Eco Design of Milton Keynes recently commissioned me to photograph a house which they had extended and upgraded to passivhaus standards. This is something often associated with new builds, but here the property was a north Oxford terrace, over 100 years old. The photos were taken on a Canon 5DS-R body, mostly using a TS/E17mm shift lens for perspective correction. The shift facility was especially useful for photographing the front of the building, as I was able to work from one side in order to avoid getting cars in the frame. There was a particular request to capture images of both the front ..read more

I was commissioned by MWK Architects of Northampton to photograph the extension they had designed for 82 Derngate in Northampton. This is a very special building, being connected to the only English house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The extension is a glass box housing a shop and gallery, and exploits views and reflections of the surrounding architecture. Day and night views give an impression of the building's transparency, and the flow of space. Night lighting includes strips of varying colours for display on occasions ..read more

I've been taking drone photos of Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, for several years. This week, I brought some of my favourites together in a calendar. It's available on Etsy now!  https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1613798317/the-sutton-park-aerial-photography?click_key=2f76029f76e78a744b2c98ebe37c8c234fe6cbd1%3A1613798317&click_sum=f7546ee1&ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1       ..read more

A few images from a shoot earlier this year for Gruhe Architects of Birmingham. This house extension involved a new bar and games room, and a new wing to the building. Most images were taken with a Canon 17mm shift lens. ​​​​​​​   ..read more

I was recently commissioned by Gruhe Architects to photograph a house in Birmingham which had been substantially extended. The gable on the left of these images is entirely new, and is designed to be sympathetic to both the existing structure and to neighbouring houses. To photograph the whole house without obstructions such as trees and walls, the camera had to be placed within the front garden. This necessitated the use of an ultrawide (17mm) shift lens so that the whole elevation could be seen. Whilst this is a very useful lens, when a building is close up, and at an oblique angle, there ar ..read more

A few years ago, I had a long-term residency at Guildford Cathedral. The majority of my work there was photography of architecture and construction during the refurbishment of the building ..read more

I was commissioned by MWK Architects to photograph a school in Rushden, Northants.    ..read more

My route into architectural photography came from studying architecture many years ago. One habit that stayed with me was doing outdoor sketching, and this is one of my more recent ones. It's the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. The light was fading and it was getting cold, so I started on site and finished at home. Pencil and watercolour ..read more

Architects YMD Boon asked me to photograph this listed building in Leamington Spa. In addition to the drone shots shown on a previous post, I also did some ground level and interior work. The ground shots were relatively straightforward, but the interiors required a combination of multiple off-camera flash units, and several layers of exposure to be combined later in Photoshop. Most were taken on a Canon 5DS-R camera, paired with a TSE-17 tilt/shift lens ..read more

Recent drone shoot of Grade 2 listed building in Leamington Spa, for YMD Boon Architects. I was asked to take aerial photos as the restoration of this building involved particular attention to chimneys and other period features. I also took a series of ground based and interior photos, to the client has a complete set ..read more