This is me, on Brighton Seafront with my Artists Open Houses - Photographer of the Year Award 2023 certificate!
I am a Brighton based photographer who creates unique photos of the city and surrounding area.
Using long exposures I uncover the hidden objects and beauty of the night sky above Brighton's famous landmarks and the rolling hills of the South Downs - depicted in such works as the 'Milky Way above the Brighton Palace Pier', and photos of the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) from both Brighton and Worthing.
I also love capturing landscapes with seemingly huge Moons in them, which you may notice from some of my photos! Explanation in my blog here: Why does the Moon look so Huge in Photos (Brighton edition)?
In 2022 I exhibited at the Artists Open Houses for the first time and in 2023 won the Artists Open Houses Photographer of the Year Award. This year (2024) I am exhibiting at the fantastic Flamingo House (14a Wilbury Road, Hove, BN3 3JN) every weekend in May (including bank holidays!).
In 2023 I was shortlisted in the Street Photography category for the prestigious British Photography Awards, received the People's Choice award in the South Downs National Park summer and astro photography competitions, as well as being shortlisted for multiple images in History Hit's 'Historic Photographer of the Year' award and Amateur Photographer Magazine's 2023 awards.
See below for some more of the 'Awards and Recognitions' I have received in the past few years.
My photography is available as a both a print or canvas - as well as greeting cards, postcards and a yearly Brighton calendar featuring my top 12 favourite images of the year. In 2021 I started the popular 'Brighton Astro Calendar' featuring local Brighton landmarks in conjunction with astronomical objects of the night sky. Wanting to share more of my daytime photos, in 2023 I changed to the 'Brighton by Night and Day' calendar, which was my most successful yet!
I hope you enjoy my photography and feel free to contact me with any questions!
A double-page spread in the Amateur Photographer magazine Feb 2024 issue for my photo 'Fiery Skies over the West Pier'.
For this photo, I decided to take an ultra-long exposure of the final moments of an incredible sunset - the longer exposure time creating smooth waves of blended colour across the sky behind the static pier.
Please click on the photo of the 'Fiery Skies over the West Pier' to see the gallery containing the updated photo and this original shot.
Incredibly pleased to announce that my photo 'Late Night on the Promenade' has been shortlisted in final selection for the 'Street' category for the British Photography Awards 2023.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Late Night on the Promenade' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
For the 2023/24 competition I won the 'South Downs National Park Astro Competition People's Choice award' for my photo of the aurora borealis behind the (locally well-known) tree at Cissbury Ring in Worthing.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Aurora and the Cissbury Ring Tree' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
For the 2023/24 competition I won the South Downs National Park People's Choice award for my photo of a flock of birds flying past the beech trees at Chanctonbury Ring as the sun began to set.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Golden Beech' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Shortlisted in the History Hit 'Historic Photographer of the Year 2023' for my photo of a crescent Moon setting behind the West Pier. It was also featured in an article by The Times.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Crescent Moonset over the West Pier' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Shortlisted in the History Hit 'Historic Photographer of the Year 2023' for my photo of the Flying Scotsman on the Bluebell Railway. It was also featured in an article by The Times.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Flying Scotsman on the Bluebell Railway' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Shortlisted in Amateur Photographer's 'Black and White' category for their 2023 Awards competition - my photo 'In-Flight Entertainment' was also featured on their Instagram account to announce the shortlist.
The photo features a murmuration of starlings flying low across the sea behind a paddleboarder. This low-flying behaviour from the starlings is to avoid the falcons that hang around in the area.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'In-Flight Entertainment' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Ecstatic to announce that I am the Runner-Up in the 'South Downs Dark Skyscapes' category for the South Downs National Park Dark Skies Astrophotography competition (as seen in this article by The Telegraph)!
My photo 'Valley of Stars' was taken in the valley of the local well-known Brighton beauty spot called Devil's Dyke, which is 'steeped' in history. Including the legend that the devil, furious at the conversion of the people of the Weald to Christianity, decided to dig a dyke through the South Downs to allow the sea to flow in and drown their villages.
The Milky Way core can be seen towering above the meandering valley!
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Valley of Stars' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
In the international category I was also given the honour of being highly commended for my photo of the Milky Way arching across the sky, titled 'Confectionary Giant'. A play on our Galaxy, the Milky Way, being both a huge celestial object and chocolates by the Mars Corporation!
The image can be seen in this article by 'The Guardian'.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Confectionary Giant' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
For the 2022/23 competition with the theme of 'Near and Far' I was highly-commended for my photo of the Partial Solar Eclipse on October 2022 above the Chattri.
The Chattri is a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War, located just outside of Brighton.
When I planned this photo I was imagining the ‘near’ element as the Chattri and the ‘far’ as both the rolling hills of the South Downs extending to the horizon and the solar eclipse high in the sky.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Solar Eclipse at the Chattri' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Selected as a finalist for my photo 'Jay in an Autumn Oak' taken in the beautiful Leechpool Woods close to Horsham.
The judges said: "Key species, beautifully framed and photographed. Jays are responsible for the dispersal of our most important tree species, the Oak."
My entry along with the other finalists can be seen on this voting page.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Jay in an Autumn Oak' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
Honoured to be winner of the Jessops World Photography Day Competition with my photo of the Beachy Head Lighthouse at low tide, which I titled 'Adventure', inspired by the sense of adventure found in a Studio Ghibli film.
Beachy Head lighthouse is situated below the Seven Sisters Cliffs in the Seven Sisters Country Park.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Adventure' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.
My photo of the interactive laser display over Brighton can be seen under "spectacular results" on the official page as well as the 'Laser Light City for Brighton Skyline' blog page. Lasers coming from Tower Point (North Road), Sussex Heights and Seven Dials.
Please click on the photo to see the gallery that includes the photo 'Laser Light City - Brighton' - where you can view it in a larger size on PC, or purchase a print/canvas.