Photographing the River Aire and it's journey through Yorkshire to the east coast is filling my life at the moment.

It is supported by The Aire Rivers Trust and in return there are photo's, blogs and some very friendly interactions with the landowners that work with.

I'm walking it from Source (whatever that is - it's contentious!) to Mouth and taking a photo at every mile to document how the landscape changes around the river and some issues along the way. It's been a great experience so far.

Some of the Aire Miles, I visit several times and here is goings on at Kildwick Bridge which I visited three times. The last time was on my way home from visiting further up the valley and I hung about on the bridge for enough time for loacal people to ask me if I was alright. I was lucky enough to photograph this heron taking off. Camera Ricoh GR iiix.

I have two projects on-going right now.

Aire Miles is to photograph the River Aire at mile intervals from source to sea. It is mainly on foot and will take the full cycle of seasons over one year. It begins at the furthest point from the river's mouth at Airmyn. This on 1st May this year was a muddy pool on the edge of Malham Tarn. I will reach the mouth at Airmyn in about a years time. I'm looking forward to exploring and meeting people along the way.

After Dark is a continuation of Shipley After Dark and is more opportunistic. It is a winter speciality as it's about once the sun goes down so is in some ways easier in the winter months. I also love dressing up in layers and woolly hats: yes - it's a winter project mainly.

This site contains galleries of projects past and current.

Have a look round and I hope you enjoy the photos.

More information:

A Blog where there is a narrative to accompany the Aire Miles photographs 

The Aire Rivers Trust website where this project and others are detailed