The images in this collection are largely from woods and forests local to my home in the Lake District. To me, they occupy a unique place, representing both permanence and transience. The woodlands have been here a long time and have seen more than any of us. Yet they constantly cope with the infinitely variable weather, the impacts of humans and other animals, as well as the changes that climate warming and environmental degradation brings. Through all this, they teem with relentless life, and constantly regenerate. They are an enormous inspiration.
Komorebi
It’s probably fair to say that mountains were my first love! I’ve been a hillwalker, climber and mountaineer for longer than I care to remember, and so I’ve always been drawn to these high places. It is extremely rare now for me to ever venture into the hills without a camera. Even on long mountain days of 8 hours plus, I will have a camera. Sometimes, it never even comes out of the bag (if the weather doesn’t play ball) but having it with me means that when that fleeting moment occurs, I am ready and waiting.
The images here are all from the Lake District. I’ve lived there for the last four years and it’s been life-changing from a photographic point of view. I live within walking distance of the hills, and so can easily get my fix! It’s not uncommon for me to be up on my local summit for sunrise.
Whilst I live in the Lake District, I’ve also been fortunate enough to have travelled a fair bit. There are images here of mountains and high places from Austria, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard, Canada, the USA, as well as locations closer to home in Scotland and Wales.
Austrian Alps
Austrian Alps
Austrian Alps
Austria
Snowdonia
Scotish Highlands
Scotish Highlands
Isle of Arran
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
Snowdonia
Svalbard
Yosemite Valley, California
Yosemite Valley, California
Living in the UK means there is water everywhere - we are surrounded by oceans. Living in the Lake District means there’s even more water. It rains a lot, and the landscape is characterised by mountains and lakes. These pictures are not limited to the Lake District however. They contain a range of images of lakes, rivers, seas, waterfalls from many parts of the world.
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Scotland
Lake District
New Zealand
Iceland
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
Iceland
Here you will find a collection of images that are all about ice and snow. In my day job, I am a glaciologist, and so over the years I have been fortunate enough to work in some of the coldest places on earth (including Antarctica, Greenland, Svalbard, Iceland and Arctic Sweden, as well as various parts of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains of Canada). My work is all about understanding the response of glaciers and ice sheets to our warming world, and so whilst I’m carrying out fieldwork, photography generally has to take a back seat. However, I always have a camera with me, and it comes out whenever the opportunity allows.
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Iceland
Iceland
Iceland
Iceland
Iceland
Iceland
Iceland
This album contains images of wildlife. I am primarily a landscape photographer rather than a wildlife photographer, but I have a love of the animals that we share this planet with, and they are a key part of the landscape.
Many of the images you will find here are about telling that story - i.e. the way that animals exist in the landscape. As a result, they are often just a part of the image, rather than the entire focus.
A collection of images of flowers and plants.
Urban environments provide ample opportunity for urban landscape photography and more intimate and targetted scenes. Whilst not my main photographic pursuit, I do enjoy this type of photography, and so here’s a small selection of such images.
France
Florence
Prague
Prague
This page shows images that have done well in various competitions - either winning or being placed.
'Changing Forests' category of the 2022 Earth Photo photography competition (winner). It also appeared as a double-page spread in issue 283 of ‘Outdoor Photography’ magazine.
2018 British Mountaineering Council’s ‘Members’ Handbook Photo Competition’ (winner).
Runner-up in the ‘Causes, Effects and Solutions’ category of the 2018 ‘Zero Footprints’ photo competition, with this image of the Columbia Icefield.
Treescapes category of the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year awards 2021 (commended).
‘Fine Art – Landscape’ category of the 2020 Neutral Density Photography Awards (honourable mention).
Honorable mention for a series of five images entitled: ‘Mountains, forests and lakes of the Canadian Rockies’.
2017 ‘Nature: Landscapes Category’ in the Neutral Density Photography Awards (Honourable mention for a series of five images entitled: ‘Mountains, forests and lakes of the Canadian Rockies’). 2018 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition (honourable mention).
Honorable mention for a series of five images entitled: ‘Mountains, forests and lakes of the Canadian Rockies’.
Honorable mention for a series of five images entitled: ‘Mountains, forests and lakes of the Canadian Rockies’.
Finalist in the ‘Tales of Adventure’ portfolio category of the 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Award for four images from the Canadian Rockies.
Honorable mention for a series of five images entitled: ‘Mountains, forests and lakes of the Canadian Rockies’.
2018 ‘Fine Art – Landscape’ category of the Neutral Density Photography Awards (honourable mention).
Trees, Woods & Forests' category of the 'International Garden Photographer of the Year' (finalist).
Finalist in the ‘Tales of Adventure’ portfolio category of the 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Award for four images from the Canadian Rockies.
Finalist in the ‘Tales of Adventure’ portfolio category of the 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Award for four images from the Canadian Rockies.
Finalist in the ‘Tales of Adventure’ portfolio category of the 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Award for four images from the Canadian Rockies.
2020 Reader’s Choice award in the Outdoor Photo of the Year competition (finalist).
2022 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition (shortlisted).
2020 Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition (shortlisted); and 2019 Earth Photo competition (shortlisted) and displayed in the 2019 Earth Photo Exhibition.
2020 Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition (shortlisted).
2019 Earth Photo competition (shortlisted) and displayed in the 2019 Earth Photo Exhibition.
'Changing Forests' category of the 2021 Earth Photo Competition (shortlisted), and displayed in the associated exhibition.
'Changing Forests' category of the 2021 Earth Photo Competition (shortlisted), and displayed in the associated exhibition.
2022 Royal Photographic Society ‘International Photography Exhibition 164’ (shortlisted).
2021 Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year awards (shortlisted).
Shortlisted for the 2018 Environmental Photographer of the Year competition.
Appeared alongside an invited article in ‘Outdoor Photography’ magazine’ issue 290.
Second round (top 10%) of the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (landscape).
