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Another long gap between posts, what a bad Blogger I am! But there is a good reason this time, I’ve been on holiday yet again, this time to sunny Devon, well I say sunny, I’m sure it must see the sun at some point during the year, but most of the time we got cloud and a little rain. Still the changing light gave me the opportunity to get some great shots and a week away is still a week away. The other reason why I have been a bit scares on the blogging front can now be revealed, over the last few months as well as planning and putting on my first exhibition, I was also planning a surprise birthday party for Carolyn. Now being a typical man, according to Carolyn, I cannot; 1. Keep a secret, especially from her 2. Organises anything more complex than opening a bottle of wine 3. Contact our friends and arrange time together. Surprise! I managed all 3, but the stress nearly killed me. My greatest achievement was putting her off the sent by skilfully hiding a menu from a local Mexican at t...

Tomorrow is the last day of my first ever solo exhibition and I thought I would share my feeling on having taken such a big step, both before and almost after the event. I have to say that first and foremost the comments received on this and my other blogs have had a very great influence on me and boosted my confidence in the images, to the extent that I felt able to put them on public display. Having said that I was still terrified that they would not be well received, even hated. Like any artist I love and hate my work, with the same eye I see both the wonder and the faults and am unable to see them as an outsider. So from a purely artistic side I was very worried; from the position of a business man, I had no clue of what was involved and that scared me. If I had thought it through properly I probably would not have done it, ignorance really is bliss. The moment I was faced with 35 framed images and yards of blank wall was the point I nearly became unstuck, it was only Carolyn’s int...

I’m a little drunk, I’ve been on the go since 2:45am yesterday, now it’s 4:00am and I’m ½ asleep trying to swallow an annoying bit of skin that seems to be stuck in my throat. The act of trying to swallow makes me start to choke and I wake up just a bit more, to the point I start to use my fingers to pull the offending article out, but it seems to be stuck fast. At this point I’m fully awake and head to the bathroom to have a look at what is going on. This is not the simple act it first seems because I’m not at home, I’m in Spain, at a friend’s house, its pitch dark and as I may have mentioned before I’m a little drunk. On reaching the bathroom I look in the mirror to see just what it is that has been trying to choke me. I see curled up on the back of my tongue like an evil serpent the largest Uvula I have ever seen and it is firmly attached to me! For those of you who, like me, have never heard of a Uvula, rush to the nearest mirror and check your mouth. That sweet little pink thing d...

My life feels very much like the people in the picture must feel, patchy visibility, a fine balancing act and sharp drops all round. I’ve got lots going on at the moment and it seems like a constant balancing act keeping it all going. I did have a photo shoot booked in today but it got cancelled at the last moment, the first time I’ve been glad of that happening as I would have run out of time other wise. The weather is getting better by the day, so I’m getting out taking more photos, giving me loads to edit and a glut of good images to post on here and the Leek blog, the first time that has happened in months. The exhibition is going great, with 2 weeks still to run I’m already thinking of it as a success, should have done it years ago. The picture is an old one again from our holiday in Scotland; it shows 2 walkers tackling a ridge high in the Cullens, we had already walk for a couple of hours to get to this point, but did not venture any higher. ---------------- Now playing: Fugees ...

I can not believe it has been so long since I posted on here, so much for me having loads of spare time! So this is just a quick catch up as I’ve loads to do. The exhibition is going great, so great that I’m trying to organise another one for May. I’ve got a couple of new projects in the pipeline, that part of the reason I’ve no spare time at the moment, but you will hear more about them when there done. With the weather looking up I’ve had chance to get out and take some new images, but not had time to work on them yet, the same can be said of my web site as I have the design worked out, but no time to get it done. So today’s image comes from a batch I took in Scotland a few months ago, its of Eilean Donan Castle. ---------------- Now playing: Pump It (radio edit) - Black Eyed Peas via FoxyTunes