Busy Time

Its been a busy few weeks with the finishing of my joint exhibition with Marian and then this last weekend Fenvac has put on an exhibition of its members work. This was part of the towns Medieval Festival. Five of us put on workshops with Marian and Kath doing one on Art Journaling and mine being on Portrait Photography. With this over I have to get busy on my next exhibition with Marian entitled "Journeys" and overlapping that we are putting an exhibition of art based on music and dance as part of a nearby towns festival. Also managed to visit a reclamation yard to take some photos, a few of which I have posted here.

I love to see "found shapes" and photograph them and reclamation yards although at first glance look like things have just been dumped it is when you look closely you can see a sort of oder and lovely shapes and textures as well as interesting signs. Hope you enjoy the images

Twenty Five Yards

A couple of different pics to the ones I usually post and they were taken on the morning of Race for Life. The title refers to how far I had to walk from one picture to the next, I like the contrasts between the lovely river scene and the empty bottles left by some street life people. It also shows that we have to be always on the look out for images that appeal to us and often dont have to go far to get totally different shots. I find that if I go out with only certain shots I want in mind then I can easily miss what else is around. Its always best to have an open mind about what you will photograph but thats often easier said than done.

Anyway hope you enjoy the images.

Race For Life Cambridge

I was photographing RACE FOR LIFE in Cambridge today and seeing my daughter Sarah run in it for the first time made me so proud. Well done Sarah and the over 3,500 women and girls that took part.

Meet the Artists Evening

Hi All

A big thanks to all those that attended the meet the artist evening for my joint exhibition with Marian at March Library last night. Thanks too to Ellie for making the badges that we gave away to visitors. Here are a couple of pictures from the evening. With more exhibitions comming up I am back in the studio working on new images.

Exhibition starts tomorrow

Well its that time again. The next in the series of joint exhibitions starts tommorrow with a "meet the artists" evening on tuesday. I have a number of pieces not seen before so hope they are appreciated, the theme is "Fathers Day" with the aim this time of the work appealing to men, whether fathers, or grandfathers or even great grandfathers!!! It seems much harder to work on pieces that are suitable for men and am not sure why?, maybe its because generally the women decide on the decor in the home. If anyone wants to let me know why its more difficult then I would love to hear, in the mean time here are two of the new images that will be in the exhibition.

Shoes and bags

Today saw the sun shining and it felt the hotest day of the year so far. I had picked up some new shoes and a bag from Shoe Biz yesterday so spent part of today in the cool of my studio. Having four shoots this comming week I wanted to continue with the project today so that I can get the shoes back when the shop reopens on tuesday. Hope you like these two of the many I shot.

Gerorge Clare Surgery Chatteris

Tuesday saw myself with two members of Fenvac at the George Clare Surgery in Chatteris to meet with Barbara Green the Practice Manager to get a publicity photo for the local press. The partners through Barbara have kindly invited Fenvac members to hang art work throughout the building giving us the opportunity to reach a wider audience with our art. Four member currently have work displayed, Marian, Heather, Richard and myself. The work will change on a regular basis so all members will have an opportunity to show their work.

Here is a picture of Heather Barbara and Marian.

Yesterday saw six Fenvac members at RAF Wyton at a special day where we were able to show the art we produce and to chat with staff from the base. It was a great day with lots of interest shown in our work. A big thanks for their invite and hospitality