Last December, a past wedding client called Rob, who married the beautiful Vicky at their wedding at Priory Cottages in Syningthwaite (blog highlights here) commissioned me to come and photograph his company ‘Portfolio ...
Last Friday I was lucky enough to be asked along by a pal on an Urban Exploration ‘permission visit’ to Sunny Bank Mill in Farsley, Leeds Here’s the man that can, Joe Stenson; an architect, photographer and a gent, ...
For a long time a good buddy of mine has promised to take me out exploring some woods near Adel, where he grew up. We finally set a date and a during a beautifully summery day a few weeks back, out we set, starting by clambering up ...
I do like to do a spot of what’s called ‘Urban Exploring‘. Â Basically, it’s photographing in derelict spaces. I like to go with my pals James & Aiden, and we recently decided we’ve all been a bit busy ...
Hanging out with other photographers is great. We get to share & keep each other sharp (in both creativity and news) and can geek out in ways we’re not allowed to in ‘polite’ society I’m close pals with ...
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 ...
I was just digging out some pics from the working folder of my computer and stumbled upon two photos I created while doing some urbex a while back. They were an experimentation in creating light trails with torches during long ...
It’s been such a busy summer. As much fun as I’ve had doing the photography I’ve been doing, I’ve not had a much time to do much photography for myself. My good friend & upcoming photographer James Lester ...
You may remember that I recently posted a blog about a sweet short movie by Irish Photographer Larry McMahon in an empty mill. It had a haunting ’28 days later’ feel to it (check it out here) and he’d shot it on a ...
Last week Mr Lester and I visited an abandoned Victorian youth correctional facility, called Eastmoor Reformatory, nestled away in the back of Adel. It’s a massive complex dating back to the 1880’s, for naughty ...
My good man Mr Lester & I recently took a little explore at a derelict Mill I run past nearly every week in Leeds. I’ve always been intrigued to find out what was going on in there… This is one part of the imposing ...
In the summer wedding chaos I forgot to post a bit of ‘summer’ UrbEx michief with my pal James Lester. He know’s some ace spots of hidden Leeds. These adventures with JL took place one soaking June afternoon. ...
So I got up to a little michief again recently doing a bit of Urban Exploration with my pal James Lester. He know’s some ace spots of hidden Leeds. We started around a new flyover in industrial Hunslet, and saw this funky old ...
I saw this while I was out with my camera and it caught my eye. Something inside of me always wants to know what’s left and why we’re being told to go right. No doubt it’s for our own good (turning into oncoming ...
The Leeds International Swimming Pool facility closed in October 2007 and is scheduled for demolition in June this year. A gifted photographer and friend, James Lester, likes to go ‘Urban Exploring’ and I decided to join ...
