed forecast suggested I might get some … Continue reading →

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Dicing with death (part 2)

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

Another recent trip took me up to north Wales. I walked up on to Conway Mountain (Mynydd-y-dref) one morning and found the prospects so promising that in the afternoon I made a repeat visit. I have good memories of Conway … Continue reading →

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