Photography is the home of happy accidents (and unhappy ones). This is one I liked from this week when the flash failed to illuminate these business dudes. See how it should have looked on my new corporate page.
Primary Pictures
I had a great day with the staff and pupils of East Farleigh Primary School capturing the energy of the place for their new prospectus.
Compassion Marketing
Great to see a couple of my pics from last year's Nicaragua trip being used by Compassion International to publicise Compassion Sunday which, in recent years, has helped over 200 thousand children around the world.
Top Cats
A few of the 150 feline residents at the Kit Wilson Trust animal sanctuary. Some are looking for new homes but many are quite happy where they are.
Keeper For A Day
A few shots from my daughter's "best ever" birthday present, being a zoo keeper for the day at Drusillas Zoo.
Rescue Dogs
My first 2 rescue dog portraits for The Kit Wilson Trust. Bodie above, who was very well behaved, is of indeterminate age and breed, but she is thought to be 9 to 10 years old and of mainly rottweiler and staffy stock. Tidgi below, also very good natured, is a 5 year old staffy previously owned by an abusive heroin addict who never gave her exercise.
Live Crib
A few shots from last week's Live Crib, a nativity put on by the girls of St Leonards-Mayfield School featuring a real donkey and baby and a procession through the village of Mayfield.
Black Betty
A triptych using my cheap but temperamental live-in model, I've been trying out some ideas for my new sideline in dog portraits. The dog studio is now all set-up so give me a shout if you would like anything along these lines.
Compassion In Nicaragua
Some children at the Compassion Project in Tipitapa, a very poor neighbourhood in Managua, Nicaragua where I recently visited, taking pictures for the american child sponsorship charity, Compassion. This place is a vital refuge from extreme poverty for these young people. They go once or twice a week, they play and learn and are given a hot meal.
Nicaragua Black and White
Just back from Nicaragua shooting children living in poverty for child sponsorship charity Compassion International. I noticed a few pics, not of children, that work well without the usually welcome, rich central american colours. Children in colour to follow soon.
Art Of The Retouch
It comes as a relief that even the most acclaimed historical images have undergone a significant degree of post production. I always thought those old school film shooters had just nailed the shot and that was that. Not only, as I do, they shoot a good few frames, but those greatest shots are also retouched to make them as good as they can be. These images by brilliant american photographer, Dennis Stock give an idea of the retouching process when printing from film.
Audrey Hepburn © Dennis Stock
James Dean © Dennis Stock
Mohammed Ali © Dennis Stock
Time to re-do those head shoots with my friends at Red & Green. This time we try and create a bit of movement with 3 or 4 frames animated together like this one of Creative Director Jonathan Jewell.