Guess what I did over the summer? Yep I shot 175 Portraits in two days – mad but true. It was Chertsey Agricultural Association’s 175th Annual Show so they asked me to shoot 175 portraits of people at this years show, one for each year. Obviously wandering around a field asking a load of strangers if I could photograph them was right up my street (or field may be a better word)!
The Association Of Photographers (AOP), of which I am a member, is 50 years old this year and to commemorate they are holding an exhibition… Read More »The AOP At 50
When you think of Oxford you are probably more inclined to think of the University, the city of dreaming spires, punts on the river, the Radcliffe Camera, Inspector Morse, and you may have even stayed in the old prison which is now a Malmaison hotel.
You would be forgiven if graffiti wasn’t the first thing that comes to mind though, but, as I discovered during a recent reccé, there are some fabulous street art focused projects taking place in Oxford, most notably the Oxford Canal Mural Project initiated by local residents and the Oxford Canal and River Trust, which includes the fabulous Kingfisher mural below created by artist Richard Wilson.
Or to be more precise beer made in the Thames – well, on an island in the Thames; Platt’s Eyot, a former boat builders yard that also made torpedo boats during the second world war.
Oddly is an independent brewery that operates out of one of the old boat yard buildings. Dilapidated and cold when he first moved in but home to this new and growing brewery.
Printagram? What’s this? Well it’s not Instagram but something less instant; a magazine that I have published, consisting of work, both commissioned and personal. What’s it… Read More »Printagram
How much detail is too much? Modern digital cameras capture a huge amount of information, and with a seemingly endless search for more Megapixels (Phase… Read More »Binary People
When I was commissioned to photograph a pheasant shoot in North Wales, I had mixed feelings about it; I grew up in the countryside so… Read More »Shooting A Shoot
No, not a job shooting for the Sunday Times, but a profile of little ol’ me in the Sunday Times – in the business section… Read More »Sunday Times Gig
I love the seaside – almost regardless of the weather, which has been just as well this summer! There’s something in the air, apart from… Read More »I Saw On The Seashore
No, that’s not a comment on the recent political shenanigans; it’s a reference to my latest project, where I try to understand why a group… Read More »Going Backwards – Fast
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