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xmas trees

dmdadmin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:41:44 +0000

I’m continuing to experiment shooting through glass. The rain and light on the glass really enhances the feeling of being in the Lake District – the wind, rain and the movement of the trees.

M32 dreams

dmdadmin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:06:23 +0000

The darker evenings do have some benefits – light becomes scarce but also does some unexpected things.

Isle of Man

dmdadmin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:39:33 +0000

I was lucky enough to spend a couple of weeks working on the Ilse of Man last month. I had some spare time to explore including an evening watching the Southern 100 bike race (pictured), fantastic but a little scary!

I continue to explore the minimum use of colour to create create short atmospheric sequences. The conditions on the top of Snaefell (the highest point on the island), were perfect, take a look at the images I’ve added to the Isle of Man gallery page. You’re supposed to be able to see England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from here!!

BV Open Studios

dmdadmin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:01:30 +0000

BV Studios is having its first Open Studios next month. The converted 30,000 square foot warehouse in Bedminster, Bristol houses around 80 artists (including myself) who work in a variety of media.

I’m in an upstairs Studio – number M3, so please come along and say hello. I’ll have some new work as well the odd bargain for sale.

Opening times:
Friday 19th November: 6pm – 9pm (party continues/drinks served till late)

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st: 11am – 6pm

Free Entry, Food available throughout the event from Katie & Kim’s Kitchen. Teas and coffees from Daisy Rollo of CoffeeArabica available Saturday and Sunday.

phone-ography prize winner

dmdadmin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:09:49 +0000

Here’s a copy of my image ‘walk on water’ that won the public vote and prize at the recent phone-ography exhibition at Photographique’s Photo Gallery

Phone-ography exhibition

dmdadmin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:15:24 +0000

You can see the results of some of my recent iphone experiments in the Phone-ography exhibition at:

The Photo Gallery, Photographique 31 Baldwin Street
Bristol BS1 1RG

The exhibition runs from 2-20 October 2010.

This is the first open submission exhibition run by The Photo Gallery.

Gokceovacik, Turkey

dmdadmin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:18:23 +0000

I’ve just returned from a two week holiday in Turkey. Gokceovacik is near the town of Gocek on the Aegean coast of Turkey. It’s a beautiful location up in the mountains which thankfully was slightly cooler than the crazy temperatures down on the coast – 35 degrees which is far too hot for me. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about and then photographing the ‘olive pickers house’ which was next door to where we stayed. The colours, location and atmosphere captured my imagination and I hope to print and exhibit a series of photographs at some point in the future.

iphone 4

dmdadmin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:22 +0000

I’ve recently traded my blackberry in for an iphone. For a number of reasons this makes sense: I use a mac so everything syncs up easily, I needed a new ipod, the iphone is GPS enabled which is great for some future projects and also it has a 5 MP camera. Of course it’s a lot of money which I can’t really justify at all!

I’ve started experimenting with the camera, here’s an example of an early idea of using it like a toy/plastic camera which I really like,

Bristol Photography Festival 2010

dmdadmin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:09:55 +0000

As part of this summers Bristol Festival of Photography (20 May – 9 June) I curated the open submission photography exhibition ‘crossing the threshold’ for Retro Collectables and Broadwalk Arts.

The exhibition included work from 20 photographers from the UK and Europe who reflected upon the experience of entering environments that hold trepidation. I made the short film below of the all submitted work which was shown on a series of TV monitors in the windows of Broadwalk Arts and then selected 12 images that were printed and exhibited at Retro Collectables.

The image used for all publicity was from a series of photographs I took at a disused aircraft hanger in the lake district.

BV Studios

dmdadmin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:32 +0000

After years of thinking about it, wondering if I can afford or even deserve it I’ve just got the keys for a studio. It’s in the BV Studios which is a brand new development of purpose-built artists’ studios in Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol. I have a portion of one of the mezzanine studios (pictured here), I just need to get some shelving, furniture and all my boxes of frames in and I’m sorted. I’m really excited about this and hope it’ll give my practice an injection of energy it needs and help me move my career on to another level.

Just a quick update – I’m really enjoying being in the space, I’ve got shelves and furniture, so it’s down to work now!!