Last year I found myself experimenting more and more with photo-editing software and apps, especially those that transform photographs into drawings, sketches or paintings imitating a wide range of styles and media.

I know there are photography purists who see this kind of heavy editing as gimmicky or even deceptive, and they’re not entirely wrong. But by sticking to apps that still allowed a good degree of user control and creative input, I discovered that some genuinely interesting results were possible. We even liked a couple enough to have them printed, framed and hung at home, including this one of Betty and Dolly who live just round the corner from us and are seen here modelling their blue winter rugs!

I’m never sure what to call such images – photographically-derived digital art, digitally enhanced photographs or digitally manipulated images, or maybe you’re one of the people who would simply describe them as ‘fake art’. Perhaps there is a generally accepted term out there that I have missed. If you know of one please let me know.