Tag archive: photography
W C Fields, the legendary American comedian, actor, juggler and writer, famously gave the advice to never work with animals or children. Fortunately, John Noakes and the various Blue Peter presenters over the decades ignored this. Well, we do not agree with W C Fields either. We run photography events for children & adults at various…
Exactly 40 years ago, on 17th August 1977, the first surface vessel reached the Geographical North Pole. The ship was the Soviet nuclear icebreaker the “Arktika”. Arktika became the classification for the five nuclear icebreakers which followed : the Sibir in 1977, Rossiya in 1985, Sovetskiy Soyuz in 1989, the Yamal in 1992 and the…
Since early 2016 I have seen a significant increase in the number of ‘girls’ and women signing up for my Photography Courses and Workshops. It has been fantastic having them on board, learning new photo skills and having lots of fun. And quite a few have been very talented with an eye for a good…
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Pasties, Coastal Walks, Beaches, Real Ales, Six Spotted Burnet Moths, Knapweed plants, Copper and Tin Mines …. just a few of the Cornish Delights savoured during five days in Cornwall. Just back, exhausted with sore legs but refreshed from this short stay with three ‘old’ architect friends, walking along coastal paths, drinking various local beers, beach wading…
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‘A Day At The Races’ – no, not the classic Marx Brothers film nor the iconic Queen rock album – but a great visit to Oulton Park, near Tarporley, in Cheshire yesterday, to watch some British Touring Car and Formula 4 motor racing, the second day of a busy weekend meeting. Thousands of people there and what…
I was the Guest speaker at Birkenhead School today, presenting one of their weekly Friday Sixth Form Lectures. It was my 4th visit to this fine school. Today’s 60 or so student’s were very enthusiastic – well they laughed at all the right bits. After my 40 minute presentation I had a splendid lunch with…
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Oh how we all remember the great Beatle’s track. But yesterday, I had the most interesting and diverse photographic day, probably ever!! I took my weekly Thursday photography class to the historic Port Sunlight Village in the morning and met friends from a previous 2016 class at Chester Zoo in the afternoon. So I spent…
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We have all iconic, powerful images that stick in our mind. There are several that I can’t forget, and one such image is by Robert Howlett, English photographer. Many of you will have seen it, the iconic portrait of the great Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, taken in 1857, part of a commission by The Illustrated…
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I’ve just posted my first video on YouTube. It’s a colourful and diverse selection of lovely images taken by participants from the Photography Workshops I ran at Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset in July 2016. Some very imaginative and beautiful images were taken by those taking part over two days. I hope you enjoy and please forward…
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The new Dillington brochure for July 2016 – June 2017 is now out. I am delighted it has featured my 4 photography workshops, 2 weekend courses and 2 public lectures during the new season. So if you fancy a fantastic few days in a stunning Somerset country house, with beautiful gardens, sumptuous 5* accommodation and mouthwatering…