I wouldn’t normally choose to spend a rainy, dull day at Dalby Forest but as my son Sam and his friend James were taking part in the Dalby Inferno there was no place I’d rather be! So what exactly is the Dalby Inferno? Are you prepared for the burn…? It started at 9am with the
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Our visit yesterday was more about catching up with a friend than seeing lots of amazing sculpture so here are just a few images taken along the way whilst busy chatting. Needless to say we will be returning to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park very soon! Damien Hirst has several sculptures at the park, the most
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I was invited last night to make some images of York Musical Theatre Company’s latest show, Calendar Girls, as they ran through their final technical rehearsal at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. First night tonight, running through to Saturday. (BOOK TICKETS) I’d captured some shots early on in the rehearsals so it was great to see
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Yesterday I popped down the road to meet ceramicist Rebecca Callis in her converted Victorian wash house, now lovely garden studio. Becca is part of a small collective of Ryedale artists, Makers of Rye, who recently had a high quality exhibition in Sinnington village hall. I offered to photograph members in their studios and Becca
Our local walk, which takes around an hour, is very colourful at the moment with the yellow fields of rapeseed ablaze. The bluish late evening light provides a stunning backdrop too. I was thinking about the work of Franco Fontana as I took my walk.
I’m chuffed that my submission to this new festival has been accepted. I thought quite hard about which image to submit and decided on this one as something a bit different. My main focus is portraiture rather than landscapes or architecture but I like this image, created whilst in Valencia in January. It’s simply a
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It was great to welcome Rachel Watkinson to the studio on Friday. Rachel is the co-founder of the York based Gillygate Collective and though still working occasionally as an actor, has recently retrained as a mid-wife. She asked for acting shots as well as some that reflected her new profession, so we got to work.
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We were lucky once again to have the opportunity for a week long visit to Mull at the same cottage we stayed at last year. Like twelve months ago the weather was wonderful – a chilly wind at times but lots of sun too. With such an awesome landscape I feel daunted picking up my
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