I’ve been taking photographs for as long as I can remember. I began as a boy using my parents’ Kodak 110 film camera, later moving on to a beginners 35mm camera and then a Canon EOS 650 that stayed with me for many years. I eventually moved over to digital with a Nikon, but the habit of noticing light and place started long before the equipment mattered.

My connection with the landscape goes back just a far. As a teenager my brother and I set off on our own cycling and camping trip to the Lake District. I’m 56 now and I still return regularly. The coast and the fells have become familiar places rather than destinations — somewhere I go to slow down and pay attention.

Sometimes I walk and photographs happen along the way, but more often I head out with a particular image in mind and wait for the moment to appear. I’m not drawn to dramatic conditions or spectacle. I’m usually looking for quiet light, still water, or weather that softens the edges of things. Many of the intentional camera movement photographs come from that same instinct; they reflect how a place feels to stand in rather than how it simply looks.

I don’t think of these photographs as records of locations. They are closer to memories — small moments of calm, space and pause. If someone hangs one in their home, my hope is that they can return to that feeling whenever they need it, even if they’ve never stood in that exact place themselves.

I decided to begin sharing and selling the work simply because it would mean a great deal if even a few people were affected by it — whether that’s a sense of calm, familiarity, or quiet happiness. If the photographs offer a moment of stillness in a busy day, then they’ve done what I hoped they would.