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Sunday, 31 January 2010 

Exposure at Virginia Court Hotel

A date for your diaries...

Why not Be among the first to have an opportunity to view the full exhibition of photographic works on display around the newly refurbished Virginia Court Hotel.

Exposure, features landscape works by local Cromer, Norfolk and East Anglian based photographers and demonstrates the full variety of the countryside and wide open beaches that surrounds us in North Norfolk.

On display are works of art from the award winning David Morris, Brian Wells and members of the 'Painters with Light' collective including award winners Chris Herring, Jon Gibbs, Chris Calver and Ian & Sue Flindt alongside Chris Shepherd, Dave Peck and John Duckett. Most of the exhibitors are full time photographers and all pieces are available to purchase and take away, making a stunning momento of your visit to Cromer and North Norfolk.

Brograve Mill
(Click to view large)

This launch event will be attended by several of the photographers where you will have the opportunity to discuss the technical and artistic skills behind their images. Taking place between 4pm and 7pm, with canapés and a glass of wine, it will be the perfect way to start the week in style!

To receive your invite to the launch of this exhibition, please email at marketing@virginiacourt.co.uk and we will add you to the guest list and our mailing list for future news and event updates.

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Monday, 19 October 2009 

Can a picture be Cursed ?....Part 2

Having previously established that one of my photographs was clearly evil and did not want to leave the house. I had decided to replace it for my latest exhibition.

The strange thing is that it turned out that the new portrait image was exactly the right orientation for the display. If I had gone with the original landscape image the hanging would have looked completely wrong.

Even weirder, no sooner had I hung the new picture up than someone asked to buy it!

Clearly, it wasn't a cursed picture it was just trying to stop me doing the wrong thing.

Spooky!!!

Tree and Temple
(not an evil picture after all, just a very helpful one)

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Friday, 16 October 2009 

Charity Exhibition

Yup it's that time of year again when I organize the Daiwa Securities Charity Photography Competition and hold an exhibition of my work.

the exhibition of the winning entries and my pictures is on display in the foyer of Daiwa Securities SMBC, 5 King William Street, London EC4N 7AX. The foyer is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.

My pictures are on sale at specially reduced exhibition prices with the profits going to the companies' two charities War Child and Demelza House Childrens Hospice.

Remains of the Day
(really would look good on your wall)

With only 70 shopping days to Christmas, now is the time to pop down and bag yourself a bargain present whilst helping charity at the same time.

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 

Can a picture be cursed?

My latest exhibition opens on Thursday so, of course, there has been lots to do with pictures to frame and labels to write, etc, etc.

I have explained how I mount and frame pictures before, it;s not a particularly complicated process and each part just takes a few minutes. I printed a batch of photos at 12"x18" then left them for a few days to let those gasses out.

Framing and mounting progressed as normal: clean the glass, mount the picture, drop the picture into the frame, check it, spot some dust on the glass, clean the glass, put the picture back in the frame,check it, spot some dust on the glass, clean the glass, put the picture back in the frame,check it, spot some dust on the glass, clean the glass, put the picture back in the frame, finally decide enough is enough seal up the back of the frame.

This was how it went for all but one picture, this shot just wouldn't line up with the mount correctly. It took about 20minutes to do what should have taken a few seconds, I then put it in the frame, did the traditional glass cleaners dance and sealed up the back. I then realised I hadn't signed & numbered it. So out it came, a quick signature, drop it back into the frame, turn it over to check for dust and then turn it over only to discover the glass had broken!

By this time I am jolly miffed with this picture and I decide to leave it & come back to it later.

A week passes and I have another go at framing it. I grab a spare frame, drop the picture into it turn it over and the F*!%**ing glass has broken! I never break the glass on my frames and now 2 have gone on the same picture. A frantic phone call and trip to the glazers ensue and then I have 2 new pieces of glass.

By this time I have decide the phot is cursed and the only person who is likely to buy it is Linda Blair or Damien from the Omen. So I print a different picture, mount it & frame it with no problem at all!

Below is the picture I ended up framing - I won't show you the accursed one as it may bring down my website.

A Fern in the Dark
(click to view large)

Oh and I decided to shred the other picture for public safety reasons.

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Sunday, 17 May 2009 

Painters with Light Exhibition at the Octagon

I have just got back from hanging the latest exhibition by The Painting with Light Society - it is at the Octagon in Colchester.

In to the Octagon

I thought I would share a few pictures of the exhibition as I think it looks great. It took four of us three hours to hang the exhibition and there was hardly any swearing involved at all!

Dave Peck admiring the finished Exhibition


The East Wall

Dave Peck & Ian Flindt share a joke


The complete exhibition

The exhibition runs till August with a launch night on the 22nd of May. The Octagon is an office building shared by many companies. The staff and visitors pass through the exhibition on their way to the building from the carpark.

If you wish to visit the exhibition its fine to go between 8.30 and 6 workdays. Just go in the main doors and ask to be pointed in the right direction for the exhibition. If you want to go at the weekend we need to contact The Octagon to arrange.

If this is not convenient then, don't worry as the exhibition will be moving to a public library later in the year.

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Thursday, 12 February 2009 

Exhibition Extended

I have just been informed that the Exhibition at RSPB Dungeness with Darren Chaplin, Martin Eldridge Kevin Goodchild and myself which was due to finish on february 14th has been extended, due to popular demand, for another two weeks.


Snow and Gate


So if you are down that way then you have until the end of February to visit.

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Friday, 30 January 2009 

If your anywhere near Dungeness in the next two weeks..

Well 2009 seems to have started really well. The opportunity to hold exhibitions is coming in thick and fast. I have 2 booked for 2010 and I am on to my first exhibition this year already.


Stapleford Mill


From February 1st to14th my work will be part of an Exhibition at RSPB Dungeness with Darren Chaplin, Martin Eldridge and Kevin Goodchild. It really is a privilege to be exhibiting with such good photographers.

If you are down that way then why not pay it a visit?

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Monday, 22 September 2008 

Wat Tyler Gallery

Award winning photographer Darren Chaplin has opened a new gallery at Watt Tyler Country Park. It has quickly built a reputation of hosting some inspirational images which are available to buy as prints or framed images.

Darren's mission is to showcase the best photography from local photographers and as part of this he has been kind enough to showcase some of my work.

Depth of Field
(Click to view large)


If you fancy a visit the gallery can be found at:
Wat Tyler Gallery
Unit 7
Wat Tyler Country Park
Pitsea, Essex

It is open Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm and Tuesday and Thursday 2pm-4pm.

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Thursday, 18 September 2008 

If you are in Central London next week.....

..why not visit my latest exhibition?

I have an exhibition of pictures on display in the foyer of Daiwa Securities SMBC, 5 King William Street, London EC4N 7AX. The foyer is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.

My pictures are on sale at specially reduced exhibition prices with the profits going to the companies' two charities War Child and Demelza House Childrens Hospice.

Chocolate Orange
(really would look good on your wall)

With only 98 shopping days to Christmas, now is the time to pop down and bag yourself a bargain present whilst helping charity at the same time.

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Thursday, 20 March 2008 

Painters with Light Gallery Owners Presentation

The Painting with Light team get quite a few enquiries from gallery owners about exhibitions and being visually orientated folk we decided to create a presentation about the group and its work. Dave Peck did all the hard work, designing and building a powerpoint presentation to showcase our work.

The thing is, powerpoint is not really a format you want to stick on the web. So I have used authorPoint Lite to convert the presentation to flash and then stuck it on some spare webspace. If you get a spare few minutes, why not take a look at the Painitng with Light Society Gallery Owners Presentation and let me know what you think.

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Monday, 25 February 2008 

Kevin Goodchild exhibition opens

Fellow Essex photographer and good friend Kevin Goodchild has his first exhibitions of images of Essex opening today. If you are anywhere near Rayleigh its bound to be worth a visit.


Polders
(by Kevin Goodchild)

The exhibiton runs through to Friday 28th March at
The Mill Arts & Events Centre
Mill Hall, Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7ED
Telephone: 01268 778737

If you can't make it to the exhibition the images are on his website.

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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 

Lemon ~ Limited Edition Managment ONLine, Access97 Release

I have had a couple of mails from people trying to use my Limited Edition Management System (LEMON) on Access97 and failing miserably.

For these poor souls I have created LEMON for Access 97, I hope you find it of use.

And for no apparent reason here is a picture I took in Southwark Cathedral the other day as part of my Friday Lunchtime Project:

Remembrance
(Click to view Large)



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Lemon ~ Limited Edition Management ONline

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Saturday, 24 November 2007 

Painters With Light Exhibition opens in Norfolk

Regular readers will be aware that I am a member of The Painting with Light Society - A group of Landscape Photographers from East Anglia. There are eight of us in the group including such talented folk as Jon Gibbs who won Landscape Photographer of The Year and Ian Flindt who had five pictures Highly Commended in the same exhibition.

Our latest exhibition has just opened at The Stable Gallery, Kelling, near Holt. The Exhibition runs from 24th Nov - 23rd Dec.

Happisburgh Dawn
(Click...or visit the exhibition to view large)

The exhibition will feature the work of all 8 members of the society together with prints from a guest photographer, Kate Barclay. In total over 40 framed prints will be on display.

Framed or Mounted prints will be available for purchase so why not pop along for a look if you are in the area.

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Tuesday, 11 September 2007 

I've got a gig

As mentioned in a previous blog I have decided to try avoiding the conventions of photography when it comes to exhibiting my work.

Not for me the conventional exhibition, no I've got myself a music gig. I will be exhibiting my pictures as part of a charity concert for Haven House Hospice, pictures will be available at special pricing and for each photograph sold £10 goes to the Hospice.

If you can come along it would be great to see you there:

Gig Poster - Click to view large


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Tuesday, 4 September 2007 

We got an award!

Well September has only just started and it's a pretty fine month in my opinion. After an August where events conspired to stop me taking hardly any pictures at all, I managed to get down to Leigh-on-Sea for the dawn on Saturday morning and capture some interesting light.


Moonlight Fossett
(Click to view Large)

In addition I am chuffed to bits that this site has been awarded "website of the month" by Outdoor Photography magazine. It's actually for the October issue but magazines being what they are the issue is out now. A big welcome to all those hundreds (indeed hundreds, I checked my logs) of people who saw the article and decided to check out the site. Hope you will stick around.

The final piece of good news is that I have a gig. Yes a gig, not an exhibition. I have been invited to exhibit my pictures as part of a charity concert. More details real soon.

Yup, September is a good month.

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Monday, 2 July 2007 

Francis Aliefeh Exhibition

If your in London at any time between the 2nd July and the 9th of September why not pop along to a new exhibition by Francis Aliefeh at The Oxo Tower.

London Eye by Night
London Eye by Night
by Francis Aliefeh


Francis Aliefeh Exhibition 2nd July - 9th Sept
OXO
8th Floor, Oxo Tower Wharf
Barge House Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH

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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 

Holding your first Photography Exhibition

I'm still spring cleaning the site and migrating the articles section of the site into this here blog malarkey. So I though I would point you all in the direction of an article I wrote three yeas ago.

Setting up an Exhibition gives a few pointers on setting up your first exhibition. Since that first exhibition I have become quite practised at putting on exhibitions. Reading it again I still feel it offers some useful advice that you rarely see on any of the photography sites on the web.


Bluebell Stripes
(A popular Exhibition Shot)

I hope it is of interest and to borrow a line from my own article:
If you are thinking of putting on an exhibition then go for it, you won’t regret it.

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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 

Lemon ~ Limited Edition Management ONline

Many photographers who produce Limited Edition prints of their work have developed ad-hoc systems to manage them.

Faced with the constant headache of maintaining what has been printed and sold, which numbers have been allocated, etc. I decided to develop a system to bring this under control. The current release features:

  • Keep track of editions and sales easily from one screen.
  • Block Allocate ~ reserve a group of prints for a particular customer.
  • Certificates of Authenticity.
  • Print Run ~ Mark a group of prints as printed and generate the appropriate certificates.
  • Sales reports.
  • AutoAllocate© ~ When creating an edition numbers can be automatically allocated.

This is free software. The only thing I ask is that you mail me if you use it. The reason for this is so that I can mail out notices of any bug fixes/enhancements to existing users as soon as they are spotted. I like to keep track of the number of users out there. It's not much to ask is it?

New Release - Version 1.1 Released 23 Oct 2006

  • First Release used in anger :)
  • Added ability to generate single certificate
    Added Image path rename form
    Added version History
    Added new certificate Format "Shepherdpics"
  • Recreated the reports to provide useful info!
    Various minor fixes

Where can I get this fantastic software ?

download Click here to download




Access97 Version

How do I install it ?

The Installation is very straight forward. Here are the instructions.

Where can I get support ?

Check out the users guide, if that doesn't help then simply mail me and I will see if I can help.

Does it cost anything ?

Nope not a sausage. If you would like to donate a thankyou gift then please use the paypal button below and I will make sure all payments go to charity.

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Sunday, 14 January 2007 

I made the papers

I have had a picture in The East Anglian Daily Times yesterday. As part of a three page feature on the exhibition at The Basement Gallery, Ipswich.

The picture chosen was "May in July", taken at sunset on Derwent Water. I haven't actually seen the paper myself as I am well out of their circulation area, but I am told it looks good.

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Saturday, 6 January 2007 

Edward Norton - Nature Photographer

Last weekend I popped up to The Basement Gallery to see how my work was going in The Painters With Light Exhibition that is on there.

Whilst I was there I was very pleased to see Edward Norton's first exhibition in the same gallery. I have met Edward on many occasions and its always a pleasure to shoot along side such a talented technician and all round good chap.

Having seen his work on the web it was great to see his work as prints, where they really come to life. If you are visiting Ipswich in January I strongly recommend you pop down to The Basement Gallery: 11 Elm St & 12-14 Princes St and checkout Edwards Beautiful images.


Candle Snuff
By Kind Permission of Edward Norton


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Wednesday, 6 December 2006 

Painters With Light Exhibition opens at The Basement Gallery

A small exhibition by The Painters with Light Society, opens at The Basement gallery, Ipswich. The work displayed can be found here

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Sunday, 5 November 2006 

Painters With Light Exhibition opens at St. Helenas Hospice

The first permanent exhibition by The Painters with Light Society, opens at The St. helenas Hospice. The work displayed can be found here

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Sunday, 5 March 2006 

Beauty of Britain Virtual Exhibition Opens

For those of you who can't make it to my latest exhibition, I have created a virtual exhibition so that you can enjoy it from the comfort of your mouse.

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Friday, 3 March 2006 

Beauty of Britain Exhibition Opens

My new exhibition entitled The Beauty of Britain opens at Daiwa Securities Europe Ltd, London.

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Monday, 9 August 2004 

A Year in the Meadows opens at Loughton Library

My new exhibition A Year in the Meadows has just opened at Loughton Library.

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