About Lightseeker

Mike Cookson, a.k.a. Lightseeker, is a London-based photography enthusiast. Formerly a passionate monchrome darkroom worker, I have been totally digital since 2005 and most of my work is now in colour. You can find many examples of my earlier work and photographic projects on my main website mikecookson.com.

The images you can see on this blog usually do not form part of a project. Typically they are posted shortly after capture and with relatively little post-processing, usually just levels and a little sharpening. I hope that you enjoy the images and even better that you take the opportunity to leave some comments!

Exhibited work

My work has been included within the following exhibitions:

2009

• Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Group - Digital Projected Image Exhibition - Medal Winner

2007

• London Independent Photography 19th Annual Exhibition
• RPS Visual Arts Group Members' Exhibition
  

2006

• London Independent Photography 18th Annual Exhibition
• RPS Visual Arts Group Members' Exhibition
• RPS Digital Imaging Group Members' Exhibition
  

2005

• RPS Digital Imaging Group Members' Exhibition

2004

• London Independent Photography 16th Annual Exhibition
• RPS 147th International Print Exhibition
  

2003

• RPS Digital Imaging Group Members' Exhibition
  

Published work

2010

• Guardian Newspaper Weekend 'In Pictures'

2009

• Outdoor Photography magazine

2007

• Image included in 'Portfolio One' a 200 page limited edition, full colour hard bound book published by the Royal Photographic Society.
  

2006

• ICE Recruit Calendar

2002

• Work included in Best of Friends 9, the yearbook of Creative Monochrome.
  

Links

Organisations

• The Royal Photographic Society
  
• London Independent Photography
  
• Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Group
  
• Royal Photographic Society Digital Imaging Group
• Arena

Other sites with work by Mike Cookson ARPS

Lightseeker

Photography News

• The Luminous Landscape
  
• Digital Photography Review
  
• The Photography Directory Project
• Guardian Newspaper Archive

Workshops and Courses

• Inversnaid Photography Workshops
  
• Photography Workshops En Provence
  
• Open College of the Arts
  

  Photoblogs

• Chromasia
  
• Deceptive Media
• Daily Dose of Imagery
• Peter Carr
• Milou
• Pixelpost
• VFXY
• Cool Photoblogs
• Photoblogs.org

Videos

Guardian Photographer Murdo Macleod on night photography

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