Allan Wiggins is a professional photographer based in Cumbria and has been working in Large Format photography for about 15 years. Living in the Lakes enables him to trek across fell and mountain through all seasons, searching for that elusive picture. The images on this website were all taken with a view camera, a design of camera that has been around since the late 19th century.

The camera weighs a ton and uses sheet film. The film is the same as you might use in a 35mm SLR, but comes in the form of a large sheet measuring 10x8 inches, that relates as 80 square inches of film per picture. Transparency film is preferred for its great colours and impact, which in turn marries up very nicely with Cibachrome, a fine printing paper still on the market after more than half a century. Put these two mediums together and you get images of startling colour fidelity, virtually non-existent grain and tonal gradation to die for.

Flowers are a passion for Allan and when in his studio he likes nothing more than to capture their vivid colours and shapes. Shooting indoors also means that he's less at the mercy of the Lakeland weather, which can offer welcome relief from the hillside battles of wind and rain.

Mounting and framing is done in-house and Allan follows the advice and guidance set out by the Fine Art Trade Guild. He recommends, though, that customers are better served by buying a print only.This leaves customers the freedom to mount and frame to their own preference.

All the images you see are a Limited Edition of 50. When that figure has been reached the transparency will not be used again.

Anyone keen to discuss the images on this website, or the processes used, are welcome to email Allan.