"Such a beautiful golden sunlight against the blue sky of a late summer morning: my time in Portland was limited but I captured it in an...

"The tree in the distance, standing alone like an island in a yellow sea, seemed an intriguing focal point..." This time of year sees...

"I moved on and found this calm stream with the sunlight bathing the water, framed by trees on either side that still contain some...

"I find that the colour red emerges quite a lot in my street photos and this photo will be part of a set of others from the city centre...

"In a way, the simplicity of this picture is what I like about it. The smooth, symmetric reflectiveness of the water and the bright...

"I started taking photos just for fun but I'm also enjoying building my portfolio and seeing how far I can take my photography." Lots of...

"I happily passed an hour or so here, taking various shots and angles and making the most of fewer people wandering around. The clouds...

I stepped into the garden through the arched gateway onto the patio of a flower-filled English garden

The vastness of the countryside rolling away felt refreshing and liberating. I had time to just admire the sun for a while as it dipped...

This part of the castle was that "lantern", where Elizabeth would once have been able to look back at me from those windows...

My mindset has shifted in so many ways during these 7 years. Fears I used to live with have started to evaporate...

What I like about this shot are the smooth lines of the bench and that atmosphere of solitude...

I soon realised that the light given out by the now-set sun actually had a magical quality to it that bathed the pier in this wonderful glow

My directions appeared to suggest the mill was just around a corner and indeed, as I started to walk up a small street, there it was!

I knew I wanted to get back down here to capture a moment when the scene was lit up and decided to try to make it before full darkness...