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This is London, Street Photography Workshop
I had a great weekend in London, trying my hand at Street Photography. London Street Photgraphy Fesitval had organised the worshop with Peter Dench being the course leader, tutor, motivator and critique master, all rolled up into one. There was six of us on the workshop and Peter had help from Miles Taylor to [...]
More Inspiration
Between taking part in the #phonar online course and getting my first copy of the Hungry Eye magazine, my creative side has not been short of stimulation. So when I stumbled across this short film from Zack Arias i was gob smacked. Zack is great photographer who I follow on Twitter @zarias and through that connection [...]
For the Love of Lugosi
I am very happy to be able to show this short film I directed. I learned so much making it, and the most enjoyable part was the feeling of helping someone to tell their story. It is a dramatised documentary and amazingly it was a first time effort from everyone involved. Thanks to Diversity Films we were able to produce something fun [...]
September Update
After another long absence I could not resist posting this slide show I made for Bob & Stacey of their wedding day. I still learning to master the timing and frame panning but I’m getting there and although seeming a bit rushed at times I think this is my best to date. What else have I been up [...]
Update
After all the fun of the summer holidays, the boys are back at school. They may have long faces, but hopefully Dad will able to get stuff done now . With the breeze cooling, my mind has got itself into winter preparation mode, so essential DIY has started to get done. I am hoping to make the house [...]
Understanding Love
My lack of updates recently is mainly due to being busy with my family during the kids summer holidays. More surprising though is that on the odd occasion that I have sat down at my keyboard I haven’t managed to come up with an idea motivating enough to get the keys tapping. I’m sure this just because to my brain [...]
Bob & Stacey Wedding Sneak Peak
After a brilliant wedding up North I’m feeling a bit knackered. It was well worth all the hard work though, because I was honoured to take the pictures during my good friends Bob & Stacey big day. I have quickly processed five pictures that will hopefully give you a small taste of how the day went. I can assure you though it [...]
A Tree To Me.
I look for signs to strengthen my resolve I must have faith to keep on achieving I doubt myself due to the infinite possibillities I wilt at times You witness and grow You seek nourishment to prosper You form shape through living I lead through duty I deliver with pride I fail at times You ask [...]
Part of a Journey
My muscles were telling me I had been walking this path for a very long time, surely by now I should have reached the half way point. Unsure of how much further to go, I decided to listen to my body and here seemed as good as any place to take a break. My body breathed a sigh of relief as I rested beside the path, whilst my [...]
¼ Mile Project Flyer
The ¼ Mile Project is an opportunity for individuals, families or businesses in our local community, to receive the Free use of a quality photographer using professional equipment for whatever purpose you like. It could be to take pictures of your pets, children or to record a family event. Local man Andrew Gregor is offering [...]
¼ Mile Project
I first came up with the idea behind ¼ Mile Project back in January, so why has it taken me so long to get it started? The answer is a bit tricky to admit, but I feel it could only be down to “Fear Of Failure”. Yes, I have CFS and I am a house [...]
Soup Triptych
After Jonathan’s comment on yesterdays post, I went to have a look at David Hilliard’s website. Having not seen his work before, I loved how my brain immediately tried to start working out what was going on in his pictures. I was drawn in by them, and really enjoyed the feeling you get when your trying to form your [...]
Soup
Through Twitter(last Friday) I became aware of a project called #PICBOD, it perked my interest straight away. Not only am I currently trying to keep taking pictures, but I am learning to capture them differently from a lot of my previous work. Let me explain “differently”; before I had CFS I loved escaping and taking pictures. Hills, [...]
The Ayes Have It.
Favourite picture of the week time, and once again Dylan is my model. With all that is going on the in world and at home, it is easy to forget who will be most affected by the events unfolding.
Social Media
After nearly a year of blogging and trying to spread the word through Facebook and Twitter, I am starting to realise I can’t do them all. No sorry, I don’t want to do them all. Most of my blog posts, I am getting something off my chest. Its not always a rant, sometimes it is [...]
Do you dream pictures?
As I lay down to rest exhausted and weak (10am), I remember thinking It’s OK your alarm is set. You won’t sleep in for collecting Dylan from school (3pm). I hadn’t even realised I had closed my eyes, when a vision came into my head. The view was of lovely rolling countryside which was being [...]
Moving Slide Shows
Having regularly made slide shows with my pictures, I recently started learning to make some in Corel Video Studio X3. Being a stills photographer I never really appreciated the movement that film making brings, but using the the pan and zoom options in editing software definitely brings something extra to the pictures. My first try was a piece offering to my long suffering wife Mary, after many tongue in cheek presents [...]
Fatigue
After falling ill in late 2008 and losing my career to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, i have lost/given up a lot. Having never appreciated the term chronic before I found myself being battered by it, too regularly. Everyone suffers from fatigue, it is a natural occurrence. It is healthy. Put the word chronic in front of it and [...]
What a journey.
Since the summer I have been involved with Diversity Films in their Starting Block project. My own film idea got through to the final fifteen but was not one of the six chosen to go into production. What did happen though was even more interesting, I was asked to Direct one of the accepted short films, “For the Love [...]
Snow Week
When the weather is like it has been the last week, you need to have some good indoor hobbies. As much as I love a bit of online gaming it is nothing more than a nice way to pass some time. Although enjoyable, you don’t get much feeling of accomplishment blasting zeros and ones down a phone [...]
One month on.
A health related post today, as i have been behaving myself for a whole month! About two months ago I borrowed a recently published book from the Carnegie Library called Beating Chronic Fatigue. The best thing about the book was that it made sense to me. I don’t meet many people with CFS, so reading something written from close [...]
Hello, Hello.
After far to long an absence, I thought an update was overdue. I have been a busy man, what with looking after the kids and doing my best to keep the house ticking over. Thankfully i have also had a couple of enjoyable distractions, the first being the birth of our beautiful niece Ava, and I’ve also been busy [...]
Observation Time.
This is a self portrait taken in May for a “Rejection” challenge. I will try my best not to make this post turn into a “Moan”, so please stick with it. Michael Douglas is currently in the news talking about his struggle with throat cancer. It must be a horrible time for his whole family whilst he is in the middle [...]
Get it Done.
As i lay in bed finalising my World Domination Plan Review, i realised that i had been neglecting my Social Media connections. I was struck down with fear that my WDPR may be obsolete already, as something “Big” could have happened in the last 14minutes and 37 seconds. After first logging on to my Twitter [...]