August Update, and preparations for an Exhibition at The Broadway Gallery, Nottingham

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Welcome back to my little piece of the web. Thanks for returning and a warm welcome if your new to the site.

Its been a quiet month, again due to the hard weather we have been having. With no studio shoot this month we went on location for the model fashion shoot with Mercybongo.

One interesting scrap of information is that three of my pictures will be hanging on the wall of an art gallery for two weeks in September and early October. I was pushed by Tyler Dyce to enter my pictures to this event where they were looking to showcase local photographers. I was reluctant at first as I thought a bit on the negative side with the view that nobody gives a toss about who took a photograph, only that the subject of the picture is pretty. But then I thought why not …. I have nothing to loose and I know it meant something to Tyler. So I entered it and they liked all my three pictures and will display them all. So here we are. The exhibition is called 'Beyond Capture' and is being held in the Broadway Gallery, Nottingham. The show dates are between 21st September to 4th October, 2026. They have added the three images to their website pre-Exhibition/ You can see it here.

Its a very flower orientated blog this month, with a picture or two from my Fathers garden taken a few months ago, as well as the normal flowers I get from the florist.

Sorry to hear Dolly Parton passed away, she was a good person from all that has been said about her. And she gave us 'Jolene' which is one of my favourite ever songs.

That's it for now, please enjoy the blog.

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New stuff for the other site

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This small gallery is some of the wall stuff using a polystyrene head and hands in my friend James taxi. We parked up one Sunday morning and used his back seats and windows to create these weird images. Heavily edited they will be used in the other site,

Mercybongo Location Shoot

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Mercybongo came down to this location shoot in Nottingham around the Train Station on a sweltering hot day, so some of the images do have harsh shadows which cannot be helped. She was lovely as ever and a joy to work with. She even gave us a lift home afterwards. We shall see Mercy again in the new year I hope. Thanks then to Mercybongo and Amy for her help.

The Garden - Dads Summer Garden 2026

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August Flower Updates

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After visiting the florist this month, I was lucky to get a reeky special Calla Lily which I took quite a few pictures of. Some for this months edit and some saved for a future special edit. I know it has been top heavy with flowers this month, but I hope you enjoy them all? So as always thanks to Chris and the ladies at the Brambles florist and Flowers to yours and Amy for her arranging and help.

That is it again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

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July Update, A visit to my parents, a welcome visit from the Ly and Ma family as well as time to visit to an Art Deco heaven.

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

So we got away for a day or so this month with a visit south to see Mum and Dad. Its always great to spend time with them as we do often get much of a chance to do that these days. We should make the effort really and it pricks my conscienience that we don't. None of us are getting any younger and time is catching up with us.

We had the extra honour of a visit from members of the Ly and Ma families to Mums house and garden for English tea and cakes. We all enjoyed it and it was especially nice to hear Amy speaking her language again. During our visit and just before we set off back to our hole, we got to see an Art Deco house in Northampton. I really enjoyed it as I love that sort of thing. You can see the images I took in the place and at its rear in this blog.

Munira returned for her eigth but not last shoot with us all in the studio in Derby this month. We got some Flamenco Dancers inspired pictures from the session.

Whilst down at my parents we got to take quite a few images, but I have not finished editing all of them yet due to not being able to get to the computer. Its the relentless heat that does me. So some of them are here and the rest will have to wait for another month. I do hope you enjoy this months collection of goodies and feel inspired to pop back at the end of next month.

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78 Derngate, Art Deco Building, Northampton

This was a treat to see, especially as I love all things Art Deco. This is a house at 78 Derngate in Northampton designed by renowned Glasgow designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the early years of the last century. Its well worth a visit and tour around the building if your interested in this kind of thing as I am and in the Northampton area. It is just a pity I did not get more time to take a few more pictures, but you can get the feel for the place. See more of 78 Derngate at their website in the link.

Still Life – Minimalism

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Just three Minimalism pictures this month. A can of Heinz Beans, A banana and a splatted ripe tomato, I had originally done them for last month, but was not entirely happy with them. So we did it all again and this time it worked out.

Still Life – NEW Fractal Glass

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When drinking a Pepsi Max at my parents place, Amy pointed out the refracted light going through the glass the drink was in. It looked almost two tone with its vivid purples, yellows and greens. So I reached for the camera and snapped away at the glass (I shall let you in on a secret …. I did not know this at the time, but its actually made of plastic … Could have fooled me ….. Who Knew?)

I was going to file these under the Random section of this blog, but liked the results so much I started a new page in Still Life for more images like this when I can find them.

Munira Model 8th Shoot Shoot – Slideshow

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Model: Munira Model

Music: I Want You – Marvin Gaye

Munira Model 8th Shoot Shoot

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Oh no! its the lovely Munira Model returned for her eighth shoot. I say ,Oh No …. but it really should be oh yes as she is brilliant and puts so much into our shoots. And she is lovely with it as well, an treat to work with and know. The theme for this months shoot was getting the look from Spanish Flamenco Dancers, as well as jewellery made from yellow jelly babies. We will see more of Munira again soon as I want her to star in the first shoot of 2027 in February. She is that good. So thanks to all there. To Munira, Thanks then to Shadrine at Kavour Beauty. Phil Lynam at The Boardroom Studio in Derby and my dear wife Amy for all their hard work.

Project Update – Architectural Metaphor

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Again I have used the art deco design of the building at 78 Derngate as well as the art deco flats on the opposite side of the road. I never knew that Northampton had such great buildings by design. There is also a Rushden Lakes snap thrown in for good measure taken from outside Magazine Heaven shop.

Projects Update – Abstract

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There is a variety of abstracts for view this month, all collated at my parents house, A Radio. Bathroom towels, ceiling lights, a sofa, table lamps and some bananas. Anything off beat that I could find and add to the collection.

July Flower Updates

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This month I took advantage of a slightly cooler Friday to go get the flowers from the florists and photograph on the Saturday. Good thing as well, because it soon got warm again in the following days. Amy also added to the flowers this with something she found growing out of the pavement

I think it is actually a weed, but it fooled me, but it photograph well enough. So as always 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 again for this month, be sure to come back and see something new again at the end of this month.

Bye xx

June 2026 Updates, …. Oh the bloody heat !!!!

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I am going to keep this short and sweet here as we are on our third heatwave this year with more to come. I cannot stand the heat in the computer room as it makes the effort of editing and creating, too hard. Also it was far too hot to photograph flowers as we normally do in the small home studio. So nothing to show this month. Apologies then for this and the very lateness of the blog this month. I shall try to do better next month.

Roll on winter.

The Garden – NHS scrub land flowers

I noticed near some scrubland borders near a NHS building was a few sad looking plants that were starting to go over, but worth a photo. I am not sure what flowers they are, but they came out alright in the mix and worthy of a place on the website.

Still Life – Hush Update

Amy and I have been at it with the chiffon scarves, shaking them in front of the lens to get some results. There is a lot of red going on, so I chose four of the best to display with only two going onto the final gallery.

Projects Update – Architectural Metaphor

Here are two locations I have been meaning to shoot at for some time. One is a side staircase up to our local ASDA . The pictures of which have turned out quite well. The other is a square Church in the town that I had never realised was no longer in use. Sadly a close inspection of the place show the signs of undebatable with weeds growing on the path, That and a broken pane of glass. Shame it is a nice building.

Projects Update – Abstract

Just a few abstracts of a kettle, microwave that I have since disposed of because it was crap. The inside of James taxi and the cutty drainer in the kitchen, So a mixed bag of nothings for you.

Maryna Sedin Fifth Shoot – Slideshow

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Model; Maryna Sedin

Music; Remind Me – Patrice Rushen