James Morrison

Whenever I get to meet someone in the public eye it's always a buzz especially if I like what they do. This was the case with singer/songwriter Mr James Morrison who I had the good fortune of photographing yesterday. He was giving a talk on music and performing at the local P3 charity. After answering some questions he grabbed his guitar and performed a few songs!

You may get the impression that musicians are a bit arrogant ( I've met a few who are ) but not James Morrison, he was so friendly and chatty and happy to pose for a few portraits. The space I had to shoot in was severely limited but I managed to find a nice backdrop albeit in a less than glamorous place. I had to ask James to stand on a drain cover out the back with an intimidating four foot drop either side of him. :-) Thankfully James saw the funny side.

Urban Fox

During a recent trip back home to my parents I couldn't resist getting my camera out to photograph the very friendly neighbourhood fox. It ventures into the garden every day to have a mooch around and wait for its dinner consisting of eggs, pork pies, steak pies, peanuts etc. Not sure what Dad thinks seeing Mrs Fox running off with his best steak pies!   :-)

Cheese Rolling!

If you like cheese you might like to give the world famous Gloucestershire tradition of cheese rolling a go.

It's quite simple, you climb to the top of a ridiculously steep hill in the Gloucestershire countryside and then launch yourself back down the hill chasing a large round lump of cheese. The person who reaches the bottom first wins the cheese! You may not the reach the bottom with all of your limbs in working order but hey I'm sure the cheese is worth it!

Historical Re-enactment Group

Seven Dials Rapscallions Historical Re-enactment Group

I took a few portraits today of the Seven Dials Rapscallions Historical Re-enactment Group today ( that's a mouthful! ). I'm fascinated with history and learning about how people lived hundreds of years ago, so this job was a joy. The costumes and acting of the group were amazing. They really sucked me in and made me believe I was transported back in time.

Dreamy Landscape and Dancing Tulips

With the arrival of this fantastic early summer weather it would be a shame to waste it. So today I left the comfort of my office and wandered off to create some lovely warm early summer images! I noticed this bench looking out into the distance with a vast open sky above and felt it was perfect for a dreamy, peaceful, thought provoking picture. I can imagine lots of people at one time or another have sat on the bench looking out into the distance deep in thought.

Another shot I found was of these lovely bright pink tulips. I wanted to create another sense of interest apart from the tulips so had fun creating this shot with lots of movement and colour.

Running Man

Enjoyed a fun magazine shoot last night photographing Tim Perkin on Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham.  Tim has bravely battled cancer and is amazingly now going to be running this years London marathon. A few running magazines were interested in Tims incredible story which should hopefully be in this months issues. Good luck Tim! A few examples of the shoot are below!