THE BLOG

What a great day yesterday was. A full day with the camera, in a hide, photographing wildlife. I went to a farm just outside York to...

We continue our travels from Keukenhof via an unnecessary ferry crossing, to Zaanse Schans, arriving a good 30 minutes after everyone...

Last year I was looking on the web for somewhere different to photograph. I also wanted a variety of subject matter. A friend in my...

I’ve not done a lot of bird photography so I was reading a report about Horn Mill Trout Farm from Greg Coyne and thought I’d like to give...

Following on from our Birds of Prey experience, Pete and I had organised a trip to Butterfly World at Stockton-on-Tees. I’d not been in...

My buddy Pete Stockton and I decided to take a Birds of Prey experience at Thorpe Perrow arboretum. It was the first one they’d done...

Sometimes when the fishing goes through a quiet spell, it’s good to look around at the wildlife on the lake. There’s been a heron on the...

They don’t stay still very long and they’re very cute – so they make for a great day out. Up in Hawes again with red squirrels. The last...

I took a day out to go up to Bempton with my friend Pete Stockton – he’d not been before. The weather was strange – a cold breeze meant...

Following on from blog entry, here are a few more images from the day with Wild Dales in North Yorkshire.

5am on a Sunday morning at -1°C when you haven’t slept isn’t a good way to start the day. Neither is a 2½ hour drive along roads you...

I had a great day out with some of my chums from f4 Photographic Group on Saturday at the International Bird of Prey Centre, Duncombe...

I took the opportunity to be chauffeured for the day with Wayne and Lynne, the soon to be Mrs Porter. We went for a trip to Yorkshire...

There’s a number of shrubs in my garden which attract bees and hover-flies like you wouldn’t believe. Anyway, I got the macro lens out...

Another Summer outing with f4 Photographic Group, this time at Bempton Cliffs. Not many puffins to be seen in close but a lot of gannet...

An evening last week with the f4 Photographic Group across the river at Chowder Ness. There were a lot of nasty flying things that just...

Just spent three great days on the Isle of Mull with the f4 photographic group. We were taking pictures of eagles, puffins and anything...

My daughter and her partner had a happy event recently. Frank and Lulu decided to produce eight puppies 5 weeks ago – 3 black and 5 fox...