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Ashley Franklin Photography

Name: Ashley Franklin Photography
Address: Belper, GB
Telephone: +441332843908
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I am a pro photographer who runs an annual workshop in Tuscany and sells photo art prints, photo jigsaws and the first ever photo book of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site

29/06/2025

Here's a second set of images from my workshop in Tuscany last May. The more I look at these images, the more I am convinced that they're the best I've produced out of 12 visits to the area. All the sights you see here are available to you if you care to join me and my fellow tutor Ian Daisley in May 2026. Four out of the six places in the first week - May 2nd-9th - are already taken so it's almost certain there will be a second week - May 9th to 16th.

26/06/2025

Here is the first dozen images from my recent Tuscany workshop in the Val d'Orcia. It was the best fortnight I have ever experienced in this area, with five atmospheric misty sunrises, two spectacular sunsets, three fresh landscape locations and largely dramatic weather conditions throughout.
I have already filled four of the six places in the first workshop week next May (2nd to 9th). So, if you're interested, message me or contact me via the Tuscany Workshop pages of my website:
https://www.ashleyfranklin.co.uk/tuscany-workshop

23/06/2025

I learnt today that one of the many Tuscany photos in my image library is being used for the cover of a novel by Austrian crime writer Andreas Gruber. Herb Graz - which means Seize the Heart - is a missing persons thriller which takes the investigator to Tuscany. The photo is a cypress tree-lined drive which I take my Tuscany workshop photographers to every May as it's only a few miles from our hotel.
I'm not sure if the red colouring - which I presume depicts blood - works, but when a large sum of cash dropped into my account, I suddenly began to like the cover more.

18/06/2025

.A dozen more photos from Colin & Gill's wonderful garden in Stanley Common on a sunlit summer morning when I walked through a gate to capture their 10-acre woodland idyll. The lake shimmered and the orchids gleamed.

15/06/2025

This scene looked ideal for an infrared treatment. This was taken at a viewing point above the cliff-top town of Sorano in Tuscany. Those two straggly trees and all that foliage just cried out: 'shoot me in IR!'. So I did...

03/06/2025

I have been photographing Colin & Gill's wonderful garden in Stanley Common through the seasons, though I'm still taking pictures eight seasons on! There's just so much to photograph. I've just processed 56 images from this May and I'm more excited about this project than ever before. I've realised that I hardly photographed anything in May last year so it's been so satisfying capturing the natural beauty of this garden in one of the most photogenic months. Here's my favourite 15 May images.

03/06/2025

Driving down John O'Gaunts Way in Belper, I felt I had to stop to take this photo. This was Whitemoor Day Centre where my Down's daughter Claire spent 20 happy years before Derbys County Council shut it down. After eight years of Tory control, this closed-up and seemingly abandoned building stands as their legacy in the sphere of adult care. What an embarrassment for council leader Cllr Barry Lewis and Cllr Natalie Hoy, Cabinet Member for Adult Care.
When Lewis and Hoy proposed to close eight of the county's 12 day centres for special needs adults, Claire had returned to a depleted Whitemoor as we emerged from Covid.
What we found upon her return was that staff had been cut back, the canteen was closed, and minibus trips were stopped. A staff member told me that pre-Covid, Whitemoor had 68 users each week and there was a waiting list. He also told me that were it not for the pandemic, there would STILL be 68 users and a waiting list.
However, Claire was one of only 26 users allowed back to Whitemoor. I was aware that Derbys CC had already embarked on a drive to encourage more special needs adults to be 'out in the community' where they would find them 'opportunities to socialise and explore their interests in the area where they live.'
That's all very admirable, but I do not believe that 42 of the 68 Whitemoor users decided during the pandemic they didn't want to return to Whitemoor. What I DO believe is that Hoy used Covid as an excuse to shut Whitemoor down by denying access to most of those 42 users. Thus, when it came to the vote to shut Whitemoor, it was very convenient for Lewis and Hoy to tell their cabinet that only 26 people were using Whitemoor. This made it easier for them to recommend closure.
It will remain a mystery as to why it took only a year-long lockdown for 42 special needs adults enjoying the wonderful facilities at Whitemoor to disappear from the centre.
So, here is that centre, barricaded and bereft of life because of an uncaring council. Not a proud legacy is it?

31/05/2025

Tomorrow (Sunday) I'll be in my little gazebo outside the Ritz Cinema for the Belper Food, Drink & Craft Festival, opening at 10am.
This could be the last time I'll be selling my Derwent Valley photo book as I am only a couple of dozen away from a sellout of 1,000 copies (in only 18 months). Whoopee.
As usual, I'll have mounted prints of images taken locally and in my other favourite place - Tuscany - plus some framed prints, and I will have seven assorted jigsaws from my Derwent Valley series, including my latest puzzle, depicting Heage Windmill.
My carrd reader has been charging all day, ready to charge you... very reasonable prices, guv.
See you tomorrow between 10am and 4pm.

31/05/2025

It's a real pleasure to be the photographer for the King William in Milford, with the regulars proving so co-operative when I came to photograph Quiz Night on a Wednesday.
Great atmosphere, questions that are variously fun, intriguing and challenging, a platter of bites at the interval with a head-scratching picture quiz, and monetary handouts for both winners and runners-up, rounded off by a raffle with even bigger money prizes... and all washed down with the William's prize Abbot - or whatever ale, wine or soft drink takes your fancy.
When it comes to Wednesday Quiz Night, King William rules. Enjoy the photos.

26/05/2025

After my fortnight in Tuscany, I couldn't wait to re-visit Colin & Gill's garden in Stanley Common which I've been photographing for over a year. I rose early and drove the 15 minutes or so to get there just as the sun was bursting through.
I decided to leave my new infrared camera at home - my shots had to be in colour, of course - and as I stepped out of the car, I set up my tripod and took my shot as the sun was lighting up a favourite tree and surrounding foliage. Click went the shutter and I looked to see the resultant image on the screen. Oops... and a big Oops, too: I had left my 'normal' camera behind and brought the infrared instead. In that moment, the air was even bluer. There was nothing else for it... I had to return home for the other camera. Fortunately, the light was still gorgeous when I got back to the garden 35 minutes later.
You'll see how wonderful the garden looks when I get to process the pictures. As for the infrared, I uploaded it almost as an afterthought, thinking the image wouldn't look any good. Well, I couldn't believe it. I've got a lot of learning to do as to what makes a good infrared image, and I should have realised that all those layers of foliage - along with the shape of that tree - would produce something rather stunning, even if I say so myself. See for yourself... The next time I go to the garden, the infrared camera is coming, too.

22/05/2025

Can you help my camera club, Derby City Photographic? We are now based in Belper and will be staging our first exhibition in Belper Library from August 16th to the 30th.
The library has kindly allowed us to use their four display boards (one of them is pictured below) which means we can exhibit 30-plus prints. However, we are keen to exhibit another 20-plus prints to really show the depth, breadth and variety of our members' images. Have you got a display board we could borrow or hire from you? For the sake of continuity, it needs to be the same type of board with the same blue nylon fabric which is also velcro-friendly, just like the ones illustrated below.
Just message me if you can help. And thank you in advance!

18/05/2025

I returned from Tuscany yesterday and will have a lot of images to show in the hope of attracting you to my workshop next year. There is already strong interest from six people. However, as I had my spare Canon converted to infrared, I have spent most of my time today processing some of those IR images. I so love the strange, mysterious look of an infrared image, where verdant fields and foliage turn white and deep blue skies turn black.

Address

Belper

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm
Saturday	8am - 8pm
Sunday	8am - 8pm

Telephone

+441332843908

Website

http://www.ashleyfranklin.co.uk/

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