Editorial Photographer

I’m a freelance news photographer with over 30 years’ experience across Northern England (Teesside Gazette), southern Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway Standard) and South Wales (Wales News Service). I established my freelance career in southern Scotland delivering daily newsworthy images, before expanding across Northern England for regional and daily newspapers. Also news and sport agency experience in South Wales, strengthening my editorial background. My work has featured in national broadsheets, magazines, and trade publications throughout my career. Now freelancing in North Yorkshire, I continue to draw on deep regional knowledge of North England and southern Scotland, offering fast, reliable coverage across the area alongside time-sensitive, high-quality editorial and news imagery.

As an experienced magazine feature photographer  I bring more than 30 years of editorial expertise across Sunderland, Durham, Newcastle, Yorkshire, and throughout the UK. My extensive portfolio includes commissions for prestigious national newspapers like The Times and The Guardian, alongside specialised education magazines, trade publications, and business journals. Every shoot is highly design-conscious, framing professional lighting to fit clean page layouts, working in tune with designers and sub-editors. Whether for major national news outlets or corporate media features, I craft versatile, print-ready editorial imagery tailored to tell your unique brand story.

If you are looking for an award winning photojournalist, I welcome the opportunity to tell your story across Middlesbrough, County Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland. For over 30 years I have loved creating natural emotive imagery for editorial publications. It has been a privilege to be recognised as a national award winner and a Getty awards finalist alongside my work with the British Press Photographers Association and part of Shot Up North. I focus on bringing a authentic approachable connection to every single shoot capturing real human moments and powerful visual journalism that connects genuinely with your audience throughout the North East.

If you are looking for an experienced feature photographer, I provide professional coverage across Newcastle, Leeds, Sunderland, and Middlesbrough. With over 30 years of experience, including work published in Daily Record, The Times and The Guardian, I specialise in natural business portraits, annual reports, and press features. My editorial career includes 11 years as a press staff photographer, collaborating with editors on page layouts, capturing front covers, and shooting for titles like FourFourTwo. Every session is design-conscious, blending authentic lifestyle branding with a careful eye for your corporate guidelines to fit digital or print layouts perfectly.  I deliver a versatile, print-ready portfolio from my Teesside photographic studio or on location using portable equipment.

As an environmental editorial photographer with 30 years of experience, I specialise in location-based portraiture that showcases both the workforce and the surrounding terrain. Serving Middlesbrough, County Durham, Yorkshire, Newcastle, and right across the UK, I design every assignment to tell a complete operational story. My editorial portfolio documents critical infrastructure developments, from heavy industrial sites for industry leaders like EDF and leading European-based construction technology group STRABAG,  to remote environmental fieldwork high up in the North Pennines planting grasses to preserve unique upland ecosystems. Whether using portable studio lighting inside modern offices or capturing teams working out in wide-open spaces, I smoothly blend professional human identity with the scale of the environment. The result is a versatile, curated portfolio of images built to command authority on websites, in stakeholder reports, and across national editorial press.

As an experienced lifestyle branding photographer based in the North East of England, I capture authentic visual narratives across Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, and throughout the UK. My portfolio spans lifestyle campaigns for major brands like TK Maxx, Co-op, and M&S, alongside crafted features for local, independent businesses—including artisan bakeries, football coaches, and new startups. Whether shooting for national retail giants or small indie companies, I deliver versatile, high-end imagery that elevates your brand identity and connects deeply with your target audience.

As a documentary photographer based in the North East of England, I capture history with absolute discretion. Blending in seamlessly into high-profile environments including regional film sets, live BBC broadcasts to royal VIP visits. I have been trusted to photograph Queens Elizabeth II, King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales. This allows me to anticipate and record raw, unstaged moments for editorial use. By strictly respecting production workflow protocols, I ensure zero interference with live events or UK media productions. Operating entirely unnoticed with noiseless cameras and prime lenses, I deliver compelling photojournalism and visual narratives for national news features.