Photography Exhibition

Those of you who know me will know that I teach photography at John Masefield school in evening classes 3 nights a week. This term (which has just finished for the Easter break) we have concentrated on getting pieces ready for the second annual exhibition of students' work. The exhibition ran for a week at the Weavers Gallery in Ledbury until today and was a great success!
These are some of the pieces in situ.

Here's a couple from Jane that she had made into canvas wraps. Jane put some prints in last year so wanted to try something different this year. She's had a fantastic journey on the classes and is now selling some of her work locally!


The pieces below are from JM 6th form student Jess who comes along to my Tuesday group. She saw this project through from a concept she wanted to do with a vintage feel shooting into low evening sun. I think she did an amazing job and is a talent to watch out for in the future!


A little section of the corner of one of the exhibition rooms. I haven't done close-ups of the works but rather just wanted to show some of the pieces as they were in the rooms. Here are some great portraits from Jenne, some shots from Carl's recent Kenya trip (the one of the lady in the middle is amazing) and some lovely early morning train shots from Ralph.


Christine has only joined the Monday group recently protesting of a lack of computer skills. Then she came up with this brilliant pair of pieces printed on to fabric and hand stitched into a quilt and a cushion! Who needs computer skills when you can do that?

And here is another lovely piece from Margaret. She did an autumn leaves canvas last year and this one shows again how Margaret understands and seeks out lovely light for her work. You can't really see Tess's black & white prints in the background but trust me they were fantastic and very powerful.

So that's just a little glimpse of what was on show. If you didn't go come next year! I might get them to collect all the images together and make a Flickr gallery so the exhibition can live on. Will post details of that as and when it happens.

It really was great for me to see all this superb work put together in such a variety of ways. Here's to another exciting term ahead and hopefully another top exhibition next Spring.

2010

A bit late I know but the New Year has been on hold somewhat so far because of all that snowy stuff. It was very nice and the Malverns particularly looked amazing but closed schools and messy roads meant not much got done!
I have managed to get a few portraits in though and a job at Malvern Library for their Festival of Learning so it's not been completely dead. Tonight the John Masefield evening classes start again too - a week late.
This term is a short one and I'll be getting the students to think about the upcoming exhibition at the Weaver's Gallery in Ledbury - advertised on my Facebook page. We ran this last year, organised brilliantly by Jeanette McCulloch, and it was such a success that it's on again from March 22nd - 28th this year. It will feature work from my photography students (different work to last year!) as well as pieces from the Botanical Illustration and Silver Jewellery classes.
We're also taking the Unsung Heroes exhibition to Malvern Library in May - I'll post details later - so it's already turning into a busy 2010. My Spring workshops will run on a number of Sundays from Feb 7th until May too - get in touch directly or via Facebook if you want to attend one. Details on the main website.
So just a little update for now. Looking forward to getting the classes started again tonight.
See you soon!

Branching Out

All businesses need to grow and I've been spending some time in March making sure that mine is one of them. You can now see my wedding albums in a number of bridal designers' studios across the Midlands and I'm delighted to have been confirmed as the approved photographer for Ettington Chase Hotel in Stratford upon Avon. It's a lovely wedding venue with great staff and I look forward to photographing many weddings there over the coming years. I'll be doing a wedding fair there on Sunday 26th April so come along and say hello!
April looks like being a busy month with various jobs coming in and my teaching is expanding to Worcestershire Council as well as continuing apace at John Masefield. Some of the students who have been on my courses over the last year or two will be exhibiting their favorite pictures at the Weavers Gallery in Ledbury from this week 31st March. Come along and show your support, entrance is free.