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I held my second exhibition from 8 – 14th December, 2010 at the Gardens Gallery, Montpillier, Cheltenham in England. 
The Gardens Gallery is a great venue – plenty of space and well lit. Exhibiting at this time of year in England is not the greatest time – it was cold but generally dry. We had a total of just on 200 visitors. Christmas sales helped me to break even but this is no easy way to make a living!
It was with some trepidation that I attended the Royal Photographic Society Associateship Assessment Day on 13 October 2010 at the Society’s headquarters in Bath, England. I had entered the required panel of 15 images in the Visual Art category. My panel comprised images from a series I have been working on over the past couple of months – English Cathedrals. After a very interesting look at some awesome presentations by other photographers, of which slightly less than half were awarded the distinction of Associateship, I am pleased to say that my panel was successful and I am now an Associate Member of the Society.
The cathedrals of England hold a tension, an irony, being at once places of devotion and contemplation as well as representing wealth and power from a past era. The tension runs right through most elements – a warmth and a coldness, the familiar with the alien, minute detail overshadowed by vast lines and cavernous spaces. My purpose in these images is to explore these tensions. The images represent a small selection from a project to photograph all 43 Anglican cathedrals in England, seeking not to create an architectural record but to capture unique perspectives to be reflected upon over time and which are not initially obvious. All the images have been taken in available light and generally without the presence of people, concentrating on the creation of art out of art – creativity out of the creativity of past eras.
Visit the Season Images collection of English Cathedral images
The weekly UK Amateur Photographer Magazine published a set of my fox pup images in the 2 October 2010 edition. The images were the ‘Editor’s Choice’ for the edition.
The foxes were photographed over a two week period in April 2010 in woodlands not far from my home in the North Downs of Surrey. A set of the images can be seen in the Season Images Gallery – follow this link.
Read the Blog which describes how these images were taken.
I held my fist exhibition from 2 – 8 August 2010 at the Reigate Art Gallery and it was a great success. The exhibition attracted an attendance of about 30 people or groups each day, which was not at all bad given the slightly obscure location of the gallery.
The exhibition was of Limited Edition Photographic Prints in three themes: Continue reading “Reigate Art Gallery Exhibition a great success”
I would like to announce that the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) awarded me the distinction of Licentiateship on 25 May 2010. This is the first rung on the ladder of RPS recognition as a photographer. The award was made on the basis of a portfolio of images which I submitted for accreditation. The portfolio was a set of images of African markets taken over a couple of years of travel in southern Africa. The images capture some of the colour and vibrancy of African street life in Uganda, Mozambique and Malawi, as well as some of the poverty and hardship. The portfolio can be seen on the Royal Photographic Society web site and the Season Images African Travel Gallery.
