October Digital Art

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Well its October and silly season is here again, so a few digital arts I put together for halloween. The images are titled ‘Clown,’ ‘Assylum’ and ‘Matron.’ You can work out which is what. There is also an one off picture I made for my wife Amy on her 40thh anniversity of coming to the UK. Its called ’Vietnam’ and thanks to Jane for the original carving it came from.

Still Life / Fine Art Gallery - Update

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Something different for this months Still Life / Fine Art gallery with beauty in decay being the theme. We photographed these gone over flowers that we had in various vases during the golden hour, I think it worked? Most are in black and white, but a couple in colour. Thanks then to Amy for getting up that hour with me and all her support.

Projects - 'Noir et Blanc' Gallery Update.

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Just a small update this month for this project gallery. All images taken in the golden hour just as the sun came up. Beautiful light that time of the day.

Nuria Do Prado Real Shoot

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This is a kind of once more around the block shoot with my old and dear friend Nuria Do Prado Real. She still looks as lovely as ever and it was fun to work with her once again. Thank you also to Shadrine at Ka’Vour Beauty and Phil at The Boardroom Studio, Derby. See you all in the new year I hope?

October Flowers Update

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September updates and Lens Culture competition entry.

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Thank you for coming back and welcome to this September’s bumper harvest.

I would like to draw your attention to a competiton I entered from Lens Culture. Its the Black & White Photography Awards 2020. I put in seven pictures, not expecting a single one to get a second look, but to my suprise they have liked one of them that they are featuring on their sight and you are able to support.

This is the picture

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Its a nerdy picture i took of male model Lee Henshaw with his collar buttoned up. Notice also his collar on the viewers right hand side, is on his jacket.

He is not wearing a tie.

Anyway if you follow the link here it will take you to the page. scroll down until you get to the ‘Competition Gallery’ and use the toggle on the right of the picture to look at all the pictures. Mine is close to the bottom. Please star it as favourite …. please !!!

Thank you for your support and enjoy this months blog.

*NEW* Projects - 'Noir et Blanc' Gallery

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In keeping with the truelly brilliant black and white photography I have seen enter the competion at Lens Culture. I thought I would do some more of my own. These were also inspired the the haunting paintings of late American artist Andrew Wyeth. His work is stark and lonely, but interesting. I hope I can achieve just a fraction of that interest with images I took in and around my kitchen. A frying pan, tea, beans, apples in a bucket and fashion magazines on a washing line. Thanks to Amy for her loyal help. xx

This new projects gallery is called ‘Noir et Blanc.’

Still Life / Fine Art Gallery - Update

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I greatly enjoyed myself this month, managing to create some more still life ‘ fine art images in blue using dried flowers from Etsy. Notice also the more simple cyanotype images of individual flowers from Etsy and Brambles Florist. Thank you Amy for all your help x

Lee Henshaw - Fashion & Location Shoot

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I was commissioned by studio owner / photographer, male model and star of my competiton entry, Lee Henshaw to do him some new fashion pictures he can take to the agencies and use. Here they are. I am pleased with them and would like to thank Lee for modelling and Amy for all her help that morning.

Monalisa Moyo Shoot (Extra)

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Just a little hangover from last months shoot with Monalisa Moyo. I have made three fashion prints, turned / toned blue for effect.

September Flowers Update

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We have a bumper show of flowers this month with some extra stuff Amy picked up on her journey, but mainly the crop from the amazing Brambles Florist and Flowers for yours. So a huge shout to both Chris and Wendy at the shop for their help. I could not have done it without you. And a special mention again to wendy for the fuschia from her garden. Check out their web sites and shop highlighted above.

August Shoots and our day out in Derby

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I thought that along with my new makeup artist Ka’Vour Beauty, I would try out a new studio. So booked myself in for a four hour shoot at The Boardroom Studio in Derby. It was a great place and we all got something good out of it. So thanks to Phil at the studio (veiw it here), for all his assistance and use of his pad. This month we were graced by two models, Monalisa Moyo who we have not seen in a while. Also as an extra Tanya Model for your enjoyment. Have a look over the pictures and check out the brilliant makeup artist Shadrine at Ka’Vour Beauty. (Check out her facebook page here).

Monalisa Moyo Shoot

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We were graced by having the amazing fashion model Monalisa Moyo for this shoot, and its always a pleasure to get her in front of the camera. We got some seriously good images that day. So thanks to everyone who took part in the creation of these pictures.

Tanya Model Shoot

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We have not seen Tanya (who eagle eyed views may recognise her by her other names?) for a long while, but it was good to see her modelling again … if only briefly. You looked great Tanya x

Thanks once again to the model, and to all who helped create these images.

Monalisa Moyo and Tanya Shoot.

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While at the new studio I thought it would be great to snap both star models together … and they agreed. So here are the amazing Monalisa Moyo and Tanya together. Thanks to The Boardroom Studio and to Ka’Vour Beauty for their valued imput.

August Flower Update

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Thanks this month to my wife Amy and a huge special thanks to Wendy at Brambles Florist for getting me some very delicate flowers I had asked for. I hope I can do them justice. Here is August flowers at the turn of another season. So lets see what next month brings us?