first direct Arena

first direct arena, Leeds © 2013 . All rights reserved.

Leeds based first direct announced a five year sponsorship deal with SMG which will see the new Leeds arena taking the name first direct Arena. The 13,500 capacity venue is effectively an amphitheatre with a roof, giving it what has been billed … Continue reading

New Camera, New Rules

Weather Vane © 2013 . All rights reserved.

I have recently replaced my previous DSLR, a Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) with their newest iteration, the 700D (T5i), and added a new lens, an 18-135mm zoom, the first in my collection with image stabilizer technology built in and a new, … Continue reading

2012 in Photos

2012 Desk Calendar © 2012 . All rights reserved.

At the end of every year I take a look at the photographs that I’ve added to flickr and create a ‘year in photos’ set using my favorite pictures that sum up the events of that year. In case you’re … Continue reading

Lake Windermere

Lake Windermere © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Windermere is the largest of England’s lakes and lies within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. This panorama looks out from the dock at Lakeside village, with the popular holiday village of Bowness a few miles away on the … Continue reading

Pinecroft

Pinecroft © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Set on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, just outside Ingleton lies Pinecroft, a holiday park with seven log cabins built from Scandanavian pine and a larger lodge for groups of upto 48 people. Each of the lodges is named … Continue reading

Night Light

Night Light © 2012 . All rights reserved.

This is “Night Light”. There isn’t a big story behind this shot other than it was one of the first taken with my new digital compact Sony WX100. The shot was taken at a holiday park in Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales … Continue reading

School Nativity

Nativity © 2012 . All rights reserved.

East Bierley Primary School held their Reception class nativity play this afternoon and I was on hand to take some photographs for the school’s website. You can a selection of shots over on the school’s website, with more to be … Continue reading

East Bierley Remembrance 2012

East Bierley Memorial © 2012 . All rights reserved.

At this years annual remembrance service at the East Bierley memorial guests were welcomed by Elgar’s Nimrod, played by the Driglington Brass Band, who later played Jerusalem and closed proceedings with the National Anthem. Here are a few photographs of … Continue reading

Blarney Castle | Instagram

2012-10-07 20.19.18 © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Here’s Blarney Castle with post-processing courtesy of Instagram, the mobile photography sharing app. You can now see a selection of my photos with various Instagram treatments by downloading the app for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch from the Apple App … Continue reading