The silver birch must surely be one of Europe’s most photogenic and, given its distribution, most photographed tree offering the photographer a multitude of possibilities from close-ups of its peeling paper-like bark to studies of its twisting trunk. I never tire of photographing the Lady of the Woods and on my recent trip to the Peak District (where there is no shortage of this species!) I spent time, both with and without clients, capturing them in overcast and, occasionally, misty conditions. Below are a selection from the six days I spent in the Dark Peak.
High-key interpretations of trees have featured quite heavily in my photography over the last couple of years keen, as I am, to explore alternative ways of depicting the familiar.
