Click here for Part One Part Two – The farm was our base and where we called “home” for our week on Skomer and it was from here that we’d go to work and set about exploring every day. Living with the other volunteers and sharing the jobs on the rota as well as the …
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It was over a year ago that we put our names down to be volunteers on Skomer Island so when we received a call to ask if we’d like to take up two cancelled places we jumped at the chance. Leaving the Euro 2012 sporting extravaganza behind us, two weeks after our call we set …
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Couple weeks back I did another photo shoot for Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics, nice relaxed photo shoot from home. I can take my time and experiment with different lighting setups. I enjoy photographing Charlotte’s work as its always different, nice textures and colour tones, the detail in her ceramics is wonderful. I find a nice soft …
Back in May I did a photo shoot for Dominique Conte Glass Art, Dominique is artist from Parndon Mill in Harlow, she specialises in fused glass art. I’ve been working with Dominique for a few years now, I went over to shoot some new work she had done ready for the grand opening of Dominique’s …
Decided to photograph some of my accents I’ve done this year and a couple I did last year, hopefully they will look better in a couple months, will post some updated pics in summer. Accent or companion plantings, Kusamono, are used in the formal display of bonsai where they serve a supporting role in the …
I’ve been collecting Lego from an early age, well since I received my first Lego castle for Christmas back in the 80’s . Lego is a great toy for all ages, The other half’s little brother who is 7 and has just got into Lego. He loves to come around and play with my Lego. …
RSPB Minsmere is a nature reserve in Saxmundham where visitors can see the huge range of birds that pass along the Suffolk coast. You may have heard of Minsmere from BBC Spring watch / autumn watch program, the presenters are often visiting the reserve. We thought we would give the place a visit last November …
Few photos taken from the field that my mother-in-laws house looks onto. In the field they have a few of the following rare breed cows, not sure what type of cow they are. Photos taken with D90 and my basic 70-300mm lens. Playing around with the processing, not to everyone’s taste but I like them. …
Late October 2011 we visited the Peak District, we invited my mum and sister along for the trip. My sister Charlotte is getting into photography so I thought she would enjoy a mini photo trip. We drove up to Padley Gorge first, beautiful place. Padley Gorge is one of the finest remaining examples of the oak/birch …
I’ve been testing my Bushnell Trophy Cam at a local farm. The camera has performed well so far. I’ve been using the camera with the Bushnell security case, the case works well and enables me to fix the camera to a tree quite easily. The camera is very is to setup, just add 8 AA …
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