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Wirral based Photographer - I have have been capturing images for a number of years

04/11/2026

West Kirby making the BBC breakfast news - amazing work from the friends of Grange Hill showing their work and honoured to have my footage used to show this off and how amazing it looks

03/11/2026

🌹 The Last Post – We Will Remember Them

More than a monument, it is a reminder of the courage, sacrifice and selflessness of those who served, fought and gave their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today.

May its light serve as a symbol of remembrance, ensuring their sacrifice is never forgotten.

We will remember them. 🌹

02/11/2026

A Light of Remembrance | Grange Hill, West Kirby

A special evening on the Wirral as the historic Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial is officially illuminated for the first time in its 104-year history.

Standing proudly above West Kirby since 1922, this Grade II* listed memorial honours those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts.

Tonight’s illumination marks the culmination of years of dedication, restoration and fundraising by the Friends of Grange Hill, ensuring this important landmark continues to stand as a symbol of remembrance for generations to come.

A fitting tribute as we approach Remembrance Sunday.

We will remember them.

20/10/2026

Morning on the Mersey

18/10/2026

New Brighton

17/10/2026

Good morning sunshine

14/10/2026

🌌✨ A journey 2.5 million light-years into the universe… from my back garden!

Last night, I left my DWARFLAB DWARF 3 smart telescope out under the stars for three hours, capturing one of the most incredible sights in our night sky — the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 🔭

What absolutely blows my mind is that the light captured in this photograph has been travelling through space for around 2.5 million years before finally reaching my telescope.

Andromeda is our nearest major neighbouring galaxy, home to an estimated one trillion stars. Somewhere in that enormous collection of stars, who knows what might be looking back at us?

I’m still very much learning the art of astrophotography, but amazing to leave the telescope in the garden overnight and waking up to an image of an entirely different galaxy.

The more I explore the night sky, the more I realise just how extraordinary our universe really is. 🌠

🔭 DWARFLAB DWARF 3
🌌 Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
📸 3 hours of astrophotography

12/10/2026

✨ A little deeper into the universe… 🌌

Another night exploring the cosmos with my DWARFLAB 3, and this time my target was NGC 6910, also known as the Rocking Horse Cluster.

Hidden away in the constellation of Cygnus, thousands of light-years from Earth, this beautiful cluster of stars sits against a backdrop of glowing clouds of hydrogen gas. Those incredible shades of red are part of a vast region of star formation, where new stars are being born. ✨

I’d planned a few hours of capturing the night sky, but the clouds had other ideas! ☁️ Managed around 140 images before they rolled in — roughly 100 using the Duo Band filter and another 40 with the Astro filter, all brought together and processed to reveal this little corner of our galaxy.

Still very much learning the art of astrophotography, but there’s something magical about pointing a tiny telescope into the darkness and revealing something that’s been sitting out there for millions of years, completely invisible to our eyes.

70 minutes of captured light. Thousands of years travelling through space. One little telescope in my garden. 🔭❤️

11/10/2026

🌌 A cosmic beauty, 1,360 light-years away! 💫

Meet the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) — a cloud of glowing gas and dust left behind by a dying star. ⭐

Captured from my own back garden, using the DWARF LAB 3 smart telescope, with just 30 minutes of imaging time! 🤯📸

What we’re looking at is a planetary nebula — the outer layers of a star drifting into space, creating this incredible cosmic masterpiece. One day, our Sun will go through a similar phase. ☀️

Just imagine… photons travelling through space for over a thousand years, finally reaching my little telescope tonight. ✨

The universe really is something else. 🚀🌠

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