The Photographer
Astrophotographer, astronomy enthusiast, and student of Natural Sciences at the Open University — specialising in Astronomy and Planetary Science. I photograph the deep sky from my back garden in the UK, one photon at a time.
The Journey
My fascination with the night sky began when I was just a small boy. When I was 9, my grandad died and left me with his old army binoculars. Whenever I could, I would get them out and look for the Orion Nebula or the Andromeda Galaxy, both of which can be seen decently well with binoculars. Astrophotography is not a cheap hobby, so it wasn't until I had a stable well paying job I decided to take the plunge with proper equipment, this was around 2 years ago.
Astrophotography is an act of patience. A single night's imaging might represent just a fraction of the total data you'll need to reveal the faintest wisps of nebulosity or the dust lanes threading through a distant galaxy. The objects I photograph are not visible like this to any human eye. The colours, the detail, the sheer scale of what's out there can only be drawn out by accumulating hours, sometimes tens of hours, of long-exposure photography and careful processing.
Everything in this collection was captured from my back garden (Chesterfield, Bortle 5 skies) or my parents back garden (Skegness, Bortle 4 skies) in the UK. No remote observatories, no pristine mountain-top sites with perfect seeing (although I do want a trip to Las Palmas some day!) - just me, my equipment, and whatever clear skies the British weather decides to offer. Which is unfortunatley not all that often, especially trying to get it to coincide with a night i'm free. Between kids, full-time job and other hobbies i've probably managed 15-20 sessions in 2 years! There's something I love about those constraints though: the universe is out there regardless, and you don't need to travel far to find it and it'll wait for you.
Alongside my imaging, I'm studying a Natural Sciences degree at the Open University, specialising in Astronomy and Planetary Science. The science deepens the awe. Understanding the physics of what I'm photographing; the stellar nurseries within nebulae, the tidal dynamics between interacting galaxies, the life cycles of the stars makes every image feel like more than a picture. It's a chapter of the universe's story.
Starwoven Studios is my way of sharing that story. Every print is a real image of a real object — the light you're looking at actually travelled from somewhere out there and ended up on your wall. All my prints are sold with museum level quality paper, the wonders of the universe deserve the best.
What We Stand For
Several of our paper options — Hahnemühle Agave and Sustainable Photo Satin — are made from renewable or eco-certified sources. We always offer at least one eco choice on every print, and our printing partner dStudio UK uses environmentally responsible production practices.
Every print is produced using professional giclée printing with archival pigment inks. Our premium papers — including 100% cotton rag — are rated for 100+ years under proper conditions. These are prints built to last lifetimes, not years.
Every image is a real photograph of a real deep sky object, captured by Leon from his back garden. No AI-generated imagery, no stock photos, no artistic licence beyond the processing that reveals what the camera genuinely captured.
The Printing Process
All prints are produced by dStudio UK, a professional fine art print studio. Every order is printed on-demand using professional Giclee paper with archival pigment inks — the same technology used to produce prints for galleries and museums.
Giclée printing (from the French "to spray") builds up colour with billions of microscopic ink droplets, achieving a tonal range and colour accuracy that traditional photographic printing simply cannot match. The result is prints that are vibrant, sharp, and built to last.
We offer six substrates ranging from affordable matte poster paper to 100% cotton rag museum stock and eco-certified options. See the paper guide on any print page to compare them.
Process at a glance
Hours of imaging under UK skies — collecting light from thousands of light years away.
Calibration, stacking, and artistic processing in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Professional giclée on your chosen archival fine art paper.
Carefully packed and shipped from the UK — straight to your door.
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Every print is available in five sizes and six paper types — from affordable poster prints to museum archival quality.
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