Marie Knock

Marie Knock

Photo of the week – Illuminating York

The Illuminating York festival is back this week for the 7th year. To celebrate this, and in eager anticipation of this year’s photographic opportunities,  I wanted to share with you some images from previous festivals. The photos above and below were taken using the Canon EOS 7D, at f, 18mm with…

An Occasion For Celebration

Well, it’s not so often we’ll opt for a public and self congratulatory pat on the back, but TarajiBlue have some amazing news that we have been keeping under our hat for many months now… We reached the finals of…

Go Lewis!

In celebration of Lewis Hamilton’s pole position for tomorrow’s Korean GP, I wanted to share with you this shot taken at last year’s Turkish GP. It was taken during quali and features Lewis Hamilton driving the McLaren Mercedes MP4-25. It was a great grand prix which, sadly, will not…

Photo of the Week – Like a Sore Thumb

It’s been a while since I have posted my photos of the week… but here’s my choice for this week. It’s called ‘ Like a sore thumb’ and is an image of a sunflower in bloom amongst a field of dying sunflowers.…

Optimising travel with music

Whenever we hire a car for our adventures we take a host of CDs for the journey. This has meant that several holiday memories can be recalled simply by playing a CD on our return home. I love the evocative memories…

It’s World Animal Day Today

It’s World Animal Day today, and to celebrate all things wildlife I have chosen to highlight a selection of my favourite animal photographs from the last few years. Featured above is a close up of a female lioness and a…

Think global, act local

I’m forever dreaming of exotic shores, enticing overseas cities and sundowners in the African bush – but this year I have made a constant effort to try and make the most of the photographic opportunities locally. From insects in the local park,…