As with any type of subject matter, mood, timing and light can alter everything, and manipulating these to our advantage I am trying to learn more about when my time is given. A typical British woodland scene can be truly chaotic and so some morning mist not only helps create the critical elements of atmosphere and depth, but will separate our subject from the background, ensuring we can see and focus on what’s really there.

To a greater degree, I think landscape photography is your opportunity to develop something of a personal statement and show others how you see the environment rather than simply where you have been. In this respect, my lifelong love of trees and nature that God has given us has become a main focus , more so at certain times of the year.

Composing an image with what you have in front of you, what you have been given, via the natural light, the density of the shadows and the atmosphere it gives provokes an ongoing mystic sense of both danger, intricacy and natural beauty everywhere you look. If only we could bottle what we can see via nature into our everyday lives. There is much evidence surrounding the healing powers of nature, walking and photography, for which I am currently exploring myself. I am forever grateful that the beauty doesn't change, it does not let us down . It is as predictable as with the seasons and time. Steadily changing in front of us, but predictably so. The cycle of life, within us repeated.

I have tried to capture the character, portrait, poise and soul of these complex beings in anonymous places where only other people’s imagination or memories might take them. The best part is that trees have an ever- changing beauty and can be very close to home, making them easy to get to.