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Ian Knight / Z70 Photography
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A multi award winning freelance photographer based in Staffordshire who specialises in gigs and general event photography.
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Ian Knight / Z70 Photography @z70photo.bsky.social · Oct 24
For those asking about my calendar this year, the 10th !, it is on pre-sale until the end of October. Sorry about the sold out notice for the last few days, a mixup with the website, all sorted now shop.zort.co.uk/product/phot... #calendar #forsale #present #photography
2026 Photography Calendar
A selected collection of some of, what I consider to be my best photographs, I hope you like the selection once they are decided upon ! This is on...
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The Stafford Jingle and Mingle event today in the Market Square, a lot of fun and for once actually Sunny ! #Staffordshire #EventPhotography
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Merch Market
London
Sunday January

Free entry - live sets, stalls, prizes, on stage interviews, guided tours and more

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December 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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My #sharemondays2025 shortlist. I enjoyed seeing everyone's photographs. Some difficult choices and these are the four that I liked the most. See ALT for info.

Well done to
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Final result around 3pm.
The early morning light on the brickwork of the fire station highlights the building’s geometry. Triangles, circles, and lines combine to create an intriguing architectural composition. I was intrigued by the picture, especially the light leading through the scene, which immediately caught my attention. I spent some time studying it, letting my imagination inform my interpretation of the image. This doorway of light in the forest shines brightly and draws you into the image. I would love to walk along the path of light and discover what lies beyond. The diagonal line of light captures the view and leads the eye toward the coot creating the ripples. The light and textures are beautifully captured, and I enjoyed the composition.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Kendal Calling
- as amazing a line up as ever

Tim Peaks will be there for our 15th year. This time opening on the Thursday, with our ace special guest Lloyd Cole
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Stoke On Trent Centenary edition #Staffordshire #SOT100
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Driving Lights for #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday #Staffordshire
A house seen from the opposite side of the street with a lot of Christmas lights, light trails from cars and a bus streak through from right to left in a long exposure shot.
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Santa Hotline
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The Staffordshire Young Farmers Illuminated Tractor Run on Sunday, raising money for a Children's Hospital
Santa on a vintage red tractor that has no cab Four young volunteers collecting money in buckets along the route of the tractor run A JCB tractor with a sleigh attached to the front bucket, two inflatable elves, one red and one green, sit in the sleigh among some presents. The letters YFC are on the front of the sleigh created by lights A John Deer tractor moves through a village with people watching on one side and the village Christmas tree on the other. The tractor has light up reindeer antlers on top of it and an illuminated red nose on the front of it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Lots of things going on at the weekend #Staffordshire #EventPhotography
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Someone just licenced this picture of Andy Edwards via Alamy, I assume it is because of his well deserved Staffordshire Your Heroes Civic Pride award. If you want to see any of my work on Alamy this is my portfolio page www.alamy.com/portfolio/z7...
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The Lonely Bench for #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday #Staffordshire
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The Star Bikers charity toy run that started today at the @stokecityfc.bsky.social ground #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #Charity #SOT100
A motorcyclist dressed as Santa Lots of motorcycles leaving the Stoke City Stadium car park with a tricycle ridden by Santa and a snowman at the head of the pack A motorcyclist dressed as the Grinch Kevin the Kiln, the Stoke On Trent Centenary mascot posing in front of the Star Bikers information and Thank You sign
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Tom A Smith last night at @hmvempire.bsky.social in Coventry #Gig #LiveMusic #MusicPhotography #Coventry
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The Lottery Winners last night at @hmvempire.bsky.social in Coventry #Gig #LiveMusic #MusicPhotography #Coventry
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Observing Sir Nigel for #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday #Staffordshire
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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The Stafford Christmas Lights switch on yesterday, more on Flickr - flic.kr/s/aHBqjCBHxp #Stafford #Staffordshire #Christmas
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The Light Trail at Trentham is a great place to explore, it is on until early January if you want to visit
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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#ShareMondays2025

As much as I dislike drones, I love the images that you can capture with them. If I had one, this is all I'd use it for. River deltas/estuaries are so fascinating when viewed from above; like here from this week's winner @sophiecarr.bsky.social
Congratulations Sophie, stunning!
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Thanks @mickh5.bsky.social much appreciated 👍
mickh5.bsky.social Mick Houghton @mickh5.bsky.social · Nov 18
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Another great week of very strong images of various types & subjects. My top 4 has changed frequently this last few hours. But these are the ones I settled on.......winner later!!

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Considering it's the middle of November, it's wonderful to see such vibrant colour and life in the beautiful flowers. It's a riot of reds of all descriptions, with such graceful tones and shapes. A joy to behold! A glorious abstract of one of the many Icelandic river estuaries. The wonderful shapes, patterns and colours are emphasised by the darker areas which give a natural frame to the scene. It has a fantasy, surreal element to it which gives it such intrigue. A elegant sunset from Assynt. A strong composition with beautiful late light warming the foreground rocks; the waves and lower rocks gently curve round providing a lovely lead to the lighthouse. The image is then balaced so well with the distant clouds and setting sun. Quite a chaotic scene for a portrait.....there's a lot going on with the grooming, the colours, the ropes & chains....but at the centre and beautifully framed by the chaos, is the bull. I wonder what he/she is thinking.....what's going on? What am I doing? Will I win? Fortunately it doesn't seem to be bothering him/her!
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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In The Salon for #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday #Staffordshire
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The English Winter Fair in Stafford this weekend #Staffordshire #Agriculture #Farming #EventPhotography
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Storm Claudia...
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Bus shelter in the Apley / Wellington / Leegomery area #Shropshire #ArmisitceDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Remembrance for #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday #Staffordshire #Spitfire
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM