Activities

Activities from Transforming the Trent Valley and its partners, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Trent Valley Fixed Point Photography

June 2026 to June 2027

Would you like to take part in the Trent Valley Past & Present fixed point photography challenge?

You will need to provide a montage, or series of photos, of a historic or heritage feature – e.g. a building, monument or landscape feature – taken over the period of a year. covering all seasons, capturing the connection with landscape throughout the changing seasons e.g. weathering, visiting fauna and changing flora.

Photographs should be taken within the Trent Valley, Trent tributaries and catchment areas. For guidance, check out the Trent Valley Past and Present shaded area, with a red border, on the Trent Valley Map.

You should choose a place you have a personal connection with.

What you will need:

• A mobile phone or camera
• A map – paper or online
• What3Words or Grid Reference Finder UK on your phone or other device
• Our handy pocket-sized guide Placemaking: Fixed Point Photography, with many thanks to Colas Ltd, to help you to get the best out of your photography project. Click on the link on the right to download to your phone or print at home:

What you will need to do:

Choose the feature you wish to photograph, then:

• Take two photos a month from the same spot and the same perspective.
• Name your photos with place name – date and time of day taken – your initials.
• Submit your photos monthly to Sue Kneill-Boxley, email below.
• With your first submission, please provide a map reference or What3Words, for your chosen location, and how you would like your name to appear alongside your work.

Any questions, please contact Sue Kneill-Boxley on s.kneill-boxley@staffs-wildlife.org.uk

Please check the Terms and Conditions further down this page before submitting your work.

Personal Connection

You – or a partner, friend or family member – may wish to create a comment on your personal connection to your chosen location, e.g. through writing a short poem or prose piece about your choice of site, to submit with your photos. Please label this with place name, date written & initials of writer. Submit with your photos and how you, or the writer(s), would like their name(s) to be displayed.

Accessibility

We want this activity to be available to as many participants as possible. If you are unable to contribute photographs, perhaps you have other creative skills – such as creative writing or sound recording – please do get in touch and tell us about your ideas.

Terms and Conditions

As a participant in this project, you grant Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and irrevocable worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce the items submitted, and extracts thereof, with the attribution – as provided by yourself – for reproduction under the terms of a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

This means other web users can use, and adapt, your work as long as they credit you. Please contact s.kneill-boxley@staffs-wildlife.org.uk if you have any questions or concerns.