Huge thanks to the team at Epson UK in Hemel Hempstead especially their printer guru Paul Restarick. Viv and I went up to the company HQ on Friday and checked out various media to print on, printers and printer settings. Firstly someone told me recently that some photographers are snobs about Epson […]
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Back to Home Park in Hampton Court and to the Kingston Fields. Today marks the last shoot for the project. The book and exhibition are well underway. Also today I spoke to the printer for a last bit of confirmation of specs for the book and this all went well. […]
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It’s been a great day, crisp with great light and the penultimate shoot for my project “The Last Herd” with the Royal Parks Shires, London’s last working herd of Shire Horses. In this time the herd has bucked the trend and has increased in size with 8 beautiful horses making […]
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Interesting weekend trip to Ronda, just north of Malaga in Spain to check out the new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II mirror less camera. The camera boasts a 20 MP Micro 4 thirds sensor and is the new flagship of the Olympus range. Image quality is the best I’ve seen from […]
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So what is the “Arcadian Thames?” Well it’s probably the most beautiful, scenic and historic part of this remarkable river. Stretching from Chiswick to Weybridge it has the most historic houses and palaces on the river. It has waterworks, Breweries, boatyards, historic inns and pubs and more. It’s used by […]
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The book and exhibition of “The Last Herd” which looks at Operation Centaur and their work with the Royal Parks’ Shires is progressing at a good pace. I’ve had two good pieces in the Daily Express, including a double page main Saturday feature and this has been followed up by […]
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Up at 6:00 AM for the first Royal job with the Fuji X-Pro2s. Prince Charles was due to inaugurate a “Coronation Meadow” in Green ark to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. The idea is that eventually there will be a wild meadow of this type in many boroughs and shires […]
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My daughter in law Stephanie Stewart is a TV and film make up and special effects artist who has been in the industry for a while in her native Canada. Having married my son Graham, settled over here and giving me a beautiful grand daughter, Victoria, she’s getting back to […]
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Had a great time at Kenton Synagogue giving a talk last night. The subject was my 45 years as a press photographer and some of the pictures I’ve taken and the events that I’ve covered. Great to talk to a packed hall and the Q7A went on for over an […]
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Well the last thing I was thinking about at the moment was using the Fujis, but as they say it’s an ill wind that blows no good, what I mean to say is I’m ill with sort of thing (Laryngitis, cold etc.) that you expect in January, not supposedly flaming […]
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