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Heath Photo Workshop | Jan 11th

Heath Photo Workshop | Jan 11th

The first workshop of 2020 and on a drab, overcast winters day the group found wonderful pockets of colour, a lovely wildlife moment on the ponds and a secret fairy door tucked away in the deep dark woods. One of the many joys running these ...

Boxing Day Hunt Meet 2019

Boxing Day Hunt Meet 2019

The annual Boxing Day hunt meet is still a huge event in the UK despite the 2004 ban. Tensions ran high when I visited on 26th December 2019 with anti-hunting groups out in force making their voices heard. The story of foxes living in the UK is a ...

Jo-Anne McArthur on the Podcast

Jo-Anne McArthur on the Podcast

Jo is a multi award-winning photographer, author and speaker. She specialises in photographing the ‘invisible animals’  – the animals we eat, wear, test on and confine, yet rarely see. Over the past 20 years Jo has worked tirelessly to ...

Heath Photo Workshop | December 14th

Heath Photo Workshop | December 14th

Another year of workshops on Hampstead Heath comes to an end and our December group got on with capturing some fantastic shots in mixed weather to say the least! I always love seeing how differently each photographer interprets the same in scene in ...

Speaking at FIIN

Speaking at FIIN

This year I was ask to present at the Festival Internacional De Imagem De Natureza in Vila Real, Portugal. When friends and family asked how it went I ended not talking about my show or the reaction from the audience but instead went into great ...

Heath Photo Workshop | November 10th

Heath Photo Workshop | November 10th

It’s not hard to see why the autumn workshops are the most popular on the Heath. It’s such a beautiful location which we are very lucky to have so close to London’s city centre. It’s evident from the quality and range of the ...

Heath Photo Workshop | November 9th

Heath Photo Workshop | November 9th

It was prime autumnal colour season on the Heath and with such a variety of deciduous trees we had a full spectrum of colour to capture. We also had a great variety of images on show as the groups individual style and interpretation of each ...

Karine Aigner now up on the Podcast Page

Karine Aigner now up on the Podcast Page

Listen to the interview here After nine years working as the Senior Picture Editor at National Geographic Kids magazine Karine Aigner ventured into the world of freelance photography. Drawing on her wealth of knowledge as an editor, Karine’s body ...

Heath Photo Workshop | Oct 27th

Heath Photo Workshop | Oct 27th

It was fungi season on the Heath and with such a variety on display it was hard to ignore photographing them. The group showed their individual style and take on how to capture them in a creative way. The next available workshops are on the weekend ...