His work is truly inspirational as he seems to be able to make a dramatic picture out of the otherwise mundane. He is not only a photographer but also a printer; something that I have tended to regard as a bit of a chore. He sepia tones many of his prints and then adds soft focus under the enlarger and has some beautiful results. He is a landscape photographer which is a subject that generally fails to inspire me. Yes, there are some exotic locations like Venice, Tuscany, Marrakech and Rannoch Moor in Scotland. He has also made much of less exotic locations like Northumberland. Many of the photographs are taken with a 35 millimetre Hasselblad panoramic camera. They are a plastic Japanese-made camera with very fine optics but the earlier models were somewhat troublesome. This camera is often used with an orange filter to darken a blue sky. In many instances a red filter is used for an even deeper sky. Obviously, much magic is performed in the darkroom adding that extra dimension to the photography. Personally, I have had mixed results with sepia toning wasting both chemicals and paper. It is easier to do a sepia print with the aid of one's computer and printer. What makes his photographs interesting is that he is an artist rather than a technical perfectionist. It is promising in the digital age to see such virtuosity in black and white photography. Although he is not a portrait photographer, his portrait of the Berber in Marrakech is exquisite. It is all very well having the opportunity to photograph in exotic locations. My own experience of holiday photography is that you arrive at the exotic location at a time of day when the light is not particularly inspiring, the crowds are blocking your view, or the world's wonder is under scaffolding for repairs. But you take your shot anyway in case you do not get the chance to pass this way again. The way to operate may be to turn local locations into exotic locations by capturing unusual lighting conditions and camera angles. I have made a list out of this book of my favourites that I will try to reproduce locally; for instance, the shot of Redcar, Yorkshire. It is not an exotic location but the lighting and composition make a great photo.