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We saw your work in a gallery today and were quite stunned by your views of the Peak district especially. Really beautiful - evocative and a real tribute to that magnificent countryside.
Regards

I just came across your photo website - what a superb collection - I have never commented on anything on the net before - but your images just hit the spot. I especially like the HDR industrial images.
You can certainly see the light!

I am so excited and absolutely thrilled with the contents of the envelope which has arrived from you in the post today - thank you, so very much!

The photograph fits to perfection within the oak frame which I had already purchased and it complements your photograph so well and the gift I now have ready to give to my friend looks absolutely wonderful.

The cards are also so beautiful and I hope too, that they will bring as much pleasure to those who receive them as it did for you when you took these wonderful photographs.

I do hope that I will be able to come and visit the Peak District and enjoy some of these panoramic views for myself.

Once again, thank you so much for your help and kindness, I appreciate it so much.

Best wishes,

Hello Stephen,

Recently I was in Castleton and saw some of your images at the Gift Shop. I was very impressed and must say the quality and clarity was the finest I have ever seen of this type of landscape photography.
I would be most interested to know what type of camera you use and where your enlargements are developed?
I am a maths and science tutor and live in Sheffield. I have taken many landscape photos in and around the Peak District and your work is a great source of inspiration to me.
I am using an Olympus mu 2, Fuji Reala and use Peak Imaging for 9" X 6" prints. I get amazing results for such a humble set up even when enlarged to 18" X 12".
Keep up the good work and I look forward to hearing from you.

Your cards are bringing magic into many lives. Sent one as a 'Welcome to Your New Home' and it's been framed and displayed, another has inspired a work colleague to explore Derbyshire (a colleague who travels around the world but didn't know such beauty existed nearby!), and so on.............

After seeing your superb photographs in the Amateur Photographer magazine I found your website and must say you have a truly inspirational set of images, I love your dramatic skies and use of colour, you make the landscape come alive, I've marked your website and will return to enjoy your photography.

Regards

I have recently viewed your web site Stephen, of the many great shots you have taken in the Peak District landscape. I spent a week in the Peaks last August 2008. You are so lucky living in such a wonderful array of landscape countryside. I hope to get back again and improve on my photography efforts very soon. You have captured the light, and brought out the wonder of colour in so many of your shots. You have a great eye, and hope I too can improve on my efforts!
Thank you for sharing your pictures.

Hi Stephen

Many thanks for your talk last Thursday. I have had very good feedback from several members and will attach below one of the comments of appreciation :-) .

I also had a comment from one of the women members saying, "I came hoping that it wouldn't be just another set of holiday snaps. I had just got back my photos from a holiday and was feeling very pleased that I had some very good photos. After the talk, which blew me away, I decided I had better re-think about the quality of my own photos !"

Several members said that they had learned a lot from your talk, which is really what we are about. I certainly learned a lot and will try to put the things you taught us into action. I am certain that they will raise the quality of my pictures.

Many thanks for being willing to share so much of your experience and knowledge. Unfortunately you have set me a very high standard to follow with our future programme - I may need to invite you back again :-)) .

All the best with your future photographic endeavours. I will try to remember to tell our members about your website and I look forward to some improvement in the quality of photos in our monthly Theme display, although i doubt if you have excited people into getting on to Kinder at 7.00 am :-)

Many thanks

Gren
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Comment from a members email:-

Hi Gren


Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed last Thursday's meeting. This was probably the best Digital Group meeting I have attended. Not only were the speakers photos outstanding, but he gave just the right amount of background information on what he was trying to achieve, how he did it and what equipment he used.


Truly inspiring

Stephen .. your name was passed on to me by a member of the Sheffield Photographic Society. I am originally from Sheffield and have covered much of the ground featured in your Peak District photo galleries. You have some superb photos on display. I am intrigued by the possible location you selected to shoot the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane fly bys. I know the Ladybower, Derwent Reservoir and Howden reservoir road well and was last there in January and July 2008.

My father, a lifetime Sheffield resident and who passed away last January, witnessed the flooding of the small settlements on the eastern side of Ladybower Reservoir when the reservoirs were brought into service.

If by chance you publish a book of any of your Peak District images seen on your web site please let me know. Having paid the site several visits now it's fair to say that they are the most apealling Peak District images I have ever seen.

Best wishes

John Hudson
Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Just a quick thank you note for the wonderful photos on your website. I live in Dronfield and am trying to raise the quality of my photography. It's fascinating to see so many familiar views that I've tried to shoot myself with varying success, captured by someone else so beautifully! Many thanks for the inspiration to get out there and try harder.

I wanted to let you know I have just collected my panoramic print of Derwent/Ladybower from the picture framers and it looks brilliant. This was a present for my husbands 50th birthday and he loves it. I just wanted to say thank you and that we are so pleased with it.
Once again Thankyou

Upon our last visit to the peak district, my husband and I treated ourselves to one of your prints. We have been coming to the Peaks every year since we have been together, and my husband a keen climber, has been coming since his teens, some almost 20 years!
I just wanted to let you know that your photography is beautiful, bold and inspiring, and the image we now have on our wall is admired by all who see it. More than that for us, it is a piece that actually means something for us, being that it is related to somewhere we are passionate about.
Keep up the fantastic work, we look forward to adding to our collection!

Stephen,
Please to have met you on Higger Tor last night - it was an interesting and useful conversation.
I have just browsed your website and I must say you have an excellent portfolio of photographs. I am particularly pleased to see your panoramic shots - the Peaks, and the gritstone edges in particular, are ideal for this type of photographic treatment but I haven't seen much around until now.
Keep up the good work, I have bookmarked your website and will visit regularly.
Cheers,

Hi Stephen, we met earlier today at the exhibition in Castleton. Your tips on printing my pics have really got me thinking and I will definitely pursue asking some local shops if they would sell some cards for me. your site is very impressive by the way.

Although I have bought a couple of your photos as presents for family from Philip in Hathersage, I have only just found your website and think it is marvellous. The walls of our home are full of paintings/photos, but I look forward to ordering cards & photos.

Hi Stephen, I have been a keen photographer for a couple of years and my interests are mainly landscapes. I live in Derby and so the Peak District is one of my favourite place but I love the Lakes too.

I found some of your prints in the Chatsworth Garden Centre today and made a note of your email address. Just wanted to say that I really like your landscapes. Your eye for composition and your processing techniques give a really well balanced blend between photo/painting styles.

Hi there,
I live in New Zealand now but my husband is from Hathersage just above Mitchell Fields down in the dale. His grandnother was born at Higger Tor. Your photos are really lovely and they make me feel real homesick!!! Kindest Thanks,

Hi Stephen,

I have just found your site through Living Art and am really impressed with your work.

We are a Sheffield based triathlon kit manufacturer (www.lewiskit.com) and we are just about to revamp our website. The homepage of the new site is going to feature a large Peak District based photo as this characterises our roots (many of our products are named after local places).

We would love to launch with one of your shots (early morning at Higger Tor) & I would like to ask if it would be possible to use this shot as a digital image. We run over Higger Tor almost daily and our award winning socks have all been tested there.

- we really like the idea of working with a local artist.

Kind Regards

Hi Stephen,

Just recently come across your photography whilst searching in Google. It was a real treat to see all the places I love to visit photographed so beautifully. Absolutely fantastic! I live in South Sheffield close to the Peak District and regularly walk around Burbage and Derwent. I also visit the Lake District quite a lot.

I've been looking through all your photographs and I just think they're wonderful - really atmospheric and because the subject matter is so close to home it makes them even more special. I'm going to have a good browse through again and select some prints I'd really like.

Best wishes

Love the website Stephen some cracking pictures.

Hi Stephen,

About your scenics: all I can say is, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! What lush colors and beautiful scenery! You lucky guy!

Best regards,

Dear Steve:
After clicking on your website, I was immediately drawn to your STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL images of your area. It really makes me want to visit the Peak District!
Thank you!

Cheers and all the best!

Hi Stephen
The website looks good and the photos are beautiful.
Regards

Just looked at your site and your images are superb! gives me real inspiration to do better.