It was lovely to have a family volunteer to have their portraits taken last week. Caroline is the daughter of John whose wife Jean runs the town blog. That’s how the heard about the opportunity. She came with husband Marco and his daughters, Eleanor and Sonia. They were great and I hope they liked the […]
Just a few from the four days spent down in Leamington doing role plays as part of the VDS training for newly graduated vets.
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I’ve been very impressed by the portraits of Jens Mathiasson and have enjoyed watching his masterclass on Frames (subscription only). So in need of people to practise on I put a call out on the Kirkby blog and was delighted when John and Rosemary got in touch. It’s John’s birthday coming up and they thought
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As mentioned in the previous blog post an actress friend gave me some lighting equipment and I started practising portraits with a neighbour and my son. On Monday, Jane came around for her headshots and it went pretty well. She was great – very patient and posed like a pro. On her suggestion, after some
With an actress friend kindly giving me a couple of studio lights in exchange for me doing some headshots of her I thought I should start practising. I bought a backdrop and set up a mini studio at home. I’ve recently subscribed to Frames magazine and as well as the quarterly magazine they are running
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Not been sleeping well recently but hastened some advice to take an early walk and get some sunlight. So I took off to do the little loop on a bright but chilly morning today. Focus a bit off but I like the way this gate framed the trees beyond – should have had a smaller
A Sunday afternoon stroll around the village, along the river and then up onto the hill. Returning back down I took some quick shots of a barn and some farm machinery which caught my eye in the final rays of sunshine.
Finally the day came, my first photographic exhibition. Setting it up at the Moorside Rooms last week took a lot longer than we thought, some 4 hours, but with my sister’s help we managed to get the photographs (printed on fibreboard) lined up and looking good. Libby and Maggie created a lovely display of art
