Paris is a photographers paradise and I think it’s a black and white paradise. I’ve been slowly adding prints of Paris to my black and white collection over the years and although I don’t go back there that often Paris continues to inspire me to produce more fine art prints.

My collection of New York prints has grown over the years and I now have and fairly sizeable collection of colour and black and white prints. They are all handmade, they are all limited edition, and they are numbered, signed and titled. They all come in standard black frames and they are perfect for offices, homes and for gifts.

Three new panoramic prints this week. All shot in autumn last year and all of these prints replace limited editions that have run to the 150 limit. These limited editions are all 1 of 150. They are all brand new prints and it’s lovely to be able to add them to the growing set of large panoramic prints.

I grew up in New Zealand and I came to the UK in 1985 where I started my professional career. My family and I spent our holidays in a place called Akaroa which was a small fishing village about 1 1/2 hours dive from Christchurch.

I wrote a blog last month about seeing the picture below in a real estate agent’s window. You can clearly see one of my prints of Prague on the wall. It’s a house in Clapham near where I lived and now it’s an AIRbnb. The print is of The Charles Bridge in Prague.

I first went to New York when I worked for a picture library in 1989. My job then was to take pictures of mountains and beaches. This was in the good old days of film and the internet and digital were still a way off.

The London Eye or The Millennium Wheel or whoever sponsors it this year it dominates the London Skyline. I’ve been making prints of it since it first appeared in 2000. I

Having lived in London for most of my career taking fine art city landscapes to sell in my gallery I’ve spent a lot of time standing on a freezing bridge taking a photograph with my camera on a tripod. A small collection of cool bridges.

Grain in a print is determined by the ISO setting and to some extent what paper I use to print it on.

I used to live in South West London and my daughters used to call Albert Bridge the ‘pretty bridge’. It’s an iconic London landmark and over the years I’ve made many prints of Albert bridge. Day or night it’s a beautiful thing. It works as a panoramic print and it works as part of a set. The print of Albert Bridge below works perfectly as a standalone framed prints in an office.

There have been many times over the years where I’ve gone out to make a print of a view or piece of architecture and when I come back to my studio to find that not only have I got some good colour and black and white prints but I’ve also got some great panoramics. The shape is perfect for a large wall and excellent for stand alone pieces.

We love a set of framed prints. Many of our clients don’t love having to hang them. So if you want to buy four or more prints we’ll take the headache of installation away from them and we’ll professionally hang them for you.

You would think the most common question people ask me about gear would be ‘What pro camera do you use’ or ‘Do you use Canon or Nikon’ but it’s not. The most common question I get asked is ‘Can I make a print like yours from an iPhone’.

Limited edition prints explained. The print you buy from me is one of 150. Once I get to 150 I stop and the print then becomes collectable. People notice ‘fine art photography’. Your clients notice this when they see the prints hanging in your office and it’s an even bigger deal when you give one as a present.

Shooting into the sun and how ‘backlit’ situations can produce stunning images and perfect panoramic prints.

Our USP or ‘unique selling point’ is something that sets us apart from all of the other people out there doing a similar thing to us. There are two things that set us apart from all those people that appear on Google when you key in ‘black and white or colour prints on London’. The difference about my gallery is that we’re a bit ‘old school’. I use film and although I’ve embraced digital I know and understand film and I know how to make a print using film. I think this is a huge thing.

The rule I apply most when taking city landscape photographs is the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds means diving the image into three horizontally and into three vertically.This may mean two thirds of the image will be sky and the bottom third will be the subject of the photograph.

Many clients order on the website and all they need is one print. It’s either a gift or its going a standalone print in an office or a home. It’s normally the largest size and it’s purpose is to make a statement on it’s own. It’s a splash of colour and a standalone print.

See the new gallery of ‘London from the air’ All taken on film, I had the most amazing day taking panoramics, sunsets and cloudbursts above London.

Shared workspaces have become very popular since the workforce went back to the office after the pandemic. The importance of good art in the workspace also became popular.