The visual essay: thoughts on the form This article does not attempt to set down guidelines to visual essay writing  – this would be impossible due to the complexities of the form. Instead, it provides observations on some of the ways t...

My new essay, full access online. Will head up a special issue on the visual essay later this year

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

More moments before the calm……

This is what it means to folk!

The moments before the calm…..

Siya Legenzda of Alfreton Town scored two goals in the sides vital 3-2 away win at Marine AFC in the National League North. The win takes the #GreatEscape to the final weekend of the season with Alfreton having spent most of the season in the relegation zone. A win for Alfreton over Curzon and defeat for Kings Lynn against playoff chasing Chester will see what looked impossible become reality.

After the goal and the celes, Alfreton Town’s Siya Ligendza has a quiet moment of personal thanks and reflection in a huge game for the #Ofton away at Marine AFC.

#fsprintmonday
#sharemondays2026
#photography #sportsphotography #photographers

….. that’s amore 🎼🎶 😉

Sorry, thought you were going all lyrical there. Superb image though, the joy of patience rewarded.

Trees beside a loch, shrouded in early morning mist and glowing in the sun.

When you are convinced nothing is going to happen at sunrise and then the light finally hits the loch . .

#fsprintmonday
#sharemondays2026
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers

A high-contrast, black and white photograph of Brutalist architecture. In the foreground, a long, two-story rectangular building features a grid of recessed windows. Behind it, two massive, windowless concrete towers rise toward a pale, overcast sky. The concrete surfaces are weathered with vertical staining and textures. The composition is stark and geometric, emphasizing the heavy, monolithic feel of the structures. A small bird is visible in flight against the expansive sky to the right of the towers.

squares

#Photography #Brutalist #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #ClassicMono #ECK #Lumix

Thank you, Tim. Truly appreciate it.

Thank you Sophie, it’s been a slow and frustrating road but will get there for sure.

A pleasure, Phil.

Oki, so Sunday was an exhausted day so will aim to release tonight….. let’s see how Mondays fair with the algorithms across the platforms eh 🤣

Trees, in a parkland setting.

#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#darkroom
More trees ...... 🥴
Nikon F90X. 35mm. Yellow Filter.
DD-X.
#fp4party

A fence zigzags over the dunes on the edge of the beach at Sanna. Marram grass grows thickly here keeping the dunes tethered and softening the manmade boundary.

🌸 Spring Polaroid Week 2026
Day 1 memories of a trip to Sanna in 2023. Landcamera 250 & Fuji-FP100C.

#polaroidweek #believeinfilm #instantfilm

Thank you Jon, really appreciate the support.

Thank you Ray, appreciate the words of support.

High above Loch Caorach looking out to sea. West Ardnamurchan.

Loch Grigadale, West Ardnamurchan.

(2/2) be in hospital a few days later with a serious DVT. Since then it’s been a slow road of gradual recovery and increasing my capacity to explore again but also having the mental energy levels to pick up, tidy up and finish off that writing started high above the loch.
Sunday it will be released.

Loch Caorach Valley, West Ardnamurchan.

Loch Caorach to Corrachadh Mòr, West Ardnamurchan.

Six and a half weeks ago now, whilst my Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat group worked away on location, I sat high above Loch Caorach with notebook and pen in hand taking in these views and reflecting.

I penned the bones of what was to be my next Spiorad aird nam Murchan writing, not knowing I’d (1/2)

High above Loch Caorach looking out to sea. West Ardnamurchan.

Loch Grigadale, West Ardnamurchan.

(2/2) be in hospital a few days later with a serious DVT. Since then it’s been a slow road of gradual recovery and increasing my capacity to explore again but also having the mental energy levels to pick up, tidy up and finish off that writing started high above the loch.
Sunday it will be released.

Loch Caorach Valley, West Ardnamurchan.

Loch Caorach to Corrachadh Mòr, West Ardnamurchan.

Six and a half weeks ago now, whilst my Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat group worked away on location, I sat high above Loch Caorach with notebook and pen in hand taking in these views and reflecting.

I penned the bones of what was to be my next Spiorad aird nam Murchan writing, not knowing I’d (1/2)

2027 & 2028 dates / spaces now released on our popular Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat.

Join us to explore one of the most unique landscapes in the UK and take your photography, visual storytelling and project work to the next level.

We have 1 single space left this Oct/Nov too 👇🏻 All details below 👇🏻

A flowering tree. The print is blue toned.

Flowering cherry tree printed as a tiny #cyanotype
#FP4Party #fridayfavourites #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A set of three black and white half frame photographs of an old tree taken in portrait mode with long, twisted extended branches going from left to right in the foreground. The undulating, expansive Lake District fells follow the the reach of the branches in the background.

Branching out - Lake District Observations

📷Pentax 17
🎞️Ilford FP4 DD-X

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #FP4Party #fridayfavourites

2027 & 2028 dates / spaces now released on our popular Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat.

Join us to explore one of the most unique landscapes in the UK and take your photography, visual storytelling and project work to the next level.

We have 1 single space left this Oct/Nov too 👇🏻 All details below 👇🏻

2027 & 2028 dates / spaces now released on our popular Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat.

Join us to explore one of the most unique landscapes in the UK and take your photography, visual storytelling and project work to the next level.

We have 1 single space left this Oct/Nov too 👇🏻 All details below 👇🏻

A box brownie image of a field with scrubby dead growth in the foreground and a pale line snaking into the tree lined hillside in the background.

One thing I like about my countryare the networks of ancient trackways that are mapped and can be followed throughout the landscape. Sometimes nothing more than a pale scar in a chalk downland field. #BelieveInFilm #BoxBrownie

I did mate, Oki will msg you on insta 👍

Black and white shot of cloud and hills beyond the hill I was on. The clouds transpired to be an almighty hailstorm

Shadows on the wall

#photography #photo #photographer #art #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #landscape #thephotohour #naturelovers #beautiful #eastcoastkin #classicmono #sharemondays2026

2027 & 2028 dates / spaces now released on our popular Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat.

Join us to explore one of the most unique landscapes in the UK and take your photography, visual storytelling and project work to the next level.

We have 1 single space left this Oct/Nov too 👇🏻 All details below 👇🏻