Jorvik Viking Centre – My Top Ten Heritage Sites – Number 2
TweetJorvik Viking Centre Unfortunately due to Covid 19 I’ve been unable to visit a lot of the sites in my Top Ten so have been unable to write any blog posts about them. However, I did visit the Jorvik Viking Centre and the Jorvik Viking festival last February, just before the first lockdown. I haven’t […]
HMS Belfast – a pre Covid 19 trip
TweetHMS Belfast trip I’ve spent the last week struggling with IT issues which still aren’t sorted. I currently can’t access my photos from my Jorvik trip or the film rushes I recently did for a client, to create his video. So what can I do I ask myself? Why not a post about my last […]
Film stills photographer
TweetWhat is a stills photographer? A still photographer creates film stills (unit stills) during a film shoot which document the shoot. These are still or static photographic images, rather than film/moving images. What does a stills photographer do? A stills photographer creates images that provide behind the scenes coverage on a film/TV shoot. Stills photographers also create images […]
Museum of Richmond – Case study
TweetThe Museum of Richmond asked us to create maps and activity sheets to help their visitors find the Museum more easily. They also wanted photography of some of their workshops and of visitors interacting with the Museum and it’s exhibits for them to use in their social media and promotional material. The Museum of Richmond […]
Blists Hill – My Top 10 Heritage Sites – No 10
TweetBlists Hill Victorian Village – Iron Bridge I visited Blists Hill Victorian Village once as a child and have isolated memories of the chips in the Victorian ‘chippy’ and the fairground rides, but not much else. But I do remember being left with the feeling ‘I must go back some day’. Drawing up the 10 […]
How to be Creative
TweetHow to be Creative “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesise new things. […]
13 lessons I’ve learnt during my creative career
TweetI’ve worked in the creative industries for over 20 years. Here are 13 lessons I’ve learnt during that time. The Weather More often than not it will rain if you’re on a location photo or film shoot. On one shoot I did in Highgate, the rain was so torrential I had to use my photographic […]
In Conversation with Nicola Gaughan
TweetI was recently interviewed by Ade Oduyemi for his podcast The Whole Lot. The interview is now available on iTunes here. Ade says: I’m an inheritance planner and will writer in my day job. Someone, in an attempt at humour, once asked the connection between inheritance on the one hand and talking to artists, and business […]
Treasures of Egypt – Cairo to Abu Simbel
TweetTreasures of Egypt – Cairo to Abu Simbel I’ve always loved history, especially Egyptian history. I decided I needed a holiday and popped into a travel agent. I originally planned to book a trip to Italy. In the end I came out having booked a trip to Egypt. Cairo My trip started in Cairo. We […]
What is photography? – it is not just a picture
TweetWhat is photography? It has often been described as the pencil of nature and its direct translation means drawing with light. It is a practise that enables us to capture what we see around us in a durable way. Digital photography records light electronically onto a sensor, whilst older photography methods chemically capture images onto a light sensitive […]
