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I am a pro photographer who runs an annual workshop in Tuscany and sells photo art prints, photo jigsaws and the first ever photo book of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site

Lovely light on The Chevin this morning, a harbinger of autumn. I only just managed to get out of my pit to catch the la...
26/09/2026

Lovely light on The Chevin this morning, a harbinger of autumn. I only just managed to get out of my pit to catch the last of the mist. Must do better next time...

My club, Derby City Photographic, has a world premiere presentation this Tuesday, September 22nd. Lecturers in Food Phot...
19/09/2026

My club, Derby City Photographic, has a world premiere presentation this Tuesday, September 22nd.
Lecturers in Food Photography are as rare as Saffron Spice so we were thrilled to find a food photo specialist in our midst!
Club member Pratimah holds down a day job but creates images of food and drink in her home studio, earning several commissions over the years as she aspires to be a full-time photographer in this highly challenging and creative field.
Pratimah will take us from concept planning through to the finished image, showing her use of mood boards, props, backgrounds, colour theory, styling and lighting, along with thoughtful composition and camera positioning to bring each creation to life.

Great to see the Holly Bush Inn Makeney as the one pub in Derbyshire included in a Daily Telegraph feature yesterday ent...
30/08/2026

Great to see the Holly Bush Inn Makeney as the one pub in Derbyshire included in a Daily Telegraph feature yesterday entitled 'A great pub for every English county'. The writer Will Hawkes stated that the basic requirements for a good pub are 'great b**r, good chat, and owners who approach their task with passion and verve' adding that 'all these pubs have that in generous measure'.
Cheers to that!

Here's another four images from my photo project Infrared InMemorian. These four headstones were captured at St Michael'...
29/08/2026

Here's another four images from my photo project Infrared InMemorian. These four headstones were captured at St Michael's Church in Lichfield. You'd think the place was a bit spooky but that's all down to the way infrared works its magic, making overgrown churchyards appear mystical, dreamy and otherworldly.

There is a very special garden in Ambergate which will be open on the weekend of September 12th & 13th as part of the Na...
28/08/2026

There is a very special garden in Ambergate which will be open on the weekend of September 12th & 13th as part of the National Garden Scheme Derbyshire: it's Holmlea, the pride and joy of Bill & Tracy Reid.
What makes it special is that it's spread across one and half acres and, alongside its varied plant collection, there's a riverside walk, a railway station mock-up and various animals. You can also partake of tea and cakes at The Pavilion and even play a game of boules.
The September opening will allow you to see late season colour. Here's a dozen photos I took from the spring opening.

My photo club Derby City Photographic begins its third season at Strutts Community Centre this coming Tuesday, September...
26/08/2026

My photo club Derby City Photographic begins its third season at Strutts Community Centre this coming Tuesday, September 1st.
This is a perfect season opener: the premiere of Enchanted from Andy Gray, a Matlock-based photographer who has won national and global awards and high acclaim for his stunning woodland images, notably of the Peak District. Andy’s finest work conveys the ethereal and mystical beauty of woodlands, especially when enhanced by mist.
If you have already seen AN Gray’s framed prints at one of his many exhibitions at Aqueduct Cottage on Cromford Canal, you will surely want to follow his journey into woodland photography. And if you are keen to follow in Andy’s footsteps, quite literally, he will spend time in his talk telling you where to scout locations, and give us tips about capturing the beauty and essence of a woodland idyll and guidance about the processing of his images.

I'm now looking forward to Christmas... my photo of Colin & Gill's garden in Stanley Common - the cover of my photo book...
16/08/2026

I'm now looking forward to Christmas... my photo of Colin & Gill's garden in Stanley Common - the cover of my photo book about the garden - has been selected as the April page of the Royal Photographic Society 2027 Calendar.
That's Christmas presents sorted...

I'm getting rather excited now about tomorrow's Love Belper Festival. I've already told you about my Derwent Valley phot...
25/07/2026

I'm getting rather excited now about tomorrow's Love Belper Festival. I've already told you about my Derwent Valley photo book - a softback version - which will be on sale for the first time, following the complete sell-out of 1,000 hardback copies. I shall also have my Derwent Valley jigsaws, all made up from photos in the book, and I'll have photo art prints on sale. I'm particularly hoping for good sales of my Tuscany images, some taken only two months ago. See you tomorrow - I'm outside the Ritz from 12 to 5.

Looking forward to the Love Belper Festival on Sunday. I'll be in my usual gazebo in front of the Ritz Cinema. As well a...
24/07/2026

Looking forward to the Love Belper Festival on Sunday. I'll be in my usual gazebo in front of the Ritz Cinema. As well as selling my Derwent Valley jigsaws, I will have my photo art prints - images of both this area and my favourite other place, Tuscany.
Furthermore, I will be selling - for the first time - softback copies of my Derwent Valley Mills Photo Book. All 1,000 hardbacks were sold in 20 months, so I've bought the first 50 softback copies and I'm delighted to tell you that the quality of the images is as good as in the hardback. Just ask my fellow photographer and book designer Ian Daisley. 'I can't believe how wonderful the photos appear' he said to me after closing his jaw. The book will be on sale at £25. Here's a few double pages.
See you Sunday 12 noon -5pm.

Thanks to Martyn Laird Kenmore Gillie, I went this morning to the so-called Infidels Cemetery near Ashford in the Water ...
26/06/2026

Thanks to Martyn Laird Kenmore Gillie, I went this morning to the so-called Infidels Cemetery near Ashford in the Water to capture more images for my project Infrared InMemoriam. It's a 17th century Baptist burial ground, last used in 1904, and indeed it looks as if it was left to nature over a century ago.
It's certainly overgrown, which is eminently suited to the infrared treatment. It was a bit disappointing to see a small graveyard with fewer than five gravestones still standing. What's more, although it was a bright, sunny day, the surround of trees didn't allow the sun to come bursting through so I didn't get those patterns of light and dark that distinguished my previous forays into graveyards.
However, it was still worth capturing, and afterwards Francine and I stopped at Ashford in the Water to play Pooh Sticks on Sheepwash Bridge (the best bridge in the country to play this game, according to Visit England) and then a pint of Aisseford at The Bull's Head alongside a Steak & Unicorn Pie. I wondered what unicorn is supposed to taste like until until I was told the pub has an ale called Unicorn. Still a great pie.

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Belper
DE560

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Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

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