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PHOTOGRAPHY
I have been involved in
photography for over 20 years now, ever since obtaining my first Canon
A-1 SLR - still a fine camera! Today, though, my work is done with a
Nikon
D300
DSLR and Nikkor 18-200 + Tokina 12-24mm lenses. My images have been
published by the BBC,
newspapers such as the Guardian and have been used by various
non-commercial to commercial concerns - from the National Museum of
Wales to Gordon's Gin! Although the natural world - and especially wild
weather - is my speciality, I have done a wide range of commissions in
recent years. £30/hr is my current rate for
photography and processing, plus travel expenses where that is
required. If you have an event or business that you would like
recording through the lens, please contact me to discuss your
requirements.
Through my
interest in photogenic storms came my involvement, in 2003,
with
the UK-based Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO). Work
with TORRO primarily involves
forensically examining and recording tornado damage tracks whenever one
is reported, in order to
assess a
twister's strength to add to our building knowledge-base of such
extreme weather events. It also frequently involves live TV/radio
interviews. This is voluntary work contributed, as with all TORRO
members, for the sake of science.
In 2007, I launched my
unique online slide
library featuring the weather and landscapes of Mid-Wales, from the sea
to the hills. Set in and around the beautiful Dyfi
Valley area of Mid-Wales, it features the area's mountains, rivers and
coasts in all their moods, from benign to furious, as the seasons and
weather change. The images
are available for sale in electronic format for multimedia use and also
as prints. I am
also
available for illustrated talks on weather-photography in Wales: in
2008 I gave such a presentation to the Royal Meteorological Society in
London. For the slide library
please click
here.
For getting on for a
decade, I have been running a popular and regularly-updated blog
dedicated to thunderstorms, blizzards, floods
and other severe
weather in Wales. The blog documents
events (with images) and,
using my interpretation techniques, sets about explaining complex
weather and climate-related processes to the lay person. This duel
approach has proved to be a remarkable success and has attracted
attention from people worldwide (often with an original Welsh
connection) and the media. To
access my severe weather blog, please click here.
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