Monthly Archives: April 2010

An interesting days was had at Belton House. The grounds are superb, an ideal place to some really stunning garden photographs as well as landscape work. I am still working through the results of the Belton shoot but early indications are that the… Continue reading →

Belton House is a premier National Trust site. It certainly was very busy. The horse trials is this weekend so maybe that has attracted the crowds – I’m unsure. However the reason for the visit was to scout the gardens – they didn’t disappoint. I … Continue reading →

Well if I was feeling depressed about the general election campaign when it started how do I feel now? Well that is the simple part – worse. The hard part is why? Why is it that after all the money spent, the hours of new coverage and pointless st… Continue reading →

It was really weird walking through larger than life astonaut at the Nottingham Contempary. It felt like you were in a mix between A Clockwork Orange and 2001. Very disconcerting. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini…. Continue reading →

You have to admire Gordon Brown for his tenacity – certainly far more than I ever will be. I have been listening to the Clive Anderson tapes podcasts – which are now two years old – we find that Gordon Brown is still as unpopular then as he is now… Continue reading →

I have started to really think about what my ARPS submission is going to be about. I keep a close eye on what other people have submitted and it is a very broad church – how many of them submission seem to go for more exotic locations and creature… Continue reading →

I am at a total loss – just how do you photograph a daffodil? I know this is a bit of daft question and one I have tried to address before with no real answer. There are always plenty of clich??d shots – brilliant yellow flow against a blue backgro… Continue reading →

So I didn’t make it to Bempton after all. After writing that I was going I sat down and discussed this with Mandy and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t worth the effort. The killer argument was that I had more than enough good quality photogra… Continue reading →

Well I have been mulling over in my mind whether I should go to Bempton Cliffs tomorrow. As I write this I have decided to go but that doesn’t mean I will.So why the ambivalence? Well I have visited Bempton for two years in a row and the photograp… Continue reading →

I know my place – watching rather than doing the gardening. I know somehow gardening is supposed to be the man’s job but not in our house. I enjou gardens but not gardening. My wife on the other hand loves getting her hands dirty. The last thing s… Continue reading →