Swaledale Circular
I recently did a circular walk in Swaledale with good friends Geoff and Chris, starting from Gunnerside and walking up the gill and then over Melbecks Moor and down to…
Christopher Pattison
A Lot of the Time, I Don’t Want a Predictable Outcome
Over time, I have become less interested in the predictable photographic outcome and in digital photography’s supreme triumph in image fidelity. You can feel a bit jaded by one two…
The Lame Duck and the Lionesses
What I learned about our local rail network on a day out watching the England Women’s International at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough. Like many, I was inspired by the Lionesses…
River of Dreams
Some introductory notes on documenting a journey, within and without. It seems a very long time ago since my brother, two nephews and good friend Geoff embarked on a journey…
How Street Photography Stole My Heart
Originally published in 2014 on Street Level Photography. 23rd February 2012. The day I became hooked. I had taken an Easyjet flight to Marrakech as an antidote to cold grey…
Revival
It has been 14 months since my last blog post. If you read the last one, you may understand the hiatus. The lack of blog activity doesn’t indicate I have…
Goodbye Dad
My dear dad passed away on 21st June, the longest day of the year. He was 87 and had been unwell for some time. I took this photograph at a…
Gimme Shelter: Number 11
Windlestone Hall was the birthplace of the Conservative Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, who presided over the hugely significant Suez Crisis, which symbolised Great Britain’s end as major world power.…
Gimme Shelter: Number 10
This is near the site of the former Winterton Psychiatric Hospital and Sedgefield General Hospital, both long since closed and demolished.
The Number of the Beast
Well, I have developed another roll of Tri-X from the South Downs walk back in May. I am going through the negatives and scanning choice frames. Then I will be…