FLOWERS

'The Garden' – Update

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In the day following our shoot with Maryna Sedin, I took the advantage of taking some fresh images of my father’s garden. It was still an overcast day, but the light was good enough for the task. I was aware that only a few years ago I had done similar, so was pushed to try not to photograph the same flowers. I don't think that was achieved, but I did attempt to capture them slightly different from the original garden shoot.

Thank you Dad for making such a great and lovely garden that I can work in. x

July Flowers Update

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This month flowers comes curtsy of the good people at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. Who always provide me with some of the best subjects I have ever had the pleasure snapping. So a warm thanks to Chris and the ladies at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. A special mention also to Amy for all her help when taking the images. I could not do it without all of you.

Thats it for this bumper month,. See you back at the end of August for still more. x

June Flower Update

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Lovely showing of flowers this month from our friends at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. Amy added to it with a flower or two from the curb side she found on scrub ground. I don’t know if thats legal or not, but its not like cutting council planted daffodiles on a roundabout/

So thanks here must go out to Chris and the ladies at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours for their warm assistance. A shout out as well to Amy for her assistance.

That is it for this month, please do come back next month for a more substantial harvest. x.

Answer: Water Melon in and out of a clear plastic bag

May Flower Updates

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There is a very grassy feel to the flower images this month. Something I have never photographed before, so a welcome first. The two grasses we have, one is quite dainty and etherial looking while the second looks like a phallic symbol with a brewers droop. But it makes for some interest pictures. Thanks then to Chris and the ladies at The Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. For helping me. As well as a shout out for my wife Amy, for her help and input on the shoot day.

Thats it for this month. Be sure to drop by at the end of June for another update.

Bye for now X

April Flower Update

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Its Tulip month this month at the Brambles Florist and I got my hands on a few lovelies to photograph. Added to them are a few snaps of the huge red tulips from Mercybongo and Carls garden they cut for the photo shoot that will appear in next months blog update, So all round another productive month on the flowers front. Thanks then to Chris and the ladies at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours for all their invaluable help. Thank you also to Amy for all her help.

T hats it for the time being, I hope you enjoyed it and see you again in May 2023.

March Flower Updates

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We had another great selection of flowers to snap from our friends at The Brmbles Florist and Flowers To Yours. Including a lily that stunk the house out … in a nice way of course. I know the month has come to an end when I take flower images and a visit to the florist on the final friday of the month. Thanks then to Chris and his staff at The Bramble Florist and Flowers To Yours. A shout also to my wife Amy for her assistance on the shoot.

Thats it for this month, be sure to drop by at the end of April for more. X


February Flower Update

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Here are some flower pictures Amy and I created this month after visiting The Brambles Florist a few days before. We got to shoot a tulip flower this month which is a sign to me that spring is around the corner and with it a good variety of beautiful flowers to come. Thanks as always to our friends in the Brambles Florist, and Flowers To Yours, Chris and the ladies. Thanks also to Amy for her help.

That's it for this month. I hope you enjoyed it and come back again soon.

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January Flowers Update

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We have started the year off with a great showing of new flowers from our friends Chris and the ladies at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. A lot of white going on this month and viewers may think my eye sight has completely gone when they see blurred pictures. But this is not the case.

I have simply smeared a UV filter on the front of the lens with Vaseline to give it that dreamy effect. Picasso had his 'Blue Period,' so I can have my 'Blurred Period.'

Thanks again then to Chris and the ladies at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours and a mention also to my wife Amy for all her help.

See you all next month.

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December Flower Updates

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Why not finish the year on a high with some pictures of flowers, not quite seasonal enough for some, but I am immensely happy with them. Its been a great year for flower photographing with help of course from Chris and the ladies at Flowers To Yours and the Brambles Florist. If you haven't seen the highlights sideshow above please do so. You will not be disappointed. So a big thanks to all at Brambles and a special thanks also to my wife Amy who helps me with everything these days.

Seasons greetings and see you all again in 2023 x


November Flowers Update

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I am really pleased with this months flower gallery, the Brambles Florist staff came up with an even greater selection of flowers this month. A dried thorn plant that photographed wonderfully and a deep red gerbera. Now I know I have done gerberas before on many occasions but this was a double gerbera and a beautiful deep red. Amy placed it against a deep green background and it worked out with the opposite colour theory. Have a look at this months selection and see. So thanks as always to Chris at Flowers To Yours and his staff at the Brambles Florist for their help. Not forgetting a mention to Amy for all of her assistance.

See you all next month for a festive season offering. X

October Flower Updates

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Now that the weather has cooled down a bit its far easier to work in the home studio without poring with sweat all day long and generally making life uncomfortable. So I went to the Brambles Florist this last Friday to get some flowers for inspiration and capture and as always they did not let me down. So a warm thanks to Chris and the ladies at the Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours for providing me with an interesting selection. A thank you also to Amy for her help on the day of shooting.

See you all next month x


September Flower Updates

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We have a bumper month of flowers this month as along with the regular fresh bunch of lovely flora from the Brambles Florist. We also have some others that I photographed from months before and saved as extras that I am now cashing in. As always it was great to see my friend Chris at the shop and catch up with him, as well as get something new to shoot. Check out the Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours online for a great selection of product that is environmentally friendly and pure quality. So thank you to Chris and staff and Amy for helping me on the day.


August Flower Updates

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We have a good mixture of flowers on offer this month, including a shabby chic gerbera from the Brambles Florist. A flower from Tyler Dyce for Amy's birthday I could not pass on photographing and even a plastic one for good measures. See if you can spot it?

As always our biggest thanks go out to our friends at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. Chris, Gail and Nina who never cease to come up with new flowers at there best. Thanks to then and to Amy for her help.

That is it for this month, be sure to come back again in September x

July Flower Updates

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We got some great images of the flowers this month, with one flower that looks more like it came out of a coral reef than anything that grows in a garden. Chris at the florist did tell me what it was called, but I sadly I cannot recall the name. In fact I have photographed it separately from various angles, because I can see it coming in use with a Digital Art picture I have in mind. So thanks then as always to Chris and Gail at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours for their great help and suggestions. Thanks also to Amy for helping me take the pictures.

That's it for this month, be sure to come back in late august for a new crop of floral pics.

Flowers – 'The Garden' Update. - Dad's Garden 2022

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Flowers – 'The Garden' Update. Mike & Val Curtis Garden

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While having a break away I was pleased to be invited (well more I asked than invited!) to visit and photograph the garden of one of my fathers friends Mike and Val Curtis. Wow what a great little garden they have, so full of colour and life. The variety of plants was again different from the ones found in my father’s garden, so made an interesting contrast. Thanks then to Mike and Val for hosting Amy, Dad and While we took the pictures.

June Flower Updates

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I seriously screwed up this month … Instead of bringing you the Squared Black and White pictures, all I can offer is an apology. I simply forgot to take them. By the time I had realised my error the flowers had gone over so it was too late, Still we did manage to photograph some great flowers from our friends Chris Gail and Nina at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. So a very warm thanks to them for their help. You may note that the colour images are a bit on the blurred side.? This is not down to my poor eyesight but rather the Lensbay Velvet 85 I have been using and fallen in love with. It gives them a very dreamy, etherial look which I do like to experiment with.

So that's it for this month, please come back next month for more.

And so before I forget, thank you to Amy for all her help with the flowers, shoots and lovely hand made dress..