Portfolio - Andrew Shenton

Sunsets – patience, precision, and a bit of luck

Sunset is the golden hour of opportunity for the railway photographer, a time when the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary. The fading light paints the…

Weather – a source of fascination, frustration, and inspiration

The weather is the UK’s most famous conversation point, a constant source of fascination, frustration, and inspiration. For the passionate railway photographer, it is both…

Dawn – a symphony of light and colour

Dawn is a fleeting, magical time when the world awakens in a gentle symphony of light and colour. For the dedicated railway photographer, capturing this…

Night – a playground for creativity

Night transforms the railway into a stage of light and shadow, where the ordinary becomes an extraordinary canvas for creativity. For the railway photographer, the…

Into the Sun – silhouettes take centre stage

There’s a certain magic in capturing the railway against the light. The technique of contre-jour—photographing into the sun—transforms trains and railways into dramatic, ethereal compositions,…

Low Light – muted tones subtle contrasts

I do enjoy the challenge of photographing in the fleeting hours when the world is brushed with soft, diffused light—at dawn’s gentle awakening or dusk’s…

Low Level – perspective is everything

In railway photography, perspective is everything. Capturing trains and railways from a low point of view opens up a world of creativity and dynamism, transforming…

Reflections – the extraordinary hidden in the ordinary

I enjoy looking out for railway reflections, though my railway photographer contemporaries often ridicule this, let me know what you think as we look at…