April 2026 Update, Still have not moved, but a sad goodbye to Nina

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web. Thanks for returning.

It is good to be back taking pictures of the flowers again, but tinged with a bit of sadness. At the florists that provide me with the beautiful flowers each month has lost a member of the staff. Her name is Nina and she always managed to greet me with a warm smile and polite, welcoming hello. Sadly Nina passed away a few weeks ago unexpected, leaving behind a husband and family. She will be missed by them and her colleagues at the Brambles Florist. She was good people. Life can often be cruel and arbitrary at times.

Sleep well Nina. X

We still have not moved house yet and last time I checked it was still all up in the air. I wish it would be over as we need to do it and move on with our lives. We have been here over eighteen years, but we are resolved to the fact that we must go. Its just all the waiting that gets me down.

There is a shoot coming up at the studio in May with model Ivory Flame based on a style of weird images I drew suspiration from the David Bowie video Ashes to Ashes. I am really looking forward to this as it pushes the envelope a bit further for me creatively.

Thats it for this month. Short and sweet this time. Please enjoy this monthes blog and come back next Month.

For Nina.

X

Art for the other site

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I photographed a small porcelain doll with no arms and legs just with available room light. The images were taken in mind for a fashion shoot I have planned in early May time with model Ivory Flame. So more of that next month. I liked the outcome of these snaps and so decided to use them for some off the wall, creepy pictures set for the other site.

Fine Art / Hush Abstractism update

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In what would have been another quiet month we got around to doing some more I.C.M. Images for the Hush gallery. I love making these abstract pieces of art, but they take a lot of images to find the best ones. I do hope we got this months pictures right?

Yoo Yoo Third fashion shoot

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Welcome back for her third fashion shoot with us is London based, Chinese national and brilliant model Yoo Yoo. She is one of those models you only have to point the camera at and she goes straight into poses. It makes life so easy and a joy to work with.

Thanks as always to Phil at the Boardroom Studio in Derby and Shadrine at Kavour Beauty on the makeup. Thanks also to Amy and Yoo Yoo.

April Flower Updates

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Good to be back taking pictures of flowers again after last months hiatus. Thanks as always to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it for this month.

Be sure to come back next month.

Bye x

Remembering Nina x

March 2026 Update and sorry no flowers but for a few.

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web. Thanks for returning.

As metaphorical Rome burns and Donald the proxy Emperor Nero scratches out a self congratulatory tune on his fiddle for threatening genocide on one and all. The Chinese curse 'May you be blessed to live in interesting times' flatters his every word.

But still life goes on and I would like you to put my lovely friend Sue Kersey in your thoughts and prayer as she begins to pick up the pieces after her struggle with a stroke. It was also my Fathers 88th birthday at the end of March. So happy belated birthday Dad.

It is with a big apology for the blogs lateness this month. We have been tired from packing up stuff for our move home that should have happened two weeks ago. I have been trying to get through to the local council, but its a bit like pulling teeth. And after listening to the same tune down the phone for an hour, I give up in dis-pear.

Due to the upheavals going on I did not think it wise to get any flowers this month as I normally would. It would put an unnecessary strain on Amy, which would not be fair.

So it is a bit of a short one this month. We will be back next month with something new I hope, that is if Donald Trump (has anyone noticed how troublingly those around him are talking about him like he is the second coming of Christ?) has not started World War III as he just might do.

Please enjoy this months slim offerings

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The Garden

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Well not so much from a garden, but rather St. Johns Church in town. These snaps are from the shrubs that border this Church and make the place look welcoming. Such a shame then that sadly every time I used the path in the Church to cut through to the Doctors I often come across a posse of drugged up space cadets (Junkies) ripped to their tits on methamphetamine and weed, There is a soup kitchen run by the church for the homeless and destitute. Which is a grand idea, its just that sadly it gets abused by some of the people who use it. Still the shrubs are nice to photograph.

Still Life

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Some of what you see here this month might look confusing but I hope you can see what it is. Especially the first three. They are some abstracts I took of a park bench against a black wall with some lemons on the ground (I was feeling arty farty at the time). It might be clear to you, but it looks reasonably interesting. The other images are of red tulips with a bit of an I.C.M. Touch. I thought about putting them in the I.C,M, gallery, but I thought they looked out of place. So they are in the Still Life gallery instead.

Still Life Minimalism

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These minimalist images or a fence, a road sign and some branches of a tree were taken out and about in St Johns Church. Also there is two captures of a box of eggs and an old Swanvesta Match box. All taken at their bare minimal.

Emily Bajic Second Shoot

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Welcome back Emily Bajic to her second shoot with us It was another laid back shoot with us at the Boardroom Studio in Derby. For more fashion with the gang. Everyone was there. Amy, Phil and Shadrine at Kavour Beauty on the makeup. Thanks then to all involved.

Emily will be back soon for a third shoot this year in September or august I think?

That is it for this month. Sorry its not a long one and no flowers from the florist this time around.

Bye x

February Blog Update and the clock is ticking

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web.

I am going to be short and sweet this month as I am already way behind on stuff in and around us.

Our moving date is getting closer and we have had to throw ourselves at the mercy of the local council am sure it will be alright in the end, its just the getting there that can drag out. It is just the thought of everything we have all packed away is daunting. We have amassed such clutter over the years of being here. Most of it will have to go sadly. What a waste.

We have been doing a few shoots over the time, but once again a bit behind on publishing and updating. This shoot featured here in this months update was actually taken at the end of January and itself postponed from December as we were sick with flu.

I am going to cut it short there as I am feeling tired. So I shall leave you to enjoy the pictures from Februarys photography.

Bye

X

Still Life / Fine Art Update

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Amy purchased a bunch of red tulips a while ago and we got to use them for still life images, getting closer to the subject matter for an intense red and green. I found that trying to take a shot of them getting the whole subject was a biy too much for the eye to take in. So we kept it simple. I picked the two best to edit and did a few more (Yet to be edited) in the I.C.M. Style for next months update. I also took pictures of a tree close to my house and Accidentally solarized the picture, but it looked good after colouring them orange.

Munira & Mercybongo third Shoot Together

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As I mentioned this was the postponed shoot from December 2025, finally completed in January starring Munira Model and Mercybongo together for a third time. Sadly Shadrine could not make the shoot as she had had an accident and was resting up in Hospital.

So thank you then to our two star models, the lovely Munira and Mercybongo. Thanks to Phil at The Boardroom, in Derby for all his help and of course Amy for assisting me on the day.

February Flower Updates

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This is February's flowers in all their glory. I only managed to process one oil painting image this month in Photoshop. As the second picture just did not look right and after numerous attempts I finally gave up. So thanks then to Chris and the ladies at he Bramblesrist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

Thank you for visiting the blog. Apologies for its shortness this month and please come back for more in March. That is if we are settled in where ever we go.

Thank you.

Take Care

X

January 2026 Update, moving home and welcome to the new year.

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web. Thanks for returning.

Yes we are moving, as of yet to where I don’t know, but our Landlady has given us our matching orders after eighteen plus years. In fairness to her she did let us know this was her plan several years ago, but now it seems all real. I am sure it will turn out alright in the end, but it might mean that I may not be in a position to update this blog for a short while

We had a model shoot this month as well with Mercybongo and Munira Model at the studio, but I haven't finished editing them all yet. So there will be a delay in sending them out and posting them on the website and blog.

Talking of posting things up I still have not made myself a new Instagram page. I haven't used it in months and to tell you the truth, I have not missed it. I do not feel the need for validation of my peers. As well as been staggered by how much time I wasted on the app. Time I will never get back again wasted scrolling through shit really. I fail to see the use in it as for me it was like an orchestra playing to an empty room. Why? That said I may go on it in the end just to keep in touch.

So that's it for now. I hope you enjoy this years January blog. I hope to be in a position to be able to update at the end of February, but we shall have to wait and see. I shall miss this house and our little studio where all the flower pictures were take. I shall not miss the Baxi boiler, that I am sure was a Nazi in a previous life reincarnated.

Take care of yourselves and see you again soon

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Fine Art / Hush Abstractism update

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I screwed up last month as I did not allow the viewers to see later versions of the thumb nails. So I have corrected that and you can see it here.

Following on from that here are some fresh stuff created using coloured tissue paper all scrumpled up, rather than the normal chiffon scarfs.

*NEW*. Project – I.C.M.

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I have started a section of new stuff for the Projects tab, with some I.C.M. Pictures I took while away for the New Year. A few of them are of rides in Wickstead Park as well as other stuff. I like the results I.C.M. (Intentional Camera Movement) gives me. You have to take maybe twenty pictures of the subject to get the definitive shot, but it is worth the effort.