Rediscovering what is important....

Those of you who know me will know I spent many years working in museums up and down the country, eventually settling as the curator of local and social history in a large regional museum with collections of national significance. During my time there I created a niche for myself working with collections of historic photographs as well as creating exhibitions of the work of contemporary, internationally known photojournalists.

When I ended that career to pursue my passion in photography, which goes way back to my childhood,  I became a player in the digital age, adapting to using the latest cameras, software and computer technology to meet the demands of my customers. Over the last few years however, I have rekindled my passion for film based photography and love taking my medium format gear out and about with me. I've also re-awakened my interests in early photographic processes and how these might be imitated using the computer.

Some of the art photography you will see me posting on here and on my website will be experiments as I strive to recreate these processes. The images will be increasingly originated on film, but of course in this day and age digital capture will still feature strongly. A good proportion of the work will also be in preparation for my forthcoming exhibition, more details of which will appear in later blogs. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this photograph of trees in woodland near to Shawbury in Shropshire.

Shropshire Woodland