Rome......what a city! So much history which remains apparent everywhere.

It is amazing when you realise how 'civilised' the Roman culture was - except of course for the Colosseum where there was so much carnage and blood shed....all in the name of sport.

On reflection, there is a lot of design and architecture from this time which still influences us today.... look at the Colosseum and the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing. I think that most stadiums have a similar feel to the original.

A great time to go....not so busy and the odd sunny day to boot.

Here are some shots from my recent trip to New Mexico. What an amazing place! A two hour drive out of Santa Fe brings you to a place called Ghost Ranch - and some outstanding natural beauty.

Ghost Ranch is where the acclaimed artist Georgia O'Keeffe lived - famed for her use of light and impressions of the desert and surrounding area. It's easy to see how inspiring it would be to wake up to these vistas every day!

New Mexico - and great place, well worth visiting - and in my case - definitely somewhere to go back to!

Had a great - but busy trip - to Hong Kong and China. Would really have found it easy to spend a month there and still have been complaining of not having enough time to photograph everything!

The people were warm and friendly - and experimented with some interesting food - although didn't get the chance to try the infamous chicken feet.

Next posting will be from New Mexico!

Here are some shots from a commercial shoot that we completed at the end of the summer.

This is the fifth year that we shot the images for this company's brochure and website. The company produces high quality dressing up outfits for children.

Each year we chose a different location to give the images a different feel.

We have one more day's shoot to do - at the beach - in early October. Here's hoping for some favourable weather!

Just back from a week in 'sunny' mid-Wales and thought that I would try my hand at some landscape photography - which I don't often get the chance to do.

In fact - we were quite lucky with the weather. I think that we had three days out of seven sunny. Not bad!

The scenery and landscape in that area are amazing and pretty unspoilt which means that there is always plenty of things to photograph whatever the weather,

Here are some shots from the Brands Hatch weekend.

I had great access to photograph the WTCC BMW Team UK, and their driver Andy Priaulx.

It was fantastic getting really close to the action - but on the grid, in the pit lane and out on track - where you could feel the heat of cars as the passed!

I also had the chance to say hello to some great motor sport personalities, including Martin Brundle, Murray Walker and John Surtees.

We were at Brands Hatch over the weekend where Henry Surtees - the son of former F1 world champion John Surtees was tragically killed in the second Formula 2 race of the weekend.

Henry had achieved his first F2 podium during Saturday's race with a third place.

I did not know Henry but feel deep sadness at his loss.

I had the pleasure of meeting his father John briefly on the grid before the race and would personally like to pay my respects to him and his family at this terrible time.

We spent the weekend at the British Grand Prix, Silverstone. Well travelling to and fro by motorbike in fact skipping past all the traffic. To join the debate briefly, Silverstone is definitely the best home for the Grand Prix (sorry Donnington!).

There is a bias in the photographs, as you can see (better luck next time Jenson!).

I'm really excited to be working on a motorsport assignment in July and will post some images from this event in due course.

Here are few shots from Paris - an absolute photographer's paradise!

In fact - there are so many shots, that I will be publishing a full gallery from the trip shortly - and may even get around to turning them into a coffee table book!

The full gallery of images is available in the Art and Travel section of the main website, titled:

'la vie de paris'

I get a bit of a respite from travelling - at least until September when it's China. Can't wait to see what that will bring!

These shots were mostly taken in a small town called Lewisburg in West Virginia - or as you can see, on the highway.

Lewisburg is one of the oldest settlements dating back to the 1700's, bearing witness to both the War of Independence and the American Civil War!

It feels like 'real' America and has some great buildings.

The next set of images will be from somewhere a little closer to home - Paris!

Here are some shots from the first part of the USA road trip. First stop, Washington. What a great City! As a first time visitor to Washington it feels unlike any other US City that I can think of. Lots of open space and very 'low rise'.

The monuments are really impressive - as is of course the White House. The photograph of the White House that I took here was an effort to get an entirely different view to the one that we usually see.

Next stops - West Virginia and Kentucky!

Here are a few shots from my recent trip to Malaysia. What struck me was the total contrast between the ‘bright lights big city’ feel if Kuala Lumpur and the much poorer feel of the countryside – I guess fairly typical for a lot of Asian cities. I was working with a group of people from the Asia – Pacific rim –Japan, Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia. A really great group of people all learning from each other and sharing each others’ cultures. The next set of images will from a short Washington to Chicago road trip – via Kentucky and Virginia!

Here are some shots from a recent short visit that Christine and I made to Brighton - just an hour or two to spare to capture these shots.

Brighton is brilliantly vivid and vibrant place and I think that it would be possible to spend a week there and still be inspired photographically for the whole time!