Portraits

Rachel and I are currently on a short holiday in a rural part of Nottinghamshire and near the artist’s studio, mentioned in the last post, is a house in slight disrepair and an overgrown garden. I struck up conversation with the elderly owner who was outside with his gorgeous golden retriever dogs. After 20 mins […]

Ages ago local yoga instructor Liz Vowles asked me to do some headshots of her for a website and social – eventually we got around to it. You can find out more about Liz by visiting her beautiful website.

My good friend and collaborator Libby Pearson popped by yesterday for a few headshots as she’s in the early stages of developing her own website. A variety of shots were needed to reflect her many skills so we made a start. The professional businesswoman look. With glasses – we did some more serious ones but

Couldn’t resist the corny title but I was at York Racecourse today with the Hull York Medical School assisting with the First Year OSCE exams. Bit of a stretch to say assisting as I was one of the reserve role players/ simulated patients and was not called upon, so free to create some portraits! Two

Just this single image created using several overlays. I was given a book featuring the work of artist/ photographer/ sculptor David Hiscock some time ago and didn’t, at first, relate to it at all. But as I have experimented more with overlays and making cyanotypes I’m getting more into his imagery. The one I have

I was pleased to be asked to return back to the wonderful ReFuse Cafe in Chester-le-Street to take some more shots of volunteers and patrons. Here’s a selection taken on a busy morning.

Haven’t created any portraits in a while so delighted when I was asked by a friend to take some of his son Adam who needed headshots. I sent him a lot of standard shots from the session but these are a bit more creative! Where I have a bit of fun …