A selection of images from my visit to Cartmel in the Lake District to photograph chef Simon Rogan at L’Enclume and Our Farm for Maison Ë magazine
On a beautiful autumn day last year, I headed up to Northumberland to spend the day with Unison Colour for Country Living magazine photographing the process of making pastels and capturing all the details. What a truly special and inspiring place it is.
Artist John Hersey founded Unison Colour after many years of not finding a pastel he was happy with, he decided to make his own and after many years of experimenting, the pastel they sell today was created. John has since passed away and his wife and son still run the business with the pastels still being made in the studio and workshop where John worked.
I had such a great day with everyone at Unison Colour and was lucky enough to see the most beautiful golden hour on my way home, those big Northumberland skies are something else!
Some personal pictures from the past 6 months
Artist Louise Ann Wright photographed in her home studio in Yorkshire
A 3 day trip up to Scotland to photograph imagery for company Celtic Routes - a Land Rover self drive tour holiday company. Some beautiful sights and a whole lot of rain!
Supremely talented artist Janine Burrows photographed in her studio at West Yorkshire Print Workshop
A lovely story I shot of WJ Shaw, a Barnsley based family run business on a snowy day in February.
Last year I was lucky enough to follow Angela around the country taking pictures of her and the landscape in the places she talks about in her new book, Still Waters & Wild Waves. I have been taking Angela’s pictures for the past 4 years and feel incredibly lucky that she asks me to accompany her on these trips. I cherish our conversations and love hearing all about her life, her past, the whippets, her art. I will never tire of seeing Angela stop at a bench, pull out her sketchbook and a pen and create artwork I could only dream of.
I always feel so inspired after I have being in her company and value the wisdom that she passes on to me. This latest book is full of stories of Angela travelling around the country by bike, boat and foot. When I read the extracts, it feels like we’re having one of our many conversations sat on the edge of a cliff, me taking her picture as she is sketching the landscape ahead.
