Category: Portraits
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Why I Photograph Pets
For the past few years, life reminded me how fragile time can be and how much the small, ordinary moments matter. Photography has always been my way of noticing, of making sense of the world. After a period when creativity had to wait, I returned to it with a new understanding: I don’t chase perfection.
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Dusting of the Lens…
Life has a habit of carrying me off in many different directions which is good and bad. I get to experience wonderful places, meet interesting people, and learn new skills. It also puts a halt to some of my more creative endeavours like photography, and especially model photography which tends to need a little more
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EFIAP Silver Distinction
This week I received news I achieved the EFIAP Silver distinction for works I have entered mostly in the past year to international photographic salons. I’m wondering now would I have put in the work to achieve this had it not been for the confinement of Covid-19. I had previously received my EFIAP Bronze in
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Portrait Masters Awards
This week I received the results of my first ever submission to the Sue Bryce Education – Portrait Masters competition for January 2021. Before I get to my results, a word about why I felt I should pursue yet another international awards and distinction journey. I have been entering national and international photographic competitions since
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My first remote shoot
In these strange times I feel lucky to have the headspace to want to exercise my creative side. So when Mischkah asked me if I’d like to try a remote shoot, I gladly said yes. I’d been thinking about these for a while and wondering just how well they would work for me. I enjoy
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Oliphant self portrait
I gave myself a little escapism during lockdown this week, when my new hand painted custom Oliphant arrived yesterday. I should have known once I opened it to look I would be compelled to take it for a test drive. So given the circumstances a self portrait session was required.
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Art Nude Duet
I’ve sometimes been asked, tongue and cheek, why all my images are of female models. My simple answer is that is my preference. Nothing against guys, but I love the beauty of the female form. It’s also seldom I have the opportunity to work with male models, but this year I have had the opportunity
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Nerja
On our evening stroll exploring the old town of Nerja, we ended up at Bacóne de Europa and came across the team from Tricor Design, who didn’t mind me taking some portraits of their Flamenco Dancers posing on the steps. Looking forward to seeing a full Flamenco show later this week in Nerja.
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Croatia with SummersAbroad
Just on my way home from an amazing three days photo vacation organised by Rachelle Summers and her #SummersAbroad team! I still have 1800 images to process but so far I am super happy with the set and themes and variety of shoots organised and challenging me to push further outside my comfort zone in
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Fredau Portraiture Edit video
I made a quick video (speeded up) of the edit of this image today. Hope you find it useful.