by Steve Tanham
Sometimes, especially on very cold days, the afternoon sun in winter gives us a brief blaze of colour that warms, emotionally, if not physically. One of my favourite subjects is the low sun on bare hedges. There’s something almost ‘crop-like’ about the uniform nature of the vertical ‘fingers’, each catching its own slice of the provider in the sky. ©️Stephen Tanham 2026
by Steve Tanham
The Sizergh estate is the ancestral home of the Strickland family, whose name is threaded through the history of the Kendal area. They’ve recently begun to decorate the whole estate for Christmas. Here’s a sample of what it’s like. The interiors are from another age – and respond perfectly to the Christmas spirit! And the famous gardens are lighted beautifully. Most of the work … Read More Christmas at Sizergh
by Steve Tanham
The lovely Park Road Gardens, in Grange-over-Sands is one of the jewels of the Cumbrian coast of Morecambe Bay. I like to photograph it through the seasons. Through November, it completes its departure as a summer haven and takes on a beautifully melancholy palette of fading golds. One other transformation is unexpected. A hidden path from a former iteration of the park’s design opens … Read More Through the trees to the sea
by Steve Tanham
The small seaside village of Arnside seldom disappoints in providing us photographers with scenes animated by extraordinary light. Facing west out into the northern end of Morecambe Bay the estuary features complex tides, the outflowing confluence of three local rivers, and some of the most spectacular skies in Britain. We even have our own ‘bore’, much like the River Severn, but considerably smaller in … Read More Potent skies
by Steve Tanham
Time-travelled fragments of mittened fingers Held in firm parental hand Exploding neighbours’ gardens Ripe with bangs and secretly given toffee-apples Eyes that glistened with a million smiles And a few deep breaths as Imagination proved secondary To ruptured air obeying gunpowder’s plot So long ago, now Yet In these simpler flames Where logs surrender to stealthy heat And memory is escorted, glowing It remains … Read More Family Fire
by Steve Tanham
The crunch-crackle… I’ll bet you can hear it in your head! Image by the author. ©️Stephen Tanham
by Steve Tanham
A dear friend sent this to me a few days ago. In a year that’s been very emotional, it touched me deeply, and I thought I’d share it here: ‘The Taker of the Photos ‘I am the taker of the photos. I am the receiver of the groans, the eye-rolls and the “hurry ups”. I am the one who disrupts the moments – to … Read More The Taker of the Photos
by Steve Tanham
Part one: eternal stone A canvas on which the far future writes. Part two: life abundant, free divergence. Part three: Fragment of a moment in which intelligence passed this way, a quarter-second behind reality. ©️Stephen Tanham, 2025
by Steve Tanham
There’s always one day in October that epitomises that golden sense of the final goodbye to the summer for another year. A visit to Grange always entails a short collie-walk in the Park Road Gardens, which are beautifully kept and a treat for any season. Tess is nearly eleven, and such strolls are ideal for her ageing joints… Today was it, and we were … Read More The Golden of October
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by Steve Tanham
September one of my favourite months, though I’m always sad to see the summer end. September is a kind of ‘transition zone’ between the golden end of the warm months and their colder counterparts that live on the edge of true winter. For us on the southern edge of the Lake District, it’s a time when, on the right clear-skied morning, getting the dog … Read More The soft and clear light of September
by Steve Tanham
Photographs don’t do it justice… When you first encounter the temple of the Sagrada Familia – hopefully on a day filled with the Catalonian sunshine – it simply ‘hits’ you. Don’t be put off by the occasional giant crane; they have been part of this landscape for the past hundred years. And don’t be dismayed by not knowing ‘what on earth it is’ … … Read More Corks, Parabolas and Genius (2) – the cast
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by Steve Tanham
In August, a wonderful peacefulness descends on the estate around Levens Hall – the ancestral home of the Baggot family. The Levens Estate is a few miles south-west of the Cumbrian town of Kendal. The recently upgraded cafe – with its large, open courtyard – makes for an ideal destination by car or, as with me and the Collie, on foot. Many people walk … Read More August comes to the Levens Estate
Sun in Gemini 
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