Last weekend was my brother Duncan’s 33rd birthday. So as has become a bit of a tradition, mam organised a family stroll around a gastro pub, lost in deepest Yorkshire. In this case, she’d selected the General Tarleton Inn ...
Last weekend, Clare & I took our new pooch Kyra for a good run up t’Dales, to scale one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks ‘Pen-Y-Ghent’ We parked up at the picturesque village of Horton-In-Ribblesdale, which was bathed ...
When I was young I used to get told off for playing with my food. Now I’m older and wiser I do it anyway, cos there’s no-one to tell me off. Like Calvin & Hobbes: “Live & don’t learn, that’s ...
Last week I spent a couple of days in my dogs spiritual home Staffordshire to network and party with a bunch of amazing UK photographers. Basically, I’m in a relaxed Network of primarily wedding photographers, and we always meet ...
Check out the latest addition to our household… This is Kyra! Â She’s a rescue dog we’ve taken on & given a ‘forever home’ to! The story is that these fine folk noticed their neighbours weren’t ...
For some bizarre reason I’ve signed myself up for a 12 mile walk in the lakes this summer with a bunch of nutters from Clare’s other job. The chap organising it decided to stretch our legs with a practice 12 mile walk round ...
It feels like forever since Clare & I were in Stockholm for her 30th Birthday break. Â Â I posted the first batch of images on this post. It’s an very cool & chilled out place to visit. Â Probably better when its not -14 ...
It’s Mother’s Day! And that’s me mam above! Â What a star. I’d like to wish her a very happy day indeed. We’re just been prepping a nice roast topside of Beef for a special mother’s day lunch, with ...
Last week, after the fun of the Leeds College of Music special Radio Leeds with BBC Introducing (post here), I was asked back by the LCM marketing team to start photographing various college events to help bring a new look to their ...
A buddy of mine (and fellow pro photographer) called Pete Boyd is in a Leeds-based camera club called ‘Exposure Leeds‘. Basically, amongst other things they do photo walks & ‘photocamps’ around Leeds for ...
It’s been a while since the Leeds Festival last August Bank Holiday weekend.  I was asked along to shoot it by The Leeds Guide Magazine and I really do enjoy capturing the event & checking out a bunch of (well lit!) new ...
Last night I went to Leeds College of Music to photograph a special Radio Leeds BBC Introducing show broadcast from their performance space, ‘The Venue’. BBC Leeds and Leeds College of Music are literally next door to one ...
Occasionally, as a consequence of work I’ve done photographing for the Leeds Guide Magazine, I get asked out to update restaurants image portfolios This week I got asked out to The Gray Ox Inn at Hartshead. It’s the kind ...
While we were in Stockholm we stopped into the independent Gallerie Kontrast to see the Sarah Moon exhibition The more I look at photography as art, the more I realise it seems all you have to do is shoot out of focus & chat it up ...
I was approached by a drummer I know to do some promo photographs for his up-coming Wales-based band Catfish and The Bottlemen. So I rounded up fellow photo pals Tom Arber & Cris Matthews… and invited the band up to Leeds to ...
For my girlfriend Clare’s 30th birthday, I decided to treat her to a winter break in Stockholm. So as January is usually a quiet patch for me, off we flew for a 5-star hotel break Don’t tell anyone, but I emailed the hotel ...
Wow! Â Check this awesomeness… Fantastic, inspiring film-making eh? It’s a teaser for a Red Bull documentary following epic snowboarding shenegans around the world. But the nuts (read: progressive) blend of film making ...
The other day I was asked along to the infamous Brudenell Social Club in the Hyde Park (read: Student Ghetto) area of Leeds for a spot of music photography On this night’s bill was rising New York star Joan as The Policewoman ...
Someone said to me the other day that in spite of a massive resurgence towards creative photography – with zillions of photo apps on phones never less than an arms length away, the cheapness of digital compacts and a move back to ...
Firstly, for you blog followers, massive apologies for the scarcity of content on the ol’ blog roll this month! As I was weddingless this month, I presumed I’d be able to pop me feet up & enjoy a movie or two while ...
Look what I got in the post today! What a lovely message! “Dear Barnaby & Clare, Sorry this is so late coming!! We really can’t thank you enough for how fantastic you both were – we absolutely love the photos, and ...
Hey Folks! Apologies for the early January radio silence! Â I’m still recoiling from the deluge that was double Xmas feasting (with my family in Leeds & Clare’s in Dorset), New Year’s partying & my 31st ...
On a heavy & bloated boxing day I was idly googling (watch out Collin’s Oxford Dictionary – new word incoming) and somehow I started reading into the latest iPhone OS update. These days I like to check if it’s worth a wasted ...
I was recently asked along to photograph another Corinne Bailey-Rae gig in Leeds (pics from the last Leeds Academy can be seen here). This gig was at Left Bank Leeds, an arts and events venue in the former St Margaret of Antioch church ...
Some of you may know I host a Leeds band night on the last Sunday of every month called The Sunday Service & last Sunday was our Christmas Special. We generally try to make the Sunday Service Christmas special our fun & festive ...
