Snowdon Summit Station

A cafe? You can no longer call this a cafe. The new summit station on Snowdon is wonderful. It’s not open yet mind you, but with squinted eyes you can just about steal a view of the interior – it’s all Welsh slate, oak and stainless steel. Here’s to great architecture! More infomation here

Y Lliwedd from Llyn Llydaw

A quickly grabbed shot while jogging off Snowdon, this time from the Miners track at Llyn Llydaw, looking up toward a third of the Snowdon horseshoe range - Y Lliwedd.

Snowdon Horseshoe

These detail shot taken on the Snowdon horseshoe route. A day of big bold colours. Oh, how we love high pressure weather systems in winter.

Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach, Trefan (paradise fell run #2)

More hastily grabbed shots taken with shakey hands on what really was a bit of special day to be running in the hills. Why can't all winters in the UK be like this one.

Llanberis Slate Quarry - Storm over Snowdon

This simple looking image is the result of lots of hard work – it’s crafted from a bunch of images joined up together – the original picture is now massive would fill a wall without looking at all nasty. I really like it a lot. This might be because of the effort involved in building it and the knowledge this has so much potential to print really big. I am hoping I just like it because its full of drama and reminds me of classical biblical paintings – only time and some expensive printing will tell...

Llanberis Slate Quarry

I had only walked through the slate quarry at Llanberis once a few years back. That was a purposeful group march to access the peaks above the quarry. I remember feeling then that the ghosts of the past seemed to linger in the abandoned workers buildings and made a point to get back there with more time. Years later, on the edge of a storm and alone, this visit felt like wandering through a wonderful and abandoned gothic film set.

Limefield Park - First Light

Golden light, clear air, frosty ground, pretty dogs, pure cheese.

Frosty Snowdonia

These shots of Trefan and Snowdon were taken in the cold spell over Christmas/New Year.

Man Ceiriog

This ruggedly handsome chap kindly let me take his portrait as part of a seasonal series I am work on. He was pulling a large cart of wood up a steep lane when he kindly stopped for me. He looked great – straight out of Lord of the Rings I thought. I just need to get three other local folk to agree to seasonal environmental portraits for Winter, Spring and Summer and that’s my Four Seasons of the Ceiriog Valley exhibition entry sorted. It all sounds so straightforward in words. Oh, and I really need to find this chap again and ask him to sign a model release form. Easy.

Doggy style?

I did a few snaps of a friends dog, with the intention of printing one of them onto a stylish wall canvas for her Christmas present. Now I have seen them, I can’t decide which one of these will look least 'greeting-card cheesy' when it comes back from the printers on a rather large canvas...

Snowdonia on a Snowy Saturday

The snow-clad mountain lurching behind the tree at the top of this set of images is Tryfan, a mountain that has touched most of the outdoor-orientated folks I know in one way or another. I remember it for terrifying icy winter scrambles, oh, and watching my partner being helicopter-lifted from a decent route. A couple of friends will definitely remember the top of the mountain as the place they became engaged to be married. Another chap we know probably treats it with great respect after dislocating his shoulder on the way down. Once you have walked, scrambled or climbed the north ridge route of this hill, it distils the contradictory mix of outright respect and just plain rocky fun into everyone who passes that way.

Abstract Crete

It’s kinda hard to look beyond the sun-lounger beaches, terminally half-complete villas and sleepy tavernas of the Greek island of Crete for photographic inspiration. After a few days of wondering if I would take any photographs while on the island, I dropped any preconceived ideas and just enjoyed the little details...

Samaria Gorge, Crete

What’s your perfect walk? Downhill all the way? Natural spring water breaks every mile? Hot sunshine? Little stone sculptures lining the trails. A cold beer and a dip in the sea followed by a brisk, coast-hugging ferry journey back to the car? You would probably like the Samaria gorge walk then.

The Norwegian dudes...

Standing In The Shower... thinking...

Try getting your nine year old buddy to stay still under a cold outdoor shower, open his eyes for the camera, oh, and hold his breath all the while...