role reversal
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2012, Posted in black and white, portrait
I do lots of portraits for people who, when they first contact me, tell me that they hate having their picture taken. I can well understand it - if its an unpleasant experience and then you don't even like the results, who wouldn't feel negative? I like the challenge, and enjoy spending the time and care it takes to organise a good experience, a relaxed and enjoyable shoot, and get great results - whether the pictures are for work or personal use.
spring photowalk
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012, Posted in cityscape, manchester, urban
I'm organising a photowalk in Manchester's offbeat and interesting Northern Quarter for Sunday 22 April, starting at 1pm, and ending at 4/4.30pm after a drink and chat.
It will be a relaxed, sociable event, for photographers of all levels of ability to walk, talk and shoot together. While I'm organising it with The Guild of Photographers, everyone is welcome - and it's free. I'll sort out the route nearer the time, as well as starting and finishing places, and would welcome any ideas/thoughts.
blue sky
Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2012, Posted in landscape, manchester
It's so good to have some blue skies again, after such a lot of overcast, drizzling, grey days. Yesterday, when I was supposed to be scouting locations in the Northern Quarter, I couldn't stop looking up. It was glorious!
ordered alium
Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, Posted in commissioned, flower
Properly labelling and storing images is a big preoccupation of mine, and means that from time to time I run through my files and folders to check what's what and what's where. However, it's not without challenge, as I come across images that make me stop and remember where I was and what was happening when I took them, and I end up wandering down memory lane rather than being an effective administrator.
playing with light
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Posted in architectural, commissioned, manchester
I was asked to go along and photograph a lighting workshop held in Manchester Cathedral, one of a number of "NightGeists" being hosted in various iconic locations by Bega. The workshops give delegates - most of them designers of one sort or another - an enjoyable way of playing with Bega products and taking a ‘hands on’ approach to the application of the luminaires and how they look in situ.
