About
Welcome to my website.
I’m a published award winning photographer based in the Peak District with a passion for capturing atmopshere and light.
Following art collage I chose a career in manufacturing. Years later I reignited my creative self and became interested in the digital boom of the early noughties. I was able to merge my technical background with my artistic side.
Together with a passion for the landscape, my photographic journey began in 2004.
Following a move to the Peak District in 2006 I taught myself the craft of digital photography over a 5 year period but did not take many images. It was mainly theory learning and inspiration derived from looking at the work of others. Then in 2011 a trip to Lapland to see and photograph the northern lights got me taking more images although still mainly on holiday. Opportunities for regular photography outings remained infrequent until after 2018 when I finally left my career in manufacturing.
A turning point came in 2020/21 during the height of lockdown when travel was virtually extinct. I became focused on the beauty of what was on my doorstep. Being surrounded by woodland was my inspiration. A series of repeated trips to photograph trees throughout the seasons meant I had built up a decent portfolio of work. It was at that point I entered my first photography competition, the prestigious ‘Landscape Photographer Of The Year’ contest 2021. I was shocked to learn I was a major prize winner for my image ‘Winter Pathway’ which was subsequently published and included in a UK wide touring exhibition.
My goal is to harness atmosphere and light and transport the audience to the places I have visited
Andy Gray 2022
Accolades / Exhibitions / Publications
Runner-up ‘Weather Photographer Of The Year’ WPOTY 2024
Prize Winner Natural Landscape Photography Awards NLPA 2024
Prize Winner Landscape Photographer of the Year LPOTY 2021
Award Winner. International Garden Photographer Of The Year 16
One Eyeland Best Of The best Photo Yearbook Published
Commended Scottish Landscape Photographer of The Year
Artist Gallery Awards Honourable Mention
Millyard Studio Gallery Exhibition, Derbyshire 2024
Aqueduct Cottage, Cromford, solo exhibitions 2024
Prize winner. CEWE photo award. Exhibited in Hamburg 2023
In Conversation publication Outdoor Photography Magazine 2023
Derwent Valley Mills Exhibition. Published in book
Featured in Amateur Photography Magazine
1-2-1 publication. Digital Camera magazine 2025
‘Enchanted’ zine self publication 2025
2025
shortlisted weather photographer of the year
2024
Shortlisted Scottish Nature Photography Awards SNPOTY
Millyard Studio Gallery Exhibition, Derbyshire 2024
Aqueduct Solo Exhibition, Cromford Canal, Derbyshire
2023
Award winner. International Garden Photographer Of The Year IGPOTY
Finalist Travel Photographer Of The Year TPOTY
Prize winner. CEWE annual photo award. Exhibited in Hamburg
Shortlisted (Pre-Finals) Natural Landscape Photography Awards NLPA
Published 'In Converstion' article. Outdoor Photography Magazine
Derwent Valley Mills Exhibition. Published in book
Open exhibition. The Old Lock-Up Gallery, Derbyshire
Dara Tree Of Life Exhibition. The Old Lock-Up Gallery, Derbyshire
Published in Derbyshire Life Magazine
Featured in Amateur Photography Magazine
Brick Lane Gallery. Landscape Exhibition Invitation
Shortlisted Wildlife Photography Awards BWPA
2022
Shortlisted in Landscape Photographer of the Year LPOTY
Monochrome Awards competition commended
Shortlisted in Scottish Nature Photographer of the year SNPOTY
Commended in Scottish Landscape Photographer of the year SLPOTY
Bronze Mention. Black and White photography Awards Landscape BWPA
Published in Landscape Photography Magazine LPM
Published in Derbyshire Life Magazine
2021
Runner -Up 'Your View' Landscape Photographer of the Year LPOTY
Published in LPOTY awards book and exhibited at UK tour
Finalist -The British Photography Awards BPA
Published in Landscape Photography Magazine LPM
2020
Shortlisted in Landscape Photographer of the Year LPOTY
Published in Landscape Photography Magazine LPM
2019
Photopiller of the day. Published in the annual awards book
Assignment winner. Landscape Photography Magazine LPM
Photocrowd -'Moments' winner. Work exhibited in Shanghai Art Gallery