Paralympic Athletes

Another of my projects for this year is paralympic athletes. The guys featured here are the East Midlands Wheelchair Rugby Club "The Marauders." Fourth from the top is Mandip Sehmi a member of the British national team. You will notice how battered their wheelchairs get. Not for nothing was this game previously called "Murder Ball." A truly inspirational bunch of athletes who were a pleasure to work with. 

Migration

This isn't exactly a new picture, but I was reminded of it yesterday while out for a walk in the Peak District. I had been photographing butterflies for a client and after they had chosen their images I had quite a few left over. It was later when standing on Gardoms edge above Baslow, gazing over the Peak District that the butterflies came back to me and I imagined them migrating over the hills. More like a flock of geese than butterflies. So I shot the landscape there and then and later on built up this picture. It was fine tuned by my friend Jack Lowe,  a photographic retoucher who runs a digital services studio in Newcastle.   

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Paid a visit to the YSP on Saturday. It's a place I always find rewarding and inspirational. The Noguchi exhibition in the underground gallery didn't excite me too much unfortunately but I did enjoy Sophie Ryders sculptures outside by the Camellia house. They are large bronzes or galvanised wire sculptures of a mythical figure with a womans body and hares head. Also there is always an eclectic display around the park with work by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink, Helen Escobedo and loads more including Eduardo Paolozzi well known to Londoners. I still reckon Andy Goldsworthy's exhibition last year is my favourite.  

A Portrait of Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a very diverse county. From the high level grouse moors in the north, through the Peak district National Park to it's industrial belt (think Rolls Royce, Bombardier) and then on to the fertile and flat Trent valley. As a result it's people are equally diverse. This project intends to explore that diversity through a collection of portraits of the people of Derbyshire at work and play.

These 4 images represent the first shoot and are from White Watch, a great bunch of guys from my local fire station. 

Welcome

Well I've finally done it. After months of prevarication my blog is up and running. My intention is to use it as an open journal, displaying some of my work, thoughts and opinions.