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October blog update, A trip to my parents, Food, No Model Shoot and goodbye Captain Picard.

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web. Thanks for returning.

So no model shoots this month and there won't be any in November either. I have had two month hiatus for one reason or another. Still we will be back in the studio in early December with model Maryna Sedin and the gang. So not long to go. I did however stay for a few nights at my parents house and went to see Ex – Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett in concert in Leicester. It was a brilliant night out with my father. Good music, good company, good time. Thanks Dad.

Something new for this month is a dedicated page on the site for Food Photography in the Food & Commercial section, I have been taking pictures each weekend of another dish with Amy's help. So far so good, they are supposed to be magazine quality images. At least that's the aim of it. As I have also dropped stuff that was not on par with this vision of food. Check it out below.

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. As a keen Star Trek viewer, he was a huge part of the enjoyment of watching the episodes as they showed on Sky One years ago. He was a good actor and by all I have seen and read about him, he was a decent person. I was saddened and will miss him, but maybe not as much as his wife, friends and family will miss him.Goodbye Captan Picard.

Thats it for the intro this month and just to follow something up from last months blog post. I have found a new dentist on the NHS. It took a few phone calls but I got in and went for a checkup. They seem good and didn't pick an argument with me. So thats a plus point for starters.

Please enjoy this months blog update.

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The Garden- Dads autumnal Garden.

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As I mentioned earlier, I went to see my parents staying in their house a few nights while I went with my Father to a Steve Hackett concert in Leicester. While down there I did manage to take some snaps of his garden in Autumn which is something I have not done before. Plenty of Summer and Winter shoots, but a first for this season. The garden was still in bloom, but signs of Autumn was sneaking in with the decay. And there is beauty in decay as I hope you can see in the pictures. Thanks Dad.

October Flowers Update

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If you like shabby chic Gerberas, then check out this months selection from the florist. With the nights drawing in its getting harder to find decent light to work with, but we made it in the end . Thanks then as usual to those that help me create these flower shots. To Chris and the ladies at the Brambles florist and Flowers to yours as well as Amy for her arranging and help and also for taking me to the florist and back via MacDonalds.

Thats it again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

Bye xx

September Flowers Update

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As always it is the last Saturday of the month and I get some fresh flowers to snap away at with some fragile ones this month, but they look great on camera. Also Tyler Dyce gave me some flowers at the exhibition night, which are still looking great after a week. So as always thanks to Chris and the ladies at the Brambles florist and Flowers to yours as well as Tylers flowers she gave me and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

Bye xx

The Garden - Dads Summer Garden 2026

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August Flower Updates

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After visiting the florist this month, I was lucky to get a reeky special Calla Lily which I took quite a few pictures of. Some for this months edit and some saved for a future special edit. I know it has been top heavy with flowers this month, but I hope you enjoy them all? So as always thanks to Chris and the ladies at the Brambles florist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

Bye xx

July Flower Updates

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This month I took advantage of a slightly cooler Friday to go get the flowers from the florists and photograph on the Saturday. Good thing as well, because it soon got warm again in the following days. Amy also added to the flowers this with something she found growing out of the pavement

I think it is actually a weed, but it fooled me, but it photograph well enough. So as always thanks as always to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

Bye xx

The Garden – Marys Summer Garden – Slideshow

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Music 'Tremulous' Anthony Phillips

The Garden – Mary's Summer Garden

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My friend and studio owner Phil Lynam arranged it for me to come and photograph his in-laws house and garden. So on a bright day in mid May we set off the a small village outside of Derby to capture what we find there. We were greeted by a very warm and friendly Mary who was tending the garden as the taxi arrived. She was very welcoming and happy for me to wander around her spacious garden, taking as many shots as I may. It was great. A day well spent and a journey worth the time. I only hope my pictures do the garden justice and would wish to thank Mary and her husband for letting me in to their property. Thanks also to Phil for arranging the shoot and James for taking me there and back so efficiently and in comfort.

The Poppys

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Amy came home recently and told me about some poppies that had been growing out of the pavement cracks near the RSPCA Charity shop. So the next day we set off down there and took some snaps. I like poppies. I like especially the delicateness of them. It was a windy and sunny day, but with a faster shutter speed and using Amy as a wind shield, I think we got some good stuff.

I have used the pictures here in several sections including I.C.M. , still life, flowers update and a few others.

April Flower Updates

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Good to be back taking pictures of flowers again after last months hiatus. Thanks as always to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it for this month.

Be sure to come back next month.

Bye x

Remembering Nina x

The Garden

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Well not so much from a garden, but rather St. Johns Church in town. These snaps are from the shrubs that border this Church and make the place look welcoming. Such a shame then that sadly every time I used the path in the Church to cut through to the Doctors I often come across a posse of drugged up space cadets (Junkies) ripped to their tits on methamphetamine and weed, There is a soup kitchen run by the church for the homeless and destitute. Which is a grand idea, its just that sadly it gets abused by some of the people who use it. Still the shrubs are nice to photograph.

Still Life Minimalism

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These minimalist images or a fence, a road sign and some branches of a tree were taken out and about in St Johns Church. Also there is two captures of a box of eggs and an old Swanvesta Match box. All taken at their bare minimal.

February Flower Updates

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This is February's flowers in all their glory. I only managed to process one oil painting image this month in Photoshop. As the second picture just did not look right and after numerous attempts I finally gave up. So thanks then to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

Thank you for visiting the blog. Apologies for its shortness this month and please come back for more in March. That is if we are settled in where ever we go.

Thank you.

Take Care

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January Flower Updates

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Another year starts in great shape with a fresh batch of flowers from my favourite florist. This month we have a spray painted flower whose name I cannot remember, but it looks good.

Thanks as always to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it for this month.

Be sure to come back next month.

Bye x

December Flower Updates

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Here we are with the years end flower updates for December 2025 with thanks to Chris and the ladies at the Bramblesflowers and Flowers to yours . They have very generously provided me with flower subjects for me to capture all through the year and many years before that. I am gracious for their help as I could not do it without them. Thanks as always to Amy for her help in flower arrangements.

That is a wrap for 2025 .... So see you all again for 2026 and we shall see what that year holds for us all?

Bye

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November Flower Updates

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Novembers catch of lovely flowers from the Bramblesflowers and Flowers to yours are a treat for the eyes coming this month with the oil painted look and studies in a white box pictures. So thank you to Chris and the ladies at the shop as well as Amy for her input. That is it for this month, see you all again in a few weeks at just around Christmas time.

Bye x

*NEW* Flowers – Oil On Canvas

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Whilst surfing through Youtube online a while back, I fell upon a tutorial that showed one of the new tools in Photoshop that I had not come across before. It turned images into pieces of artwork like oil paintings or watercolours. Its Photoshops answer to AI. Now I have very mixed feelings about the subject of AI. I can see its obvious potential, as well as see the damage it can possibly do to peoples jobs and livelihoods in the long term. That aside, the genie is out of the bottle, and I did like the results. So here are the starter pictures for a new gallery simply called 'Oil on Canvas.' I hope you enjoy it?

*NEW* Flowers – White Box

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This is the second of our new galleries starting this month called 'White Box' and its just that. A white cardboard box with a flower in it. The box was from and packaging of a Toshiba portable hard drive and I thought it looked good for the new gallery. Its still work in progress, but I am enjoying it. Although it is sad to cut up a perfectly good flower, the art justifies itself in the end I hope.

October Flower Updates and the Black and White Section hiatus

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Some changes in store for the flower images, but I shall get to that in a bit. I would like to say a big thank you to Chris and all the staff at Bramblesflowers and Flowers to yours for once again getting a great selection of flowers for Amy and I to photograph. It was also great to Chris at the shop again, mending after his accident. He showed me some images on his phone of the many pins he has in his leg. I am a bit squeamish about such things and its not easy to see them. Still it was good to see him again. Take care mate.

So changes. I have decided to put the Black and White section on a hiatus as I think that section is now better served by the Square B/W gallery. I may make a collective 'best of' page and am toying with the idea to start a High Key gallery. What do you think?

So that is it for this month. Thanks for dropping by and be sure to come back next month.

Bye

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