Dewsbury Spirit 2012

Spirit is an annual street theatre performance held in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire each winter. I was wowed when I first attended two years ago and saw Spanish performers Sarruga and their fire-breathing Dragons, chased around the town centre by brave Knights. Although I missed last years’ performance, I managed to attend again this year with [...]

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The Enchanted Garden

As with previous years, Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire is running its Enchanted Garden event. After the sun sets the house and restored Victorian gardens are expertly illuminated to become a place of wonder and enchantment. This year they changed the route around the gardens which I personally thought was good. The route seemed a [...]

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Photocamp – over for another year

So Photocamp is over for another year. Around 160 delegates attending over 20 different sessions across two days at the National Media Museum and Impressions Gallery in Bradford. Personally I once again got loads out of the sessions I attended which were excellent. Subjects covered everything from personal experiences of getting into model photography and [...]

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Photocamp Bradford 2009

Just a quick note to remind everyone about the upcoming Photocamp Bradford at the National Media Museum on the weekend of the 5th September 2009. If you haven’t already got a ticket, I understand there’s still a limited number available but you may need to be quick. The team organising it are also looking for [...]

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Landscape Photographer of the Year 2009

A quick update for those that might be interested… Charlie Waite’s Take A View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition is open for 2009. This year the competition’s total prize fund exceeds £20,000, plus an eight-week exhibition at the National Theatre and the publication in a full colour book of Best Entries. There are four [...]

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