Apologies for a late and brief update on this... Last weekend was the 2018 edition of the HARP24 ultra running event. As usual I was down to take a shed load of photos of of the event - on a voluntary basis - but life conspired against me and I had to miss out on …
Southend Half Marathon 2018
Sunday 10th June saw me spend my morning photographing the 2018 Southend Half Marathon. I was doing so on behalf of Havens Hospices for whom the event is a major fundraiser each year. I managed to shoot 3,000+ photos so if you were taking part there is a fair chance that I snapped you at some …
It won’t fail because of me
I'm currently reading the book 'Into the Black' by Rowland White about the first flight of the Space Shuttle. I was taken by a particular passage. The author recounts the time when Appllo XVI astronaut T.K.Mattingly was up on the gantry taking a look at the rocket as it was being prepared and startled a …
HARP 24 2016
Last weekend I spend a fair amount of time providing volunteer event photography services for HARP Southend at their HARP24 24hr running event attended by over 330 runners from near and far. You are here for the photos I guess so find below the links to my various albums. I retain copyright on all the …
Southend Half Marathon 2016
This weekend local amateur photographer Geoff Caten and I provided volunteer event photography services for the Southend Half Marathon on the request of the organisers Havens Hospices. We were more than happy to give up our time to capture the event and a few subsequent evenings to process and upload the results. Apologies in advance if some …
Moon 17.03.2016
Lovely moon this evening so tried a few shots from the garden. The moon was Waxing Gibbous 71.8% and a quite an elevation at 55 deg. Used my old crop sensor Nikon D5200 with my new full frame 200-500 zoom which gives an effective length of 750mm. Camera on sturdy tripod. 1/200s f/7.1 ISO 100. …
Bridge Collapse at the Big Bang Fair
Yesterday I was at University of Essex in Colchester supporting the local Big Bang fair representing the Institution of Civil Engineers. The event was more careers fair than the big STEM event of last year but over four sessions I still got to speak to many many yr 9 and 10 students many of who …
Allerton Waste Recovery Park
I paid a visit to our Allerton Waste Recovery Project in North Yorkshire last week to see first hand the progress that is being made. The project is an EfW (Energy from Waste) plant with additionally a MT (Mechanical Treatment) facility and a bottom ash) handling facility. The client for the project is AMEY and …
Redcaps Brave Winter Conditions – in May!
Committed swimmers from local open water swimming club Chalkwell Redcaps endured conditions more usually found in December to take part in one of their regular ‘summer’ swims on Sunday. On a grey and windy morning 39 swimmers turned out for the Crowstone Crawl swim in waves up to 3 feet high. Most wore wetsuits but …
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Inspiring Women, Building Britain
On Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of joining around 150 students, parents and industry figures at the second annual Taylor Woodrow Inspiration Lecture held in the grand surroundings of One Great George Street in Westminster - the home of The Institution of Civil Engineers. The theme of this years lecture - intended to put …