My 2026 Calendar is now available via my shop at Love From The Artist. The calendars are sustainably printed on FSC standard papers to order and come without celophane wrappers as standard to reduce plastic waste. They are available in two sizes, 210mm square at £12 each and 297mm square at £16 each, plus postage … More 2026 Calendar
I haven’t written much for a while and hope over the winter months I’ll find the time to share some more imagery, musings and words about the techniques I use. I did want to catch up quickly though to share that I’ve created a 2025 calendar which is available here, and through the links in … More 2025 Calendar
Update: orders must be placed by 7th Dec to ensure Christmas delivery. This year my calendar celebrates the chalk grasslands here in Dorset. Combining images from my award winning Dorset Downs series with pictures of some of the wild flowers and butterflies found in this internationally rare habitat. Calendars are on FSC certified papers and … More 2024 Calendar
I’m so happy to share that I have a portfolio of work on show at the RHS Botanical Art & Photography 2023 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, and that The Dorset Downs has been awarded a gold medal. My portfolio is a collection of images of the chalk downland here in Dorset. Calcareous grasslands … More Dorset Downs wins RHS Gold
It’s my favourite time of year again here in Dorset, the woods are carpeted with bluebells and the leaves on the trees are bursting from their buds. Bluebells are one of my favourite flowers to spend time with and to photograph so I thought I would write a post about how I go about photographing … More Photographing Bluebells
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’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
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
To celebrate having the image below shortlisted in the Plants and Fungi category of CUPOTY 02, I’ve put together this little collection of images of Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, one of my favourite spring flowers. All of these images were taken on walks around the village. The flowers are common in the verges, woodland rides … More Greater stitchwort
I have often wondered what kind of imagery I would be able to create using a different camera, so I was really excited when Olympus sent me an OMD E-M10 III to try out and write about. In this post I’ll share with you how I got on with the camera and the lenses which … More Olympus OMD E-M10 III
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