The Art of Macro

I'm Tony North, a photographer based in Manchester, England.  My main passions are macro (mainly insects, flowers and fungi) and landscape photography, especially astrophotography 

 

I have always loved nature, but there's something about spending a few hours in a wildflower meadow capturing images of butterflies and dragonflies that really excites me. I love revealing the amazing beauty of the world of miniature beasts, and sharing that with others.

 

Equally I love walking through and photographing beautiful scenery - whether rural, coastal or urban. A special interest of mine is astrophotography - especially capturing the Milky Way over some dramatic scene.

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I also enjoy competing, whether in BPE Salons or in major competitions such as the International Garden Photographer of the Year, which I won outright in 2023, or Amateur Photographer of the Year, in which I came 2nd overall in 2020.

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Talks, Workshops and Tuition

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I run urban photography workshops in Manchester in March and October, and London in February and November. Both give opportunities for getting very striking cityscapes. I also have an 8-part online macro course running in the summer, and I'm available to give macro tuition on request, in the field in the Manchester area.

 

In addition I am available to give online talks on my macro work as well as on landscapes, plants and fungi, abstracts, and the biology of the eye. I also offer online tuition to help you improve your macro or landscape photography.

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I hope you enjoy perusing my images. Read more about me and my background here.