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Method in the Madness (Method TBC)
You might be asking why a photographer and Moorland guide is writing about such seemingly disparate stuff. You're not? Then move along 🤣 Those of you still here may have noticed I've recently been writing articles with z…
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And this is why we can't have nice things.
The other day I was lucky enough to run a Natural Light Portrait Workshop on Dartmoor as part of the Dartmoor Preservation Association's Partnership programme. The events are all free, you just need to book your spot on…
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Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up ?
(A Dartmoor Story about a lowly Tavistock resident in the Nineteenth Century) Dolvin Road Cemetery - resting place of Mary Maria Colling (location of burial unknown) Did Anna Eliza Bray edit Mary Colling's poems? Recentl…
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Bowerman’s Nose: Legends are like memes in slow motion
Search anywhere for "Bowerman's Nose" today and almost every result will tell you basically the same story. A cocksure hunter and his faithful hounds are turned to stone by witches whose ritual they disturb. “The univers…
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Photographing Hawthorn on Dartmoor: Folklore, Form and the May Tree
Spend even the shortest moment on Dartmoor and you will notice the convoluted, often lone forms of the hawthorn. Some are graceful in their windswept form, others are twisted and gnarly, a few stand solitary and proud, t…
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Pixie-Led on Dartmoor: Concerning the Piskies, and what befell Mr Wm. Satterley of Postbridge
Regular readers will no doubt remember that I have a habit of occasionally bidding on odd lots online. Usually weird old cameras or even projector lenses that I will then gaffer tape to the front of my camera and attempt…
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Adapted Simplex Ampro Ltd 2 1/2 inch f1.8 Projection lens on Sony a7r - Curious Photography
Who would have thought that a little bit of cardboard and gaffer tape and an appropriately large amount of imagination would create such a monstrosity as my adapted Simplex Ampro Ltd 2 1/2 inch f1.8 Projection lens … and…
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Adapted Cosmicar 75mm C-Mount TV Lens on Sony a7r - Curious Photography
When I started to write the article Curious Photography for my website, it hadn’t really occurred to me how much my style of photography (and maybe even my general attitude towards life) has been moulded by remaining cur…
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St Gudula - Photographing a Saint (or at least, someone playing one)
So, I was recently asked to photograph Helen Bruce , the Communications Officer at the Dartmoor Preservation Association as St Gudula, in preparation for a brand new community ceremony coming to the beautiful town of Ash…
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Hound Tor - Here be Witches
Back in September 2025 I was asked by a wonderful group of ladies if I’d be willing to shoot them on Dartmoor. Even though these ladies where witches, we’re hopefully a little more open minded these days and they meant w…
