My first project of 2021 is a small collection of images from my beloved local woodlands in yellows, oranges, gold and blue. Some images are new, others are composed of older images to which I have layered and added textures and gold leaf. The woods I have wandered in to take these images sit on … More Woodlands in Yellow & Blue
I’ve created a second calendar this year featuring landscapes, waterscapes and flocks of birds. These imagined landscapes are created from images taken in the woods and fields local to my village home in the Winterborne Valley of north Dorset. Calendars are 210mm square. The cover is printed on 250gsm Silk paper and the pages are … More 2021 Imagined Landscapes Calendar
November finds us in another lockdown and the weather is wet and dull outside, so to cheer myself up I’ve been losing myself in photo editing. I’d taken a few images of water lilies in the last few weeks and they’ve formed the basis of this series. I love the shapes of the lily leaves, … More Water lilies
I began this series of images in January, after visiting a starling murmuration at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire. It is created using multiple exposures, often combining ICM photography with static images. I started by combining images of the wetland habitat with images of the birds, but then the project expanded and I included textures, details … More Murmuration
This morning whilst walking in the woods looking for porcelain fungi, my attention was drawn to a spider web in the branches of a veteran beech tree. Shooting hand held into the light with a macro lens I captured these images.
I’ve always loved wild orchids, and living in Dorset I’m able to visit many species all growing within a few miles of my home. During the spring and summer these flowers appear on the chalk downs, in woods and meadows, pastures, dunes, roadside verges, bogs and heaths and some in unmown gardens and brown field … More Wild orchids
To celebrate UK fungus day, which happens on the weekend of the 3rd / 4th Octber this year, I have gathered up a collection of images of some of the fungi I have encountered in the local woods. I hope you might enjoy viewing them. I haven’t been able to identify all the species in … More UK Fungus Day
As I sit here and the rain lashes against the window panes I am casting my mind back to the long hot days of the summer and the beauty of the foxgloves that greated me on walks on the downs and in the woods. So I thought I would create a post this week about … More Foxgloves
I’ve created a botanical calendar for 2021, which you can view and order HERE if you would like to. The calendar features 12 of my favourite images of plants (and a fungi) from the countryside around my home in north Dorset. Bluebells and stitchwort from the woods and verges, foxgloves from the ancient chalk grassland … More 2021 Botanical Calendar
At this time of year, one of my favourite subjects to encounter and to photograph are fungi. Its hard not to be transported into a fairytale world on meeting the fruiting bodies of fungi, which in some cases can appear overnight. I visit a few favourite patches locally where I know I will encounter parasols, … More Porcelain fungus
Jo Stephen 