A touch of the countryside
We went off up to Lincolnshire for the Bank Holiday weekend and I had a couple of images in mind that I wanted to try my hand at... Firstly I wanted to try and re-create the American Gothic idea, something that has been done by a lot of people, however the original...
A musical weekend
I was lucky enough to be out shooting at two events this weekend:Â Randy and The Rockets played at a Charity Ball in Oxted on Saturday night and then there was the 2014 Create Festival in Ashford
Cornwall 2014
I was lucky enough to be able to get back down to the very beautiful Cornwall again this year - the skies are always bigger and the scenery is always beautiful - the sun even came out!
Big Cats
The local Wildlife Heritage Foundation had an open day so it was time to pull out my biggest lenses and see if I could beet the crowds to a couple of nice shots
Summer Storm
Whilst in Cornwall this summer I was lucky enough to witness a pretty fantastic thunder storm, the lightning was going all around, once or twice a minute - it was hard NOT to catch a fantastic shot I set my tripod up on a caravan porch facing out across the bay and...
Sissinghurst in Summer
It's the summer solstice so we trundled over to Sissinghurst to snap a few images of the gardens in full bloom When we first arrived it looked like the clouds were about to roll across and ruin the light, however after a few minutes, things improved and the sun came...
rolvenden
We've done a lot of local walks but for some reason, we seem to have missed out Rolvenden, so this weekend, it was time to make amends and get ourselves out and about in Rolvenden
the allotment is starting to produce
The allotment if once again starting to produce a pretty good crop of fruit, so it's time to get the camera out
a trip to north Devon
This year saw us revisit North Devon's beautiful rocky terrain - we visited some old favourites and a couple of new spots... The weather wasn't always the best, the only time we got properly soaked was when we got to the Speke's Mill Mouth waterfall at Hartland Quay -...
Bluebells at Hole Park
Having never visited Hole Park Garden - they are all of four miles from our front door! - we decided that as the bluebells were out in force, it was about time we trundled off to Rolvenden and too a look to see what all the fuss was about. As well as the planting...
A trip to London and The View from The Shard
So the long awaited day arrived. Family Allen bundled off to our fair capital city and spent the afternoon eating, walking and taking photographs. Here are some of mine... At the end of this blog entry, I have repeated this shot, but taken at night. We had toyed with...
On Camber Sands
So Harry came back, and as it was Mother's Day, she drove us off to Camber Sands, where the weather was humid and a bit misty, and the light was as flat as it gets. Still managed to get a couple of pretty shots.