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The home of Light and Land photographic holidays and workshops

I will be leading the following Light and Land courses in 2010. Please visit the Light and Land website via the Links page for more information, or click on the logo shown here.

25th-29th January - Glencoe (with David Ward)
15th-22nd March - Andalucia, Spain (with Clive Minnitt)
12th-16th April - The Lake District (with Clive Minnitt)
15th-22nd May - Tuscany, Italy (with Clive Minnitt)
1st-8th June - Santorini, Greece (with Clive Minnitt)
26th Jun-3rd July - The Dolomites, Italy (with Clive Minnitt)
30th Aug-3rd Sep - Banburgh, (LF Workshop with David Ward)
1st-12th October - Vermont & Maine, USA (now a single tour) (with Clive Minnitt)
17th-29th November - Cuba (with Clive Minnitt)

Please click here to visit the The Blackthorn Centre web site.

I haven't yet arranged any courses the Blackthorn Centre School of Photography, but hope to do so in the near future. Please visit the website via the Links page for more information, or click on the logo.

The World Wide Web Awards GOLD award.

The Gold Award represents Web presence at its best. To achieve this award is truly an honour. The winning site has scored between 90 and 100 points, which was not an easy task. A Gold award winning site is error free from broken links and error messages of any kind. Correct use of Meta tags and ALT tags have been used, which most search engines have picked up on "keywords" used in the "Meta Tags". This site uses advanced features, scripts and coding. Graphic Design is of the highest quality and orginal works of art, created by the site designer. The Gold Award site represents at least 95 percent of original content and creativity and provides outstanding design and layout of website. Its content is something that will interest any and all visitors, who visit the site.

In July 2005 my website was assessed under the World Wide Web Awards program and granted a GOLD award. The accompanying email stated the following: "We see all the hard work and dedication that you have put into constructing your web site and your efforts are well deserved. Your site displays: A clean and organised design, friendliness, quality content and informative information for your visitors. To find out more about the award, please hover your mouse over the award logo or click on it to visit the WWW Awards site.

Finding The Picture - A Location Photography Masterclass Co-written with Clive Minnitt.

Finding the Picture, the third book in Argentum’s popular Landscape Photography Masterclass series, answers the basic question asked by all photographers –‘What should I photograph?’ In it are helpful hints and techniques to release the creative imagination and eliminate ‘photographer’s block’ with the use of inspiring and spectacular mages along with constructive critiques, it’s as if you were taking part in a workshop on location. A variety of themes are addressed in five luscious chapters including where to get the inspiration, seeing instead of looking, keeping things simple and experimenting. This book will be an invaluable source of reference with fresh ideas to easily ‘find the picture’ for any level of photography.

Foreword by Charlie Waite

“A must have for anyone wanting to get deeper into the art of outdoor photography. Stunning images and insightful text reveal the mental process behind how to find and take great photos.” Steve Watkins, Editor’s Choice, Outdoor Photography magazine, Xmas 2009

265 x 240 mm, 160 pages, Colour & black and white photographs.

I am pleased to announce that my second book 'Finding the Picture' was published by Argentum in November 2009. Please hover over the thumbnail to the left to find out more. You can order a copy from amazon.co.uk - please go via the links page.