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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I was so delighted to have my camera with me earlier in the week when I was working as a role player at the Hull York Medical School. When I asked my fellow actor Narelle if she wanted to have her picture taken during our lunch break she showed such enthusiasm I was shocked. I’m
I was delighted when neighbour Anne agreed to have her portrait taken. I don’t know her really well and she appears quite shy but she arrived at the pre-arranged time and I must say we had a brilliant chat about all sorts of interesting topics whilst I clicked away. Anne said she didn’t like photographs
Having lived in my town for nearly a quarter of a century (gulp) I do know quite a lot of the local people. And there’s some interesting characters – as there are in every community. Thinking about who I might ask next to be a portrait volunteer I thought of James. He regularly walks past
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My day job, or at least the freelance work that I do the most, is training school students to develop their public speaking skills with a charity called Speakers Trust. Over the last six months or so I’ve been part of a team of trainers running workshops across Yorkshire and a couple of nights ago,
Yes, finally daughter Sara has had her graduation ceremony, two years late due to COVID. So we went across to Liverpool on Wednesday night, had Thursday hanging out then the ceremony on the Friday. I enjoyed two early morning visits to the Albert Docks and also the Open Eye Photography Gallery where a nice little
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I was in Hull today working as a Simulated Patient for Hull York Medical School – Year 2 exams. However, I was a reserve, so the possibility of sitting around all day provided the opportunity to take some pictures of whoever was around. As most SPs are actors there’s always a good chance they won’t
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I asked my friend Debs if she would kindly allow me to take her portrait with, if possible, daughter Bella too. They agreed and so I popped along to their house. We spent a lovely hour or so both outside in their courtyard garden and inside the front room as there was some interesting shadows
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