Hi!

Im Tom and this is my photography website. “Why do you need a website? you’re only a crappy amature photographer who takes photos of static caravans and boring buildings” I hear you say. And to that i say yes, yes you are correct but the relentless advertising from Squarespace on every podcast i listen to and every Youtube video i watch has infiltrated my subconscious and well here we are. So now that you’re here, i hope you have a poke around and get a little enjoyment from my pictures.

I haven’t been shooting long, less that a year as i write this, I lack consistency, a look, a style if you will, but thats fine. The photography bug has bit me hard, i dont think the wound will ever heal. I shoot photos for my enjoyment first and foremost, i make images that I want to look at. But im also human, with an ego, who thrives on praise so i love the fact that i can share my work online with such ease and connect with other people who like looking at the same nonsense as i do and hopefully entertain others.

“But why do you take photos of such boring and often ugly things?” i imagine one might say (i often ask myself this) and to be honest im not really sure. I like to think i’ve kept my childlike sense of awe and wonder for the everyday, to try and stop and look at the things we glide past everyday without giving them the time of day and to try and show that theres beauty in everything.

I’ve also come to realise that in some of my photos i’m trying to capture not so much the subject itself but the feeling it gives me when im standing in the environment, camera in hand. its hard to explain but for example when I stumble across a location an out of season attraction lets say, theres a something about being in a space that is designed to be busy and heaving with people when no one is there. A sense of calm and peace hits me and thats what im trying to capture, I don’t know how many other people get this same feeling, but I cant be the only one.

Anywho, I hope you like my photos, I’ll keep taking photos of mundane things and keep chasing that feeling regardless.