Travel Photographer working in Shakespeare's England & across the UK.

Brochure and Web commission - now stock image . Working on a tight schedule, this was shot on the first day of a 10 day photography shoot in the Cape Verde Islands, the end result was a travel Brochure and a image bank of over a thousand images, cost effective and great fun.
Used as a location for a healthcare photography shoot ,it still is a great tourist destination and
Korean Air -Advertising Campaign. A week long production was crammed into the final day due to monsoon rains, photographed on a variety of cameras including underwater and medium format, this was a 9 element composite image that was used worldwide. Travel photography is often thought as glamorous but the reality is it takes a lot of planning and very long days,
Sal, the first stop on a 7 Island photographic shoot, using limited depth of field (focus) to produce a Brand style for the shoot, marketing and advertising photographers have to be aware of constant style & treatments so the images are all usable and deliver a brand to the service,product or in this case, destination.
Bay Area & Bay bridge - constructed foreground and modified skyline .
Commissioned by Leo Burnett for Proctor & Gamble - AD Stuart Newman .
Commission for Concorde Watches - AD - David Jeffery
Commissioned by Dynamo - for The Tunisian Tourist Board - Poster , Print & Web.
November Rain ,St Marks Square
Why in travel section? This is a great destination for UK and international visitors - Travel as a catorgary is related to context use .
Commissioned by Heart of England Tourism / English Tourist Board . This image has one many awards and hopefully created interest in Coventry that is currently enjoying a great revival and I highly recommend a visit to this historic city ,its not just the Cathedral and Lady Godiva .
North Island -west coast .
Arriving at this small beach at midday ,I was stuck with light that is less than ideal , However employing a very high shutter speed to allow a wide aperture ,I captured this image that I believe works as it has a soft background for type and does not distract from the wonderful graphics on the boat . I would love to have taken the painted Lion and used it as a painting ? This art is part of the beauty that is the Cape Verde Islands,a destination well worth exploring .As a travel photographer ,it has to be one of my favorite locations ,still unexploited.
I have worked at this location on a variety of projects -this is a personal image that was taken on a day off .
A shot from my 'Dream of Venice' series , Exhibited in 2014 at Calumet ,Drumond Street London NW1.
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. This image was taken at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, the location that shall be used for some events with the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Centred on Birmingham there shall also be equine events at Dallas Burston Polo Club, Southam Warwickshire.
JP Morgan Pensions, working for the finance sector, often in city offices in London,Coventry and Birmingham, it was nice to change a location to this amazing landscape in Utah. Models were cast on location and photographed on the first day, as snow was forecast for the next day that was when we had scheduled, it was a very good call as the Art director & I awoke at the hotel to find over a foot of snow had fallen , pretty as it was it was not suitable for a shot of a couple enjoying their retirement .A location photographer always needs to be adaptable and fast when required.
Phillip Morris - Four Squares
A very stormy January shows the welcoming lights of the Harbour at Porthleven . The Cornish villageI have visited for years and never seen two days the same , the light ever changing and always special , or am I just an old romantic ?
Airmiles -commission -AIS - AD -Steve Stretton
Cover pic - fish collected from beach
From Giudecca early morning sunrise looking over to Venice and the silhouettes of the Basilicas my hero Turner would approve .
Using a tilt shift lens I shot this after waiting for a suitable gondolier was framed in the far window .
The City of London extends to the river and the Norman Foster designed Millenium Bridge which then crosses over to Tate Modern and the South Bank. Based in London at the time I worked on this project as a Travel Photographer and produced stock images of London for the travel industry .
A World Heritage Site ,well worth a detour to a town in the Rocks . Now populated with hotels and more .
Vineyard in Sonoma Valley California A set up shot of grape picker in amongst the Vines ,shot on a Linhof 5x4 camera . Now I use PhaseOne and Hasselblad ,results are very simular but film and processing would be £500 plus scanning of selected image
I have shot two advertising commissions in this wonderful location -this was a stock image on 5x4 for a subsequent background for a bath manufacturer.
travel photography ? - yes destinations are anywhere and here is a great example of a Victorian legacy that is a gem near the Town and a great asset to the community.
Poster & bus side to promote the Tower of London - one of the world's greatest tourist attractions
From a Year in Teme Valley ,Project

Travel Photographer working in Warwickshire, Birmingham, Coventry, North Cotswolds, London & further.

Travel photographer producing material to promote destinations, hotels & locations that wish to encourage visitors from across the globe.Working for the tourism and hospitality industries.

Travel Photographer in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire.

Professional travel photographer based in Warwickshire and working for the travel & hospitality industry in the UK and beyond.

My first commission that took me abroad was for Ellerman Travel, trips to the Canaries and Portugal to provide stock images for the brochures took me on a journey of travel photography that continues to today. It was a great privilege to work for tourist boards including Spanish, Swedish, USA,Wales, Tunisia, former Yugoslavia and England. Producing image banks that would serve the communication and marketing needs of the organisations and provide posters and all the material for the press needs.

I also worked for many airlines, including KLM, Aer Lingus, BA & Korean Air. It was the golden age of advertising before social media, so great images with great concepts and production values were created to be published in the press and on posters.

I am aware that the days of such commissions are now extremely rare as the digital communication and supply of stock images has change the travel landscape, but images are still required by the travel & hospitality industry.

I do provide stock images, since Getty was established 25 years ago I provided images from around the globe, but now I work on destinations, hotels & attractions that require image banks for their marketing and communication.

Based in Warwickshire I am well positioned to provide the material for the Hospitality industry that is so essential to the UK economy, I provide cost effective images of landscapes,lifestyle,food,drink and infrastructure across the great area, covering North Cotswolds,Warwickshire,Coventry & the West Midlands.

I will of course be happy to be flown anywhere across the globe & I shall come back with some great images!!!!