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 […]
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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It was great to spend time with voice over artist and actor Jessie Brooks who visited this week. We’d not met before, she followed up my offer of free head shots to the York-based Gillygate Collective, so it was lovely to have lunch and a good chat before we started the shoot. I’m still very
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It was lovely to see Ariel again, just over a year ago she came for some headshots and, as she’s had a colour change, it’s time for some more … She’s a fantastic model to shoot – so energetic, confident and fun! I can see why she’s such a hit doing stand up comedy. It
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Great to meet Daniel yesterday and create some portraits with him. Daniel has recently moved back to the UK from Rome where he has been teaching. He’s looking to set up a public speaking business, training people to speak more confidently. I’ve also worked in this area so we had a really good chat about
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Our lovely building concierge kindly agreed to let me create some portraits of him. Gracias Joec!!
It is such a treat being in Valencia. There are so many galleries to visit, large and small. Just five minutes walk from the apartment is Fundación Chirivella Soriano and I visited after seeing a poster of two rather eye catching portraits promoting their current exhibition. The other featured artist was Chema Lopez. It was
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I’ve been out and about the streets of Valencia creating some photos of interesting textures – stone/ brick walls, graffiti etc. I’ve then incorporated them as layers on to some existing portraits of mine. Sometimes the effects are quite interesting but also I’m thinking they might inspire some sculptural creativity once I get home. Looking
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