For the last four years I’ve been photographing Dorset’s pink poppy fields – Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. However, since the summer of 2017 there had been quite a bit of speculation, on the web, as […]
Category Archives: Flower Photography
Red Poppy Fields, Berkshire, 2018
I spotted this gorgeous sea of red poppies tucked away in a Berkshire valley, accessible only on foot. In fact I’d given up on finding any red poppies this year, and it was quite by […]
Photographing ox-eye daisies at first light – Saturday 9th June 2018, North Dorset
Saturday 9th June 2018, north Dorset 3 hour flower photography class at a secret location in north Dorset. NOW FULLY BOOKED. You’ll need to arrive at the daisy field before dawn (@ 5am), so […]
The flower photography workshop Dorset – 4th November 2017
Just a quick thank you to the twelve people who came along to the flower photography workshop at Holt, Wimborne, that I taught at last Saturday. So many different types of cameras in use, and […]
Dorset sunflower field at sunset
This evening I spent a bit of time wandering around a field of majestic sunflowers at sunset. I’d been to the same Dorset sunflower field in July, but very early in the day. Tonight there was […]
Flower photography workshop, Saturday 4th November 2017
I’ll be teaching a flower photography workshop, ‘Photographing and Painting Flowers’, on Saturday 4th November 2017, in conjunction with artist Penny Wilton. The workshop will be held at Holt Village Hall, Wimborne, Dorset. 9.30am – […]
Sunflower field Dorset 2017 – sunrise
This Dorset sunflower field was certainly a beautiful site, with the heavy, yellow heads of the sunflowers waking up to the early morning sunshine. Fields of sunflowers (Helianthus) are something I’ve been wanting to take photos […]
Red poppy field Dorset 2017
Today, on the way back from photographing a white daisy field, I spotted a field of wheat interspersed with red poppies. Of course I had to stop and take photos: you can’t drive by a […]
Sunrise over an ox-eye daisy field Dorset
This morning I was up at an extremely unsocial hour of the day in order to take sunrise photos of a field of white daisies in Dorset (ox-eye daisies). I’d spotted the beautiful white daisies […]
RHS Photographic Competition
I’m proud to say that a portfolio of my work will be on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2017, as part of the RHS Photographic Competition. As one of the ten photographers in the competition’s ‘Portfolio Category’, I will […]