Richmond Park
Richmond Park is a huge, vivid world whose many wild habitats give it the status of National Nature Reserve. It is dominated by oak woods and acid grassland and the central lakes create a special environment particularly conducive to the formation of low radiation fog. Some of the time I’ve spent in Richmond has been devoted to the study of atmospheric optics in fog and I’ve managed to photograph a number of rare and beautiful phenomena often more associated with mountain environments. My series on solar coronas and glories features some of my most challenging images to make. Richmond Park is also home to the Isabella Plantation, a large collection of azaleas and rhododendrons, but given the amount of work I have on this forest, I’ve given it a separate gallery.
In 2023 this project gained a new lease of life with the completion of the Richmond Park Field Camera, a specialised landscape tool built from wood from Richmond Park trees. Although this camera has already traveled quite extensively in and out of London, the images made with it in Richmond Park are particularly special. They build on concepts and standards established with a prototype (The Rush Oak Field Camera) over the previous few years.
Autumnal Aureole. 2017
Oak and Setting Moon, February. 2024, Richmond Park Field Camera
Willows on the Waterside. Richmond Park Field Camera, October 2023
Three Oaks, Leg of Mutton Pond. February 2024, Richmond Park Field Camera
Veteran with Wren. March 2024. Richmond Park Field Camera
Great Oaks of the Grassland. March 2024. Richmond Park Field Camera
Conduit Veteran, Early October. Richmond Park Field Camera, 2023
Third Quarter, Great Oak. March 2024. Richmond Park Field Camera
Morning Light on Conduit Veteran, May 2023. Richmond Park Field Camera
Veteran of the Conduit. Richmond Park Field Camera, May 2023
Willow Dawn. Richmond Park Field Camera, October 2023
Dead Wood, Frosty Dawn. February 2024. Richmond Park Field Camera
Two-Tone Grassland, Pen Ponds. Richmond Park Field Camera, October 2023
April Dawn, Pen Ponds. Rush Oak Field Camera, 2022
Frost and Fog, Pen Ponds Bracken. Rush Oak Field Camera, 2021
Pen Ponds Overlook. August 2018
Grassland Sunrise
Spectacle of the Incandescent Oak
Circle in Blue
Conception Moon. Rush Oak Field Camera, 2022
Dawn over the Etched Obscurity
Spectacle of the May Mists
Islands at Dawn
Fog Bank, Rush Bank. Rush Oak Field Camera. 2021
Glory of the Lake. Pen Ponds, 2019
Red Deer in Blue Twilight, Dark Hill. 2018
Dark Hill, Winter. 2018
Catkins and Sledgers, near Thatched House Lodge. 2018
Ancient Oaks in Snow, High Wood. 2018
High Wood, Winter. 2018
Three Oaks in Fog, Pen Ponds
Moon Fruit, Dead Oak
Oaktopus, High Wood
Summer Spectre, Lake Glory. 2018
Solar Cycle
End of the Summer Night, Sawyer's Hill
Frost and Fog, Pen Ponds
Winter Crow, The Mire. Rush Oak Field Camera, 2021
Pembroke Patterns
Relic of the Oaks, Pen Ponds Valley
