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I was in Hull today working as a Simulated Patient for Hull York Medical School – Year 2 exams. However, I was a reserve, so the possibility of sitting around all day provided the opportunity to take some pictures of whoever was around. As most SPs are actors there’s always a good chance they won’t

I asked my friend Debs if she would kindly allow me to take her portrait with, if possible, daughter Bella too. They agreed and so I popped along to their house. We spent a lovely hour or so both outside in their courtyard garden and inside the front room as there was some interesting shadows

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.

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

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