As nature wakes up from its winter slumber, the birds start to sing and the blossom appears

Before pressing your finger on the shutter, have you placed your subject in the best place?

A tributary of The Thames, the Crane is a wonderful place for a walk or cycle. The Environment Agency, local councils and The Wildlife Trust have spent a lot of time and money here and it shows.

Reflections can be an excellent way of having fun, filling space and adding drama to your pictures.

It’s fun looking back over my pictures and being reminded of some spectacular moments and I hope you enjoy them too. In some ways, the weather contributed hugely, bringing us a hot summer, followed by the longest autumn I can remember.

Winter can be an exciting time for a photographer, with the sun being low in the sky and the potential for some dramatic weather. However, these days, winter in the South East is more likely to be 8 degrees, dull and damp, which can be very frustrating.

One of the delights of autumn, is not just the amazing array of colours you get but also the return of wonderful mists and fog. This is particularly prevalent in our Royal Parks but can occur in other places too and here are a selection of some of my favourites…

Perspective can make or break a good photograph; so always stop before taking your picture and ask yourself, might this look better from a different angle?.

If you go down to the woods today…fungi can be found anytime but particularly in the autumn, when its warm and wet. You’ll need something to lean on as they are best examined and photographed down at their level and my other bit of advice is to look out for rotting wood, as they love nothing better - enjoy.

All the seasons offer something different and with autumn you can get some fabulous colour. Read on to discover some of the places I go to capture the very best of this season, some familiar, some not.