Articles
Here you can read Articles and Illustrated Features I have written for a number of publications.
My Claude Monet Coincidence
24/03/2020
How I discovered my personal link with Claude Monet - The Master of Impressionism ...more
The Road to Vétheuil
10/02/2024
I travel one of France's most historic 'D' roads beside the Seine ...morePhotographing the Landscapes of the French Impressionists
10/02/2024
I use my camera to photograph impressionistic scenes - in the manner of the impressionists ...moreIn the Footsteps of Alfred Sisley - ‘The Painter of Placid Streams’
10/02/2024
I photograph the landscapes of Alfred Sisley, the Englishman who lived and worked with the French impressionists ...moreRenoir and the Olive Trees of Les Collettes
10/02/2024
100 years after Renoir moved to Les Collettes, I visit the home in which Renoir spent the last eleven years of his life, comforted by the climate of the Côte D’Azur and surrounded by his beloved olive trees. ...moreHaut-de-Cagnes, Cagnes-sur-Mer
10/02/2024
Explore with me one of the most historic medieval hilltop villages of France with close connections to Renoir and his French impressionist friends ...moreOrnans and the Vallée de la Loue – Courbet Country
11/02/2024
I explore an area of the French Jura in search of the landscapes painted by Gustave Courbet ...more
A Parisienne Stroll – Autumn in the Tuileries
11/02/2024
I enjoy an autumnal scene in the Tuileries Gardens of Paris away from the hustle and bustle. ...moreTalloires – Portrait of a Lakeside Village
11/02/2024
I visit the village of Talloires on the shores of Lake Annecy and discover a village in a magnificent setting with a gourmet reputation and an intriguing past. ...moreYvoire – The Floral Village
11/02/2024
Yvoire was 700 years old in 2006 and I visited the village to learn more of its past and to photograph its floral tradition. ...moreContentin – Cherbourg and the Landscapes of La Manche
11/02/2024
The Cotentin is a region covered by the Cherbourg Peninsula offering an historical landscape with much to explore ...moreBurano - A Jewel in the Venetian Lagoon
12/02/2024
One day, tired of dodging the endless umbrella waving tourist guides and their crocodile of followers through the streets of Venice I decided to expand my vision towards the islands of the Venetian lagoon and found an even more vibrant subject for my lens. It was the small island of Burano. ...moreBurano Washing
19/07/2016
Wash Day on a Colourful Island in the Venetian LagoonThis article was first published in Outdoor Photography Magazine it is featured again here with some of my more recent images of the famous Burano washing lines ...more
Through an Amateur's Eye
19/07/2016
The story behind how an amateur photographer came to rub shoulders with the world's press photographers to photograph the colour and glamour of the 1960's motor racing scene ...morePhotographing Silverstone in the 1960's
10/07/2016
Roger Lane got a rare chance to be a professional photographer when he was asked to take pictures of Silverstone.Article for BBC Northampton January 2010 ...more
David Shepherd and STEAMDREAM
01/07/2016
Photographing wildlife artist David Shepherd and his passion for conservation and steam railways ...moreDorset’s French Impressionist
31/03/2024
I reveal how an area of west Dorset became the painterly landscape of Lucien Pissarro ...moreFrom Railway Art to Hardy
03/04/2024
I look at the life of Donald Maxwell and his evocative book ‘The Landscapes of Thomas Hardy’ ...moreThe Concept of Waves
30/03/2024
I discover how Vaughan Cornish, a resident of Poole became so enraptured with the formation of waves below the Chines they provided him with a lifelong career ...moreRemembering Sven
01/07/2016
An opportunity to photograph a true artist and sculptor in his creative environment ...moreThe Story Behind the Pictures
01/07/2016
Photography can sometimes be about being in the right place at the right time ...moreUnder Lavender Skies
19/07/2016
Despite the ravages of an English summer a touch of Provence arrives in England’s heartland where my camera captures the essence of Lavender on Worcestershire’s Snowshill ...moreSnowshill Re - Visited
04/08/2016
A further visit to Snowshill Lavender Farm in July 2016 reveals new colour ...moreWordsworth's Valley
19/07/2016
An autumn journey through the Duddon Valley, an inspirational landscape for William Wordsworth ...morePhotographing Canford School
19/07/2016
For many years I was commissioned by Canford School near my home town of Wimborne Minster to photograph the buildings and grounds throughout the seasons. My images were used for brochures, calendars and books about the school. The Arboretum also featured in my book 'Gardens of Dorset'. Dorset Life magazine asked me to write about my experiences and that article is featured here. ...more