Slow shutter Seaham on an icy November night. I have a lot of respect for the determination of the three people fishing from the lighthouse, it was zero degrees and dropping by the time we left. With @parkphotography77
#seaham
#visitengland
#countydurham
#visitdurham
#explore_britain
#photosofbritain
#tourism
#nikonuk
#ukhiddengems
#thisprettyengland
#genuinebritain
#englishlandscape
#englandsbigpicture
#yourcountryside
Filming again at @3dstrength with Dale McPherson. This time 425kg 'Silver Dollar' deadlift a personal PB for Dale.
@xploape
#strongmantraining
#strongman
#deadlift
#coach
#northeastengland
#Darlington
#sportsphotography
#strengthsports
#trainer
#powerlifting
#fitness
#sportsphotographer
Shot a few months back in the former mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. The scale of the mounds of slate compared to the perilously close buildings is stunning. One of those 'Stop the car!' moments with @walt0ne.
#blaenauffestiniog
#wales
#mining
#miningtown
#industry
#landscape
#bestofbritish
#lovewales
#genuinebritain
#lovebritain
#photosofbritain
#walesrugby
#wales❤️ #landscapephotography
One the most well known parts of Hadrian's wall at Steel Rigg in Northumberland.
#hadrianswall
#northeastengland
#Northumberland
#landscapephotography
#englandsbigpicture
#englishlandscape
#genuinebritain
#visitnorthumberland
#northumberland_uk
#northumberland_pics
#visithadrianswall
#explore_northumberland
Wonderful to finally film and photograph @alison._.diamond , I've only been trying to get the opportunity for about five years!
A passionate community artist, printmaker and tutor, who has been an absolutely vital part of my recent journey. Her work is absolutely outstanding.
Part of a project on artists for the final year of my photography degree at Sunderland University.
@sunderlanduni
@northerncentreofphotography
@nephotonetwork
@sunderlandcreative
@connyartfest
@allendaleforgestudios
#ifisayitsart
#art
#universityofsunderland
#artistsoninstagram
#creative
#printmaking
#communityartist
#creative
#northeastengland
#sunderlanduni
#sunderlandartist
A pivotal place in my photography career at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall.
The first image was shot in 1999 on Ilford FP4 with a Hasselblad 500cm. It was the moment when everything fell into place for me with my photography. While everyone else was in the Naafi getting drunk, I was learning the zone system, exposure, printing under the mentorship of @gilespenfound or up on a hill somewhere putting it all into practice. I have never forgotten how far he went out of his way to push me and support me.
The second image was shot digitally at the same place in 2012 after abandoning my camera for three years. Kim Walton @walt0ne persuaded me to take up the camera again and dragged me out to Hadrian's wall where I fell back in love with photography.
Both people have had a profound impact on my life and still do and I think about that every day. As I approach the end of a three year degree course those images remind me of how far I have come. Thank you both.
#photography
#hadrianswall
#Northumberland
#northumberland_uk
#bestofbritish
#photosofbritain
#filmphotography
#landscapephotography
#steelrigg
#picturesofengland
Escher inspired.
View from the Tyne Bridge.
Who watches the watchers?
#newcastle
#tyneandwear
#urbanlandscape
#newcastleupontyne
#northeastengland
#Northumberland
#bestofbritish
#britishcities
#photosofbritain
#northumberland_uk
#travelphotography
#surveillance
#genuinebritain
#englandsbigpicture
One of my favourite places, I spend a lot of time here, absorbing the silence, interrupted intermittently by the twittering of songbirds or the to and fro of pheasant calls. This time of year the trees are glistening with conifer captured raindrops and the forest floor glows vibrant green from a carpet of moss. Hours disappear into a maze of winding tracks each leading to another magical place.
#forest
#tree_magic
#divine_forest
#nature_worldwide_trees
#photography
#nature
#treesofinstagram
#tree_captures
#splendid_woodlands
#slaleyforest
#Northumberland
#northumberland_uk
#explore_northumberland
Brilliant afternoon filming at @3dstrength in Darlington. Many thanks to Dale McPherson and @christophermiller77
#deadlift
#strongman
#coach
#trainer
#northeastengland
#Darlington
#strengthsports
#sportsphotography
#strongmantraining
Yns Llanddwyn an island off western Anglesey, Wales. In the distance across the water shrouded in cloud, Snowdonia National Park. Photographic nirvana.
Taken in May 2019 on another trip with @walt0ne
#Anglesey
#coast
#wales
#photography
#lovewales
#bestofbritain
#exploringwales
#beautifulwales
#greatbritainshots
#lovegreatbritain
#genuinebritain
#capturingbritain
The spaces that artists work in are often works of art in themselves. They can be more expressive than the final piece, revealing elements of process, technique, emotion, state of mind. Thank you to the artist for allowing me to post these @if_i_say_its_art
Research for a current project on artists for the final year of my photography degree at Sunderland University.
@if_i_say_its_art
@northerncentreofphotography
@nephotonetwork
@sunderlandcreative
#ifisayitsart
#art
#artistsoninstagram
#artistsspaces
#contemporaryart
#creative
#abstractart
#artoftheday
#photography
#northeastengland
#sunderlanduni
#sunderlandartist
Boat Yard beneath the Forth Road bridge and Queensferry bridge, Fife, Scotland, 2018. A week away for photographic therapy and photography for photography's sake.
With @walt0ne
#fife
#scotland
#coast
#northqueensferry
#lovegreatbritain
#visitscotland
#coastalphotography
#britishcoast
#bestofbritain
#outandaboutscotland
#scotlandtravel
#scotlandshots
How do you measure your standards as an artist? When there is only one of you, how do you know if what you are doing is good enough. Who's opinion is it that matters? How do you know if you are an artist? The debate about whether photography is art has been discussed since its invention. As photographers are we artists or just people who know how to use the equipment? Does it even matter? Am I just some bloke with a camera?
#photography
#art
#photographicart
#concrete
#urban
#breakwater
#bestofbritish
#severnbeach
#photography
One of my favourite views in the North East. It may not have the grandeur of an angel or a cathedral, but from here I can see so much of the county where generations of my family lived and worked and still do.
It's like looking into the past, there is so much of my heritage here. I stand here regularly wondering what it looked like when the pits were still here, Penshaw in the distance across the road from where Herrington Colliery used to stand, where my Grandfather and his brothers worked. How different things must look now.
#heritage
#countydurham
#southmoor
#stanleycountydurham
#thisprettyengland
#capturingbritain
#lovegreatbritain
#scenicbritain
#northeastengland
#visitnortheastengland
#northofengland
#photosofengland
#photography
#nikonuk
#ifisayitsart
A privelage to film Dale McPherson u90kg World Record deadlift of 360kg at yesterday's North of England Log and Deadlift Championship 2019 organised by North East Strongman Promotions at @3dstrength
#worldrecord
#deadlift
#strongman
#strength
#northeastengland
#strengthsports
#strengthtraining
#darlington
#strongmanmotivation
#strongmantraining
#sportphotography
@3dstrength
@mlawson1974
@fatboystrongphoto
Breakwater on New Brighton beach, reminds me of Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker'. My new favourite place to photograph, quite different to when Martin Parr shot ' The Last Resort'. #newbrighton
#merseyside
#bestofbritish
#photosofengland
#abstract
#beach
#england
#britain
#beautifulbritain
#breakwater
Spent the afternoon at Blackhill and Consett Park, putting up images from my Watling Wood project from earlier in the year. Twenty prints in total have been put up around the park and will be there until 25th October as part of @connyartfest really enjoyed working with the images again.
The project was submitted as part of my degree course at @sunderlanduni
@mrhubby1976
@landofoakandiron
@sunderlandcreative
@if_i_say_its_art
#exhibition
#photography
#watlingwood
#countydurhamphotography
#countydurham
#northeastengland
#ifisayitsart
#heritage
#landofoakandiron
A few shots on a run from Sunderland to Whitburn and back. Stunning skies over an unusually wild sea, what an amazing coastline to run along. Meditation in movement, exhaling frustration to a footstep tempo, sun warmed thoughts escaping through the skin.
#sunderland
#roker
#photography
#englandsbigpicture
#northeastengland
#tyneandwear
#beautifulbritain
#beach
#seascapes
#lighthouse
#sunderlandphotography
#bluesky
#britain
It doesn't suprise me any more, the destructive nature of people. I have got to give credit to whoever burnt this car out. It was abandoned on moorland about half a mile from a road, down some of the most un-drivable terrain you will come across, it took some real effort to get it there. However, it also means it is going to be incredibly difficult to remove it and the likelihood is that it will remain there indefinitely. Even in the most inhospitable places on earth, miles from civilization, humanity leaves its mark in the form of a burnt out car or a discarded fridge.
#environment
#car
#socialdocumentary
#landscape
#Northumberland
#slaley
#humanity
#photography
#england
Visit to North East Land, Sea and Air Museum at former RAF Usworth in Sunderland. Inspirational place for photography, brought back lots of military memories. Thanks to @if_i_say_its_art for the trip out.
#airmuseum
#aviation
#aviationmuseum
#planesoffame
#warbirds
#aviationphotos
#sunderland
#nelsam
#abstract
#tyneandwear
#wearesunderland
#uk
#museums
#museumlife
#bestofbritish