I’ve always been interested in landscape photography - I studied it at school and my parents bought me my very first camera, a shiny new Vivitar V6000 which could eat 35mm film all day. Sadly however my passion became sidelined in lieu of other priorities - education, friends, money, relationships, career, mortgage, family - and my cameras stayed in their boxes. In 2017 however a trip to the Canadian Rockies prompted me to (ahem) refocus and reconnect with my long lost passion. Because the V6000 was a little retro and my trusty Panasonic FZ45 bridge camera couldn’t quite cut the digital mustard anymore I bought my first DSLR. And instantly fell back in love.
Although I was born in the northeast of England, I’ve lived and worked all over the UK and a few places beyond. Work eventually brought me to Cornwall and what an amazingly beautiful place it is. Miles of beaches, cliffs, islands, headlands, forests, fields and more. It truly is a photographer’s dream. And like the countless others who visit or move to Cornwall, the locals have christened me an emmet, an outsider. This isn’t a derogatory term; it’s (mostly) an affectionate moniker and one which always makes me laugh when someone utters it, usually when the beaches are full of tourists or another broken down caravan causes a long tailback. And whilst I’ll never have the blood or heritage of these proud Cornish folk, this place is my home too and I’ll explore it, respect it and savour it like any other.
So Emmet Images is an acknowledgement of who I am and what I love as well as a means to showcase the awesomeness of Cornwall whilst I sharpen my old skills and learn a few more. And whilst there are countless other local photographers doing the same thing as me - many of them very talented - my images all have a tale to tell, an intimate story explaining how and why they came to be. Which makes them a little bit special.
A number of my images are for sale as a print or download - please check out the accompanying links or contact me directly if you’re interested in acquiring one. And as a way of saying thank you to Cornwall for providing me with so much inspiration and subject matter 10% of the proceeds from every sale will be donated to local charities. Hopefully this will go a little way to preserving the beauty of this place and its way of life for future generations whilst proving that not all emmets are morons!
Thanks for visiting the site and I hope you enjoyed it.
PS - thank you mam for buying me the V6000 - I still have it although the lenses are a little foggy now - and thank you dude for encouraging me to start exploring again...
Although I was born in the northeast of England, I’ve lived and worked all over the UK and a few places beyond. Work eventually brought me to Cornwall and what an amazingly beautiful place it is. Miles of beaches, cliffs, islands, headlands, forests, fields and more. It truly is a photographer’s dream. And like the countless others who visit or move to Cornwall, the locals have christened me an emmet, an outsider. This isn’t a derogatory term; it’s (mostly) an affectionate moniker and one which always makes me laugh when someone utters it, usually when the beaches are full of tourists or another broken down caravan causes a long tailback. And whilst I’ll never have the blood or heritage of these proud Cornish folk, this place is my home too and I’ll explore it, respect it and savour it like any other.
So Emmet Images is an acknowledgement of who I am and what I love as well as a means to showcase the awesomeness of Cornwall whilst I sharpen my old skills and learn a few more. And whilst there are countless other local photographers doing the same thing as me - many of them very talented - my images all have a tale to tell, an intimate story explaining how and why they came to be. Which makes them a little bit special.
A number of my images are for sale as a print or download - please check out the accompanying links or contact me directly if you’re interested in acquiring one. And as a way of saying thank you to Cornwall for providing me with so much inspiration and subject matter 10% of the proceeds from every sale will be donated to local charities. Hopefully this will go a little way to preserving the beauty of this place and its way of life for future generations whilst proving that not all emmets are morons!
Thanks for visiting the site and I hope you enjoyed it.
PS - thank you mam for buying me the V6000 - I still have it although the lenses are a little foggy now - and thank you dude for encouraging me to start exploring again...