Bill Bevan Photography

21/12/2018

My latest book is out on Amazon and Apple iBooks.

Do you want to know what that fish is you’ve seen snorkelling in Thailand? This handy guide covers 50 you’re likely to see plus some rarities from the Gulf of Thailand & the Andaman Sea.

Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07M8XV4JT

Apple iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/fifty-fantastic-reef-fishes-of-thailand/id1447509142

This is a photographic guide to 50 commonly seen coral reef fish of Thailand and South-East Asia. Each fish has a photo, a brief description and where to look for it. There is also a ‘look out for’ tip to help you identify the fish from others as some have similar shapes, colours or...

19/09/2018

Here are some photographs from the Treak Cliff Cavern Blue John Visitor Workshop. They show the process of making jewellery from Blue John - from rock to ring.

Large sizes versions of these, with short interpretive captions, will be mounted on the walls of the workshop for visitors to follow the process. This is part of the visitor centre revamp I've been involved in as part of inHeritage.co.uk.

18/09/2018

I have had the privilege of photographing one of Treak Cliff Cavern's talented lapidarists working on a Blue John ring. I spent a day in Andy's company while he selected and shaped a piece of Blue John from the cavern and mounted it to a silver ring.

The project is to provide passive interpretation in the visitors' workshop at Treak Cliff's new visitor centre. This will interpret the processing of Blue John from mineral slice to jewellery in a series of photos displayed around the workshop.

I'm working on the images over the next few days, but thought I'd share this quick snap I took on my phone before I left. The last photograph we took as of the finished ring back in the place the Blue John was mined from.

20/11/2017

13/11/2017

Something I've wanted to photograph for a while is the medieval carving of T'Owd Man in St Mary's Church, Wirksworth. He's thought to be the oldest depiction of a lead miner, and is shown with a lead mining pick and kibble. he was originally found in Bonsal Church but was removed during renovation in 1863.

The exact date of the carving is unknown. Conventionally dated to the 13th century based on the date of Bonsal Church, he could be older and has artistic parallels in early medieval art.

He is now a symbol of Wirksworth. Representations of the carving are used by Wirksworth Running Club for an annual race, as part of Wirksworth Heritage Centre's branding, and by Peak District Mines Historical Society, Bonsall village newsletter 'Mutterings', Wirksworth Town Ambassadors, Wirksworth WordMiners Poetry Group, Wirksworth Wheelers and the Long Distance Walkers Association - the latter for a walk in the area.

He appears on t-shirts, cushions and mugs.

16/08/2017

11/07/2017

Explore this photo album by Bill Bevan on Flickr!

06/07/2015

Some more of Middleton Moor's awesome orchids and other limestone heathland flowers.

06/07/2015

Common Emerald Moth

03/07/2015

It should be a good year for blackberries.

03/07/2015

Pollinator.

03/07/2015

It's a good year for ox-eye daisies this year.