Danny Beath, died in hospital on Monday after collapsing outside his home in Shrewsbury from a suspected heart-attack.

As a self-taught photographer, Danny received the Shropshire Photographic Society’s Photographer of the Year accolade nine times and recently won a Sunday Times landscape photography competition. He also won the first Wild Shropshire photography competition last year.

Danny became interested in photography whilst studying for a PhD at Aberdeen University, he joined the university camera club to pursue his interest.

His work centred on people, wildlife and landscapes. In an interview last year said he relied on his natural instinct to see a picture and read the light.