Capturing the rugged beauty and history of Northumberland and beyond.

Englands border county is a vast and ruggedly impressive landscape. Steeped in a rich history which boasts more castles than any other county in England. Northumberland has some of the most beautiful and unspoiled coastlines in the UK, the largest gold-tier dark sky park in Europe and a world class National Park with incredible rolling hills, and dense lush woodlands.

I am trying to capture these qualities in my images from Northumberland and occasionally further afield.

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Early birds of lindisfarne

A winter sunrise over Lindisfarne castle on Holy Island. This image won the Northern Photography Prize and has featured in national press, including BBC and ITV.

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Heaven calling

The biggest solar storm in a century created an incredible aurora display in the skies over Northumberland. Captured here above Lindisfarne Castle.

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Morning glory

The ever impressive Bamburgh Castle from the beach, voted the best beach in the UK and 6th best in the world. Easy to see why with this backdrop.

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The black church of Búðir, By Jim Scott

The Black church of Búðir

Rebuilt in 1849 to replace the original 1703 building, this small church is set on a lava field, in a remote part of the North West coast of Iceland.

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View fullsize Can you spot a very VERY tiny mini-me alone on St Aidans Beach at Bamburgh enjoying a spectacular sunrise below @bamburgh_castle #Northumberland #sunrise #beach #photography #newcastlechronicle @nland250 @visitnorthumberland @thisisnland @your_n
View fullsize The bathing house at sunrise… the rocks here fascinate me. When the tide is at the right level, the waves wash back and forth revealing an infinite number of compositions. #Northumberland #Sunrise #photography #seascape @nland250 @thisisn
View fullsize T H E T R I O Drivinf the backgrounds in north #Northumberland, dodging hares and deer, very early (4:33am to be specific) to catch the mist and early morning light. #trees #landscape #photography #nature @nland250 @visitnorthumberland @your_
View fullsize I couldn’t resist, just one more #aurora post. This one from about 25 mins before things went crazy… on any given night I’d have been incredibly excited with this as the display, but I had no idea what was about to hit! The reas

This project is setting out to be the first ever photographic catalogue of all of Northumberland’s castles.

With 70 castles across the county, Northumberland has more than any other in England. In fact if you count Peles and Bastles there are well over 100.

To see the project unfold, please subscribe to my newsletter and visit the dedicated page here: THE NORTHUMBERLANDER PROJECT

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