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 little [...]

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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 tips [...]

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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 one or [...]

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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 categories you [...]

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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

Yes, yes. I know know I haven’t posted anything for a while but things have been a little quite of late. So for all of those friends of mine who like pinhole photography (most of who have made their own matchbox pinhole cameras) here’s something for you.
This Sunday (26th April) is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day [...]

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PMA 2009

The Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Annual Show was held this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center last week and of course there’s been a multitude of announcements from all the camera manufacturers.
As always Digital Photography Review has a round up of all the action, including information on the over 100 products announced during the [...]

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PhotoCamp Leeds Presentation

Phew – what a day!

Well PhotoCamp Leeds is now over and I think the presentation on Travel Photography I gave, along with Ade went down well. A few people asked for a copy of my presentation but I thought the easiest way would be to just post it here.
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) you don’t get [...]

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Leeds Light Night 2008

Each year Leeds light night brightens the city centre with a eclectic mix of event, performances and general weirdness! This year’s event is this coming Friday (10th October).
Light Night Leeds is based on the model of events such as Nuit Blanche in Paris and Toronto and Notte Bianca in Como, Italy. For one night each [...]

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An Early St Patrick's Day

Leeds was celebrating St Patrick’s Day early today with a parade through the city centre and lots of entertainment in Millennium Square. By chance I was in town with my camera and so walked around the city with the Parade.
Speaking with one of the organising committee on the way, he told me it was [...]

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No one came to see me swim

The rather iconic Leeds International Swimming Pool will be demolished soon, but prior to its demise a couple of art installations have been created in the small and main pools by the Office for Subversive Architecture.
The exhibition will be open to the public in the second half of the week and at weekends from Friday [...]

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