Another front page photo of mine has been published today in The Sheffield Star. 'Snow Patrol', a picture of the police dealing with an accident in the snowy conditions on the Snake Pass, in the hills between Sheffield and Glossop, appeared in today's print edition: The main picture shows … Read More…
Medellin Paragliding
Just before I left Colombia in September 2015, I took a tandem paragliding flight in San Felix, high in the hills north of Medellin, with Medellin Paragliding My original plan was to take my Paragliding pilots license there, or in Floridablanca, near Bucaramanga, but that didn't work out because … Read More…
Powerful Photojournalism
These two videos show the winners and editors of the 66th Pictures of the Year International, who talk about powerful photojournalism and their work. The winning photos are also presented. Sadly, these days there seems to be far less call for photographers in the rapidly changing media market, … Read More…
Most Valuable Player
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Don Hernan – Silletero Extraordinaire
Don Hernan, 82, is a Silletero (saddle man, or chair man), who owns a flower farm with his brother in the small pueblo of Santa Elena, an Andean town above Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia. He still carries the flowers on a 150lb wooden backpack in the Feria De Las Flores (Festival of the Flowers) … Read More…
TRON – Freestyling at the Arena
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Sheffield Council – Bus Protest
Councillor Terry Fox feels the pressure at a boisterous Sheffield Council meeting. Sheffield Bus chaos causes uproar at Council meeting Sheffield Council debated controversial changes to local bus services in a highly charged council meeting on December 2, 2015, after more than 12,300 people … Read More…
Eskimo Nell
My beautiful model Altine channels her inner Eskimo Nell with this three light studio portrait. Key light is a gridded beauty dish above the camera, with a sunfire reflector below in a clamshell arrangement. Backlights are two gridded 1x4 strip soft boxes at 45º behind the subject. White … Read More…
Photo Credit for ArenacrossUK shots
A total of eight of my photos from the ArenacrossUK event at Sheffield Motorpoint Arena were used by the Sheffield Star in their print edition today, giving me a full page spread! (My photo credit is bottom right, in tiny letters) … Read More…
Photographers most valuable in news?
Photographers most valuable in news? NTCJ, please take note. Photographers will soon be the most valuable people in the newsroom, and it won't be long before they put writers out of jobs. Why? Because, when you're on the go, the easiest stories to consume, create or share aren't text based. … Read More…