Road Trip Wales, this time… Welcome to Mars… Ok, it’s not actually Mars, but Parys mountain. Parys mountain used to be Europe’s largest copper mine, so the ore from the mines have created a Mars like reddish/orange landscape.

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Welcome to Part 2 of my Road Trip around the Coast of Wales.
Heading away from Llandudno and around the coast there are just so many little places you could spend time in. In this blog post we’ll viist Conwy with it’s stunning 13th century castle, Thomas Telford’s stunning suspension bridge which is right next to the castle, and below it is the quay, which contains the smallest house in Great Britain. No, really, it’s dimensions are 3.05m x 1.8m. Then we’ll head round to the small University City of Bangor.

Embark on a captivating road trip along the breathtaking coast of Wales, filled with dragons, castles, and a rich history. In part 1, discover the enchanting towns of Colwyn Bay and Llandudno, with their Victorian charm and magnificent landmarks. Experience Wales' unique language and warm hospitality. Join me on this unforgettable journey through a land of legends and stunning landscapes. Plan your Welsh coastal adventure today!

The beautiful thing about York as a city for tourists, is that it’s possible to see most of the highlights of the city in a day. Obviously, to appreciate everything you see, it should be given at least two days, but on this trip I only had one spare day. Word to the wise, if possible, avoid Saturdays. Saturdays in York are busy. And when you see how small some of the most beautiful parts of York city centre are, it can feel a little claustrophobic in the most touristy spots such as The Shambles.

The last weekend of March saw me once again head to the beautiful walled city of York, for the Aesthetica Magazine annual symposium. Photography, painting, sculpture and installation art is all covered, along with how current and future technologies are/will be impacting the way we produce and consume art.

Now, art is subjective, which is a good thing, because some of the examples of work I saw left me questioning what on earth the artist was thinking… But clearly other people could look, appreciate and read far more into it than I could, which is how it should be. ( I mean, they were wrong, but…)

One of my greatest pleasures, is creating promotional and branding portraits of other creative people.

It’s incredibly satisfying, because photographing people within the creative industries, makes you dig deep as a photographer. You want to create an image or series of images that will not only endure, but that will define a moment in that creative person’s history.

In 2003, singer, Andre 3000 and OutKast asked the question, “What’s cooler than being cool?” And today I’m asking you “What’s more secret than ‘Most Secret’?”

No, it’s not Top Secret, it’s actually Ultra Secret. A phrase commissioned during the Second World War for a facility that’s activities were so secret, so important to global wartime intelligence, that even married couples didn’t find out for decades that they’d both worked in the same facility… true story. It wasn’t until the mid 1970’s that the work of the men and women of Bletchley Park was finally publicly revealed.

Ever since the 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, through to the 44th, Barack Obama, there’s been an historical record keeping operation called the Presidential Library system. There’s currently 15 presidential libraries (I understand the 45th president is opening a Burger King instead, possibly in San Quentin…), and their purpose is to hold the official historical records of that presidency (as opposed to you know, just keeping them under a bed in your golf resort… sorry, sorry, this is too easy, I’ll stop now) . The records, papers, footage and files of that presidency are eventually available to research and study. Most of the libraries are also museums for the general public to visit and learn about that presidents life, before, during and after their time in office.