I have worked with JP for quite a while now and he has always taken a keen interest in my photography and FPR. Recently (as he mentions) he has started to take the whole post processing side of photography more seriously and results speak for themselves. I asked JP a bit more about his photography and what inspires his work….

West Wycombe Caves (also known as the Hellfire Caves) are a network of man-made chalk and flint caverns which extend one quarter of a mile underground in West Wycombe, at the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, Southeast England.
They were excavated between 1748 and 1752 for the infamous Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer, founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the notorious Hell Fire Club, whose meetings were held within the caves.

I have been following Rich’s work and website for a while now and his photos never fail to impress me. Full of colour and warmth Rich has a style that captures the very essence of the scene’s he photograph’s. I wanted to find out what inspires Rich and the thought processes behind his work, luckily for me Rich kindly agreed to answer some questions and in wonderful detail!

I have been in the process of planning a personal portfolio site for some time. Time and money were my main enemies but recently I made the long overdue effort and created my ‘showpiece’…

The Windy Pixel is one of only a few photography sites I visit religiously EVERY day. Every time this site opens I am presented with another stunning, original HDR image and a great article about the photograph. This is more often than not the work of Justin Kern, one of the most impressive and consistently brilliant HDR photographers you will find on the Web. I ‘speak’ to Justin on a regular basis via Twitter, through comments on tWp and on Facebook, but wanted to delve a bit further into what makes him tick and inspires his relentless creativity and photographic vision…….

There is one subject that is in abundance all around us (unless you live on a desert island), architecture. Look around you, offices, bridges, houses, museums, the list is endless. Next time you are wondering what you can capture next, go out and have a go at architecture…..

One of my self portraits was recently selected as one of 3 winning photographs for Digital Photographer Magazine’s competition……