Westonbirt Arboretum Photography – Lily

I had a lovely time photographing Lily at Westonbirt Arboretum recently.  I wanted to capture the fun that children have when they go in search of different coloured leaves.  They come in all shapes and sizes, wet, dry, soggy, muddy (the leaves that is!) and all are stuffed into that bag to be taken home for that all important task of making a collage…… or maybe not!  I took some beautiful photos of Lily doing just that, gathering leaves and here are a few of my favourites.   Read More

Categories: Lifestyle.

Purton Ship Graveyard

We spent a lovely day on location photographing the Purton Ship Graveyard.  The banks of the River Severn have historically suffered from tidal erosion.  Between 1909 and 1965 redundant and unwanted vessels were beached on the foreshore and allowed to fill with silt.  These formed a barrier and helped prevent the river eroding into the canal embankment.  Thanks to Trevor for taking the photo of us on location.  All this was thirsty work which of course meant a visit to a local village pub!   Read More

Categories: Fine Art.

Burma – ‘The Golden Land’

Chris and I have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Burma.  Tourism is still in its infancy there and we wish to share this fascinating, beautiful country with you through some of our favourite photos.  Obviously we don’t want to bore you with pictures of us, but we did include one just for good measure.  I’ve tried to include a caption under each photo – enjoy!   Sunset over the huge Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Yangon: the colour of the gilded stupa turned a lovely shade of red in the sunset.  You cannot wear shoes or socks in Buddhist Read More

Categories: Burma and Fine Art.

Gorisambard!

As all Bristolians will know, Bristol was home to 60 life-sized gorilla statues which were painted by local artists as part of Bristol Zoo’s 175th birthday celebrations.  This photo shows  our favourite gorilla, ‘Gorisambard’ on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.  Gorisambard was modelled on Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was the highest selling statue, going for £23,000, unfortunately not bought by us!  This public art trail was enjoyed by many visitors and £427,000 was raised for charity. Read More

Categories: Fine Art.

Lavender Farm

After photographing Charlotte & Neil’s wedding in Bibury, we spent the next day at a very relaxing Lavender Farm in Somerset.  If you are a regular follower of our blog, you will know that Chris’ other love (besides me of course!) is photographing flowers, landscapes and wildlife.  Photographing the lavender has to be one of the most relaxing shoots we have undertaken recently, with the lovely scent of lavender wafting over us.  We hope you like some of our colourful images below, including the one showing the bee hives and very old tractor (purchased in France). We then of course Read More

Categories: Fine Art.

Stone Balancing

Chris and I took a short break down to the south coast near Lyme Regis recently to photograph Natterjack toads and to get some fabulous pictures of stone balancing with the glistening sea in the background.  Chris developed his love of stone balancing a few years ago, something I have yet to master, I just don’t have the patience!  The weather was great, we went to one of our favourite beaches, Chris was in his element and I took lots of photos, a few of them are below and one of them (not the toad I hasten to add!) is Read More

Categories: Fine Art.