Forever Love...Chantilly Style

I was walking through the vast and beautiful gardens of the Chateau de Chantilly 40 miles outside of Paris and I saw this older couple. They had found this quiet little spot and the tenderness and love that exists between them is plain to see. This sort of image is life affirming.

Self Portrait...I Really Don't Like Doing This.

I don't do self portaits very often so I should be good for the next 5 years. I'm not the easiest subject in front of the camera and the results you see below were obtained in just minutes using a self timer and pre-focusing.

Photo of the Day

Happy New Year to all of you out there. I hope 2014 provides you with tons of wonderful Kodak moments. I'm going to try to be more pro-active and post more frequently with some of my favourite images. This image was made in Poway State Park just outside of San Diego. The subject is the real deal, a ranching and farming student, Sierra wanted to include a cowgirl element in her graduation photographs.

Tinca Art Gallery

I am proud to have recently been included among the various celebrated artists on exhibit at the Tinca Art Gallery on the High Street in Portishead. The images below are hung as large canvases. 48"x18" in size. The have been attracting a lot of interest and sales have already been made. Smaller photographs are available and different images will be appearing on rotation.

I am very excited about developing the fine art part of my photography and the Tinca Gallery is a quality art gallery with a great vibe in which to do this. The director Marian Eyre and her gallery are a great asset to the Portishead community and if you are in town, you should definitely stop by.
 

 

 

 

This is a Test

Just a quick line and a couple of photo's to see if TwitterFeed is posting to my blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts simultaneously. Fingers crossed!

 

 

Chopper Shots

The deafening noise was a dead giveaway as the helicopter hovered outside our balcony looking for a place to land. The pilot considered the local schoolyard but the school gates were closed so he chose the grassy area by the leisure centre just across the road.

It was a response to a patient in critical condition and I was told that due to the confined nature of the chopper's interior, the patient would be taken to hospital via road so he/she could be tended to while in transit. This helicopter is 20 years old and although it has room for a patient, it doesn't have enough space for that patient to be administered to by a doctor while en route to hospital.

The amazing thing is that this air ambulance service is made possible through charitable donations. They are excited about the possibility of getting a more modern aircraft with more space. It all depends on the funds available to them through the charity. I hope the patient was able to make a successful recovery.

 

 

The Big Picture

I have been having great success with my panoramic canvases. Unfortunately, the home they have enjoyed for the last year is no longer ,so I'll have to find other locations to showcase them.

Here are a few examples: