In a little bit of downtime between portraits at Helmsley Arts Centre I noticed some of their cafe chairs on the stage and thought how beautiful they were caught in my lights. I had a quick play for 5 mins and was pleased with the results: I posted them on my IG account and a […]
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I was delighted to be asked by Tash, the arts centre director and ‘Woman of Kirkby’ if I’d like to help them celebrate their 30th anniversary by creating thirty portraits of their staff and volunteers. More chance to practice! I took my black backdrop and set up with the lights in the auditorium. Here are
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Well not really. Rachel had an evening event at the Spa so I took the opportunity to have a bit of a wander around the seafront. By the time I got there a chilly wind had blown up, that knocked my creativity a bit, so I decided to ‘go macro’ and stay in one small
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Buy your own Zine of this project. I haven’t posted in ages because I’ve been preparing for my second exhibition ‘Women of Kirkbymoorside’ It ran at our Methodist Chapel March 4th – 11th and included, as its focus, ‘International Women’s Day’. I wanted to both practice creating portraits but also to highlight and celebrate the
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A rusty old barrow on the allotment caught my eye and I wondered whether I might be able to do something creative with it so, after getting permission from the owner, wheeled it home. I wondered whether it might work as a prop for a portrait but after a couple of fruitless days I decided
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Got a bit stir crazy today, post Christmas, pre New Year doldrums, and it was raining … so Todd Hido inspired once again – off in the car to Farndale. Just an hour tootling along, keeping an eye on the mirror but not many others about so could crawl along looking for photographic opportunities through
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An unusual request but one I was delighted to accept. Amy was releasing some new music in the Spring and embarking on a tour and needed an image of her holding a goose. Luckily her neighbour Phil had a friendly goose that fitted the bill perfectly. It was a beautiful morning, the best of the
As part of my ongoing ‘Women of Kirkbymoorside’ project I recently photographed our town clerk, Lisa Bolland. Following on from what was an hilarious and fun shoot she proposed she bring her daughter along next time for a mother and daughter session. With Christmas coming she thought it would be lovely to give her parents
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