Apr 18, 2015 | Animal, Event |
Spent a lovely morning with our two flat coated retrievers, Iggy and River, walking through the Holywell Estate to raise awareness and money for the Canine Partners charity. Word had circulated on social media prior to going but we were surprised and delighted to meet up with other members of River’s family and their owners comprising: Emmie (her Grandmother), Mollie (her Mother) and her sisters Xenna and Isla. Jack, another young flattie we have known for some time, joined the happy group. The estate was beautiful and the wander through the bluebell festooned woods was really special with many dozens of dogs leading the way. It was a bright and sunny morning which made for some fairly harsh contrast in the open but under the shade of the trees the light was glorious. All shots were taken using natural light with the D7000 and 70 - 300 mm f4.5 - 5.6, and of course I needed fast shutter speeds to keep up with the excitable dogs! Categories Animal (5) Art (2) Event (15) Food (1) News (2) People (15) Product (1) Recent Posts World Wide Photowalk 2016 AC/DC Flat Coat Walk Climping Henley on Thames Photowalk Queen Elizabeth Hospital Charity...
Mar 20, 2015 | Art, People |
Karl Rudziak is a Portsmouth artist working on his project “We Don’t Need Culture” to meet with and draw the people of Portsmouth and ultimately create 50 paintings. My photography project is to capture the moment, documentary style, of Karl sketching in amongst the people of Somerstown in the centre of Portsmouth. I’m trying to blend in and go un-noticed while Karl chats with the locals, gains their trust and produces his sketches. Karl can produce a rough sketch in a few minutes and a detailed sketch in under an hour and it is interesting to watch him build up the sitter’s likeness from a blank sheet of paper. The first sitter was Rene (pronounced ‘Reenee’) who sat happily gazing at a particular point on the wall to try and keep the pose while chatting to her friends in Edgbaston House. Rene’s jumper got a great deal of attention the the sketch as it had a fine weave which was nicely reproduced on paper. I used two cameras: my Nikon SLR to create a time lapse over Karl’s shoulder (more on that in a later post) and my X100s to capture some natural light candid portraits of Karl, Rene and anyone else who is in the common room at the time. which are shown in this gallery. Categories Animal (5) Art (2) Event (15) Food (1) News (2) People (15) Product (1) Recent Posts World Wide Photowalk 2016 AC/DC Flat Coat Walk Climping Henley on Thames Photowalk Queen Elizabeth Hospital Charity...
