I am delighted to announce that I am a winner of Portrait of Britain 2018. The image chosen (above) is of Jennifer Tetlow, a stone sculptor from the North York Moors. The image will feature in the first Portrait of Britain book published by Hoxton Mini Press and also exhibited on the digital JCDecaux screens nationwide.

A few weeks ago I headed over to Scarborough to photograph Michael Atkin for Pressing Matters magazine. Michael has been running Bracken Press since he left art school and has the most jealousy inducing studios in his garden. It was such a pleasure spending the morning chatting to him about the whole process and seeing him work. If you haven't already checked out Pressing Matters magazine then I highly recommend you do, it's a corker of a read full of beautiful images on such good quality paper. 

A few weeks ago I photographed Nikki Hill's beautiful home for MADE.COM. Nikki run an apothecary business from her home in Cheshire. She said the renovations on the house took about 2 years, so I'm keeping the faith that it's still possible for us - ours has nearly been a year and we're now where near finished! The full house tour including interview can be seen on MADE's website

The house tour I photographed of Rebecca Hector Clarke's (Nook of the North) lovely home is up on Made.com. Currently feeling very envious of her beautiful, styled house whilst mine is currently in the messy stages of renovations but I've certainly got a few tips for when we're at the point of getting furniture! 

Last week I headed over to Sheffield to visit Pottery West at their studio to take some portraits and studio shots of Catherine and Matt. My dog (Wally) also came along for the ride and desperately wanted in on the action - see pics below! 

Stone sculptor, Jennifer Tetlow in her workshop in Yorkshire. 

Last week I photographed Becca from Nook of the North in her beautiful studio just outside Leeds. Artist studio portraits are my favourite - a whole day of chatting, photographing and getting to know about someone's craft is a pretty special day. Not only is Becca an incredible embroiderer and spends hours making each individual piece, she is also skilled in so many other artistic mediums and I came away feeling so inspired. And desperately wanting my fringe trimmed, major fringe envy. 

You can purchase items in Becca's shop here and follow her on Instagram here. 

Last week I headed over to Rogue Artists Studios in Manchester to photograph the space of artist Sophie Lee. I always love visiting studio spaces, I often find them to be like an extension of the artists personality and a place where their creativity really works its hardest. Although Sophie hasn't been in this space for long, she has made it her own and I loved seeing her current work and ideas on the wall and the books that are inspiring her. You can check out more of Sophie's work on her website. Sophie is represented by Mark Devereux Projects