Happy New Year!

So this was Christmas...













Snowflake light atop the piano on which my mother and I played the carols we've played since I was old enough to find Middle C!



















Festive berries in the garden...













A tiny, engraved pebble in my parents' garden, which looks quite prophetic in the frost!

Alice in Wonderland / Doll Parts

Thanks once again to my fabulous models, Faye and Kasia.

Kasia's shoot was inspired by Tenniel's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrations - we tried to emulate Alice's poses in the original illustrations, so they could be superimposed. Kasia makes a soopa little Alice!

Faye's shoot was inspired by poseable dolls, including thisisblythe.com - Blythe being a doll more edgy than Bratz could ever aspire to be, and Faye out-edging them all!

Photos taken in a spare meeting room in our office, no less! Gotta love quirky black wallpaper...

Y Viva Espana!

I was very lucky to spend last weekend up in the hills of Chulilla, nr. Valencia, Spain, at the wedding party of a lovely friend of mine who moved out to Spain five years ago. She and her husband are in the process of renovating her third house out there!

Chulilla itself is a tiny village flanked by hills and canyons but is remarkably picturesque - especially from the castle on the hill, and especially at night!

Here are a few choice shots for your delectation!

Above, Chulilla by day

Above, moody tree on the hillside!

Above, living on the edge

Above, a prickly pear! (10x macro, that old chestnut!)

Left, Chulilla by night!

Early autumn

The leaves are on the turn - out with the camera!

Taken in Tonbridge, a town that is not usually this colourful! I varied a kit lens (18-55mm) with a screw-on macro lens (10x), and adjusted the saturation only slightly - for the most part the colours speak for themselves.

And the cobwebs are rather marvellous this time of year!

(left) bad berries!

ROCK CHICK!

Time: A chilly Friday afternoon
Place: London's South Bank
Model: The Fabulous Faye, working a quality rock chick look despite the cold!

(left) The album cover!

Beside the seaside

Monologue for a Sunday in September:

"What to do... what to do...

But wait! What is this glowing ball of fire I see in the sky?

Why... 'tis the SUN!

Right. Forget the housework, I'm off to the seaside, and I'm takin' the camera with me."

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Brighton was certainly bright this afternoon - maybe a little too bright but the West Pier was looking decidedly sorry for itself in its derelict state. So I took pity on it and took photos of it in its misery.

And then, to ensure the fully-functional Palace Pier didn't feel too left out, I took photos there, too.

Flower power

Some more shots taken in my parents' garden on an uncharacteristically sunny but dewy morning, with the 10x macro lens again, on an 18-55mm kit lens.