Sunday night fun

 

Sunday nights are often a little dull.  All the fun of the weekend has been had, and nobody is relishing Monday morning when work and school come around again.  So what better than to break out the studio gear, throw in some silly costumes,blue plastic toy guns, and a whole heap of teenage imagination.  Of course this mainly involved violent scenarios of shootings, stabbings and beheadings.  Oh to be young.

My fifteen year old got right into the spirit of things, and as well as showing a great skill in acting, spent a good amount of time rooting around the Man Cave to put together this outfit. It does make him look a good deal younger than the ones where he is posing as a villan.  The kids enjoyed it so much that they proposed we have a different theme each time, the next one being, yes you guessed it, Zombies.  Expect face paint next time!

Not wanting to miss out on the whole thing Jane decided she wanted to do a bit of acrobalance.  James valiantly helped despite having an injured wrist from a moped incident earlier in the day.  There will be more images from this thoroughly enjoyable, and crazy session on flickr soon!

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Oh No! Not another 365 project?

Oh No! Not another 365 project?, a set on Flickr.

So against all my previous reservations I have decided to do one of those blasted 365 projects. Now let's just say to begin with. I haven't stuck with it. There have been a occasions even at this early stage where I have missed a day. This is usually because, well to be honest and truthful, I've been too tired to fight my laziness, and inertia to do one. I have, in my defence caught up the next day. Why am I doing it? Because it's there! Also I tend to need a goal to aim for, or a framework to adhere to. I want to do more photography. I see this is a way of feeding that hunger. Whilst I have not set a formal theme for this project, I do seem to have fallen into doing selfies. This is a rather dubious term that I always find hints at intimate self indulgence. Well perhaps self portraits fit that description. As with a lot of creative endeavors some days are easier than others for coming up with ideas, and then executing them. Some start with just a germ of an idea that may or not work such as the tequila bottle one, and others turn out pretty much as envisiaged, like the Alice Cooper homage. Some are obviously just straight forward, some reflect a mood for the day. I hope to keep it up for the whole year, although I'm sure people will get fed up with seeing my fizzog by about 31st Jan, I know I will! Here's to a year of exploring what I can do with my image. I welcome comments, critiques, ideas etc here and on my flickr stream. Don't worry, it'll soon be Christmas!

Belinda and Hazel (and Jane too)

Another mother and daughter shoot, this time with the slightly crazy Belinda, and her well ok, slightly crazy daughter.  I posted a facebook message inviting people round for an impromptu session. We met Belinda and her husband Allan via friends, at a pub of course.  Sadly Allan was away for the weekend on a Jujitsu contest, or something like that.  Belinda and Hazel arrived armed with an array of colourful hats, and even more colourful homemade Rhubarb wine.  They very quickly got into the spirit of the session, and got some fab shots.  Many thanks go to these two super girls for volunteering to go before the lens and being such great sports.

 

Belinda and Hazel (and Jane too), a set on Flickr.

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