Of course, me being me, I like to sprinkle some organic material over some of the bridal shots from earlier this month…

Hair by Lyndy Ewings, make–up by Rebecca Searle, modelled by Debbie Grayson.

Dress provided by the lovely people at The Ivory Tower.

Mr. Daniel Anderson, Plymouth, 2009

I’m spending a lot of time on eBay at the moment.

Chopper Jolly Green Giant buzzing beach

Found amongst a collection of slides.

Author unknown.

I adore this image.

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

I’m very happy with these images. For what might seem to be quite simple portraits, there’s a lot of elements that I really like.

The styling, the hair, the lighting, the post-production — all came together really well and in a coherent way. And of course, Abby looks great and did brilliantly in working with the theme of the shoot.

Me and Sharon, Brighton Beach, 2004

I love these accidental double exposures of myself and Sharon, a friend from my art college days. We were attending a mutual friend’s wedding in Brighton and went down to the beach during one of the boring bits.

Lara, Sidmouth, 2008

Happy New Year everyone.

I read that it is a blue moon this NYE. For some reason I think that there should be some superstition surrounding this convergence of events — particularly as this is the end of a decade as well.

I can’t find anything, but as such superstitions have no basis in fact, let’s make one up. How about… ‘a blue moon on NYE ushers in a decade of inner peace and prosperity’ ?

I’d settle for that.

Oh and perhaps something about getting rich and moving to California to live by the Pacific Ocean with a beautiful wife.

Ria, Plymouth, 2009

Do they wear things like this hat in Finland? I don’t know, but for some reason I think these shots of Ria have a very Finnish quality about them.

I don’t even know what I mean by that, haha.

Feel free to explain my mind to me.

Ria, Plymouth, 2009

I would love to speak Spanish. I tried a couple of years ago to learn, but here I am, a couple of years later, unable to do so.

It is true that it’s not so easy to teach an old dog new tricks, but Spanish is a trick that I’d still like to learn.

Online translation sites are a fool’s way of learning, I think I’m going to have to return to pen, paper and text books (again) if I’m to make any progress.

Until then, however, I shall use sites like Frengly for the random spatterings that I sometimes like to add to my pictures. I don’t even care if they’re wrong — I actually quite like the idea of a Spanish speaker reading them and seeing some strange warped sentence.

Cover star is Ria Williams.

Emillie, Plymouth, 2009

Why is gold the archetypal precious metal? Is it purely because it’s shiny?

Does it have any use?

I’m going to have to research this.

EDIT – Of course I know that gold has its uses, I meant does it have a use which makes it so highly valued.

Ereka, Near Newquay, 2009

More from a field near Newquay.

So different from the original set, I find them quite surprising. Which I like, of course.