Delighted to be asked to take portraits of the staff and some trustees so went along today. Normal understandable reluctance to have a picture taken but we had some fun. I’d like to go back to take more as it was a little rushed and I think there’s a good opportunity to get some interesting […]
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For quite some time I’ve wanted to make a portrait of Mick, he passes our house fairly frequently and my wife knows him from chapel. He has a fairly stern look about him so it took me a while to pluck up courage but seeing my wife one day chatting to him as she was
A friend asked if I could take some photos of her daughter at her pre prom gathering. Took me back to when my two were sixteen and got all dressed up, with their partner for the evening and headed off to the Feathers in Helmsley to celebrate the end of secondary school. It was a
Last week I was in Leamington working with fellow role players at a vets training event and one of them, Ali, volunteered for a portrait shoot. So after dinner one evening I set up the lights and back drop and off we went!
A few days on the island with the family is always a tonic – walks, eating out, catching up and Bella’s tenth birthday. Here’s some photographs created while I was there. The house boats in Bembridge are always fun to walk past, there’s usually work being done and it’s now looking quite trendy with several
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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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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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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
