All the Wood’s a Stage

This is the current exhibition from Simon Baxter and Joe Cornish being held at Nunnington Hall just outside of York. The standard of the images on display is excellent and it’s great to see these in print, in person to appreciate them fully. I was fortunate enough to meet Simon and Joe at the exhibition as well as Thomas Heaton and talk photos, photography and cameras with them.

Details of Nunnington Hall and the exhibition can be found here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorkshire/nunnington-hall/exhibitions (the exhibition runs until 29th March 2026, after that the link will probably be updated to the next exhibition).

I took a few photos while I was there, nothing to the standard of what was on display though. This is from the bridge that gets you from the car park to Nunnington Hall.

A beautiful Walnut Tree near the entrance.

I sat here for a while taking in the view, mainly because I was tired but it’s certainly a nice place to relax.

Feeling inspired by the exhibition, I stopped off at Penshaw Monument for a walk around the woods on my way home. I grew up not far from here and spent a lot of time walking and riding round here when I was younger so I know the area quite well.

It can be difficult to find a composition that works in the chaos of trees, branches and leaves.

Another composition I’m not sure about. Maybe I should’ve been standing further to the left.

Sometimes looking straight up can help.

There’s a lot going on but at the same time not much. I can’t see a strong focal point in this image.

Woodland photography certainly isn’t easy and my few examples here probably demonstrate just that. These are certainly no where near the quality of the photos in the exhibition but it was nice to be out in the woods on a nice day. I was also nice to see these woods haven’t changed much since I used to walk and ride through there over 30 years ago.

Back to normal tomorrow though, a couple of sessions with Ngage doing some spooky Halloween themed Lego photos!