12th December....The Great Dane

10th and 11th December Dog's Of The Day.....

Running a little late the past couple of days as instead of blogging i have been drinking pina colada's around a pool in Mexico and soaking up the sun......

Anyway, better late than never, here are Daisy and Juno, Dogs for the 10th and 11th December...I will try to stay away from the cocktails and continue to reveal my advent dogs over the rest of the month (maybe)....

December 9th .....Alfie....

It's Alfie....instead of ears he has a Christmas halo......

Dec 8th...

......iiiiiiiiiit's Rudi.....!

7th December Dog of The Day

....meet Millie.....

Dec 6th Dog Of The Day!

Its Gonzo........Now lovely Gonzo is a stable regular round Clissold Park with his owner Mark, the local dog walker. He never fails to make me smile as he's always 50 paces behind the other dogs, rambling along in his own way.

Gomez was very chilled when it came to becoming a canine Santa, he just plonked himself down and allowed the styling to commence. We knew he'd had enough when he spun around and gave me his bottom to photograph!

5th December Dog Of The Day

.......it's Dolly! Thank you Brenda!

4th December Dog of The Day

4th December's Dog Of The Day is Lou Lou, the lovely cocker.......

3rd December Dog of The Day

Today's Dog Of The Day is Poppy. Poppy is a Parsons Jack Russell and can be spotted regularly having a mooch around Clissold Park....

The Portrait Salon 11 Newspaper

Here are some photos of the hot- off -the- press Portrait Salon newspaper (some of them freshly stolen from the Portrait Salon's blog).

The images are all quality and the layout is great......I photographed 'my' page so you get a sense of what it looks like inside......the newspaper will be on sale, details to follow soon on the official Portrait Salon blog



My image is the top left, other credits on this page are as follows:

Bottom left: John Wright. Middle top left: Thomas Butler. Middle bottom left: Ben Gold. Middle top right: Chris Floyd. Top right: Olivier Hess. Middle bottom right: Chris Jelley. Bottom right: Antony Crossfield.

And below is my selected image of Yak on it's own:

2nd December Christmas Dog Of The Day

It's Baxter!....

The Countdown to Christmas has begun....

...Here is December 1st's Advent Dog Of The Day....it's the lovely Ella!

Portrait Salon

One of my images has been selected for 'Portrait Salon', a modern day 'salon des refuses'.

It is a showcase of 75 unselected entries from the National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize 2011 (Taylor Wessing).

Personally I am really excited to see the other entries and I think it gives an interesting perspective and insight into the judging of the Taylor Wessing prize, an award which causes much debate every year.

The images will be shown as a projection at The Roxy Bar and Screen in Borough, London tonight and all are welcome! Short notice I know but it's been busy busy busy lately!!

Below is the invite and a quote from Miranda Gavin on the selection process....

“Looking through the rejected entries has been an eye opener - it was a rare chance to see some of the images that are discarded, to ponder the question of portraiture in the 21^st century, and to discover some top-notch portraits to boot. The National Portrait Gallery Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 is a prestigious international prize, however, there is a lack of feedback given to entrants and it was surprising to find that there is some confusion as to what constitutes a portrait – many images simply didn’t fit the criteria. Portrait Salon is a new venture and should be viewed as a positive addition to the photo competition arena as all entrants are being given another chance to get their work seen on screen and in print at no extra cost.”

Gok Wan and his Gorgeous Christmas Range for Boots!

I finally received the artwork for the Gok's gorgeous Christmas range which is instore at Boots at the moment. I shot the photo of Gok a while ago and it's nice to see it in layout.....pop into Boots to see the real thing ...i think my image is on the gift tags.......have yet to investigate.....

Fields In Trust headshots

I recently spent half a day with the team at charity, 'Fields In Trust' shooting friendly staff portraits for their website and annual reports.......

Fields In Trust is a charity protecting playing fields to ensure that everybody; young and old, has access to free local outdoor spaces for recreation, sport and play.

To see more of my images or to support the charity, visit their webpage:

http://www.fieldsintrust.org

Gingerline Pop Up Restaurant

I am friend's with the Gingerliner's and they asked me to take some photos at their latest pop up, 'The Puppeteers Workshop'....the evening, food, company and entertainment were fantastic and I highly recommend nabbing a seat at their next event! For more info, check them out here: http://gingerline.co.uk/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I think the photo says it all....Happy Halloween.....this is Tigi, he's a mischievous little devil!

Lana Del Rey - Video

i have fallen in love with this song......

Dog casting in Clissold Park

I'm casting dogs at the moment for a little brainwave I recently had......all will be revealed before Christmas.....
Anyway, I'm working to a super tight deadline and opted to take to Clissold Park today to find my doggie models. These 2 quirky characters would not sit still for their casting photo, hence me ending up with this rather amusing shot. Meet Chewy and Gloria......they have definitely made the cut!

Wow!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this shot I took at Battersea Annual Reunion recently......is it wrong to be so enthusiastic about my own photography????!