Last month I was in France shooting some pictures of the old First World War battlefields. As I reported a few weeks ago I was amazed at the marks that were still visible on the terrain of the Somme Valley. Trench lines, shell holes, cemeteries large and small dot the rural landscape. Go for a…
Monthly Archives: June 2007
So I was thinking of making little videos so you could see what our parents albums and little books looked like. I made a test video (yeah I know we need a less hamfisted model)! What do you think? Is this a good idea? Can you get a better feel for the books this way?…
My daughter is always happy to help me test a new camera or lens. After trashing a camera and lens at the weekend :( I’m shooting with a set of spare equipment this week. Freakishly on Sunday another camera started developing some problems so I dropped both off for a service this morning. I have…
How embarrassing, at yesterday’s wedding it started raining steadily just before Angela arrived at the church and I slipped on my ar*e right outside the church door getting into position to photograph the bride and her father. The rain made the very old and worn flagstones like ice and over I went. Embarrassingly I hit…
So this is how I spent my Sunday morning…in the 45 degree rain cheering on my 8 year old in the Cubs football tournament. Given the choice (not that I had it) I have to admit I would rather have been on the sofa in the dry :) Still, my son’s team won the ‘B’…
Today I was in Basingstoke to photograph the wedding of Angela and Shane. After getting some really nice pics at the house in the morning it was off to the church to find Shane and the lads. The rain came down (mostly during the ceremony fortunately) and on the way to the reception we stopped…
At a little corporate job today at the Runnymede Hotel near Egham I noticed this display of tasty looking apples in the hospitality area. I had a Danish pastry instead.