Found But Not Forgotten

I know i've said this a couple of times but I found another picture or two........well actually that's a bit of a porky pie - I didnt find them or forget about them, they are just pictures that at the time, when i had finished any post production work I wasn't 100% that I liked them or that they looked any good. So those pictures got left, not deleted no no no, just left behind. Like a puppy at Christmas, or an elderly relative everyone's decided "meh" about, or the shirt you've bought in a panic just because you thought you needed one then got home and decided doesnt quite fit properly......ummmmm....
So yes this tiny collection is of pictures that at the time i didnt like but now i look at them again i think - "yeah there is something I quite like about that". They might not be amazing but they arent horrible to look at!

"Scenic"
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Copyright  © James Thorne

Copyright  © James Thorne

"Flood"
Copyright  © James Thorne

"Haybales"
Copyright  © James Thorne
This one I actually do really like and hadn't put it to one side, I just don't think I've posted it and wanted to!!

"Windscreen Leaves"
Copyright  © James Thorne

"The Table's Water"
Copyright  © James Thorne
May have posted this already....my bad if i have!

"In The Trunk"
Copyright  © James Thorne
Another that I've always actually liked, but whenever I show it no one seems to like it. Makes sense I suppose as I could fully see what I was photographing as I went past, and someone else viewing this has no clue! 

Only Me

I've decided to make Dotty Gallery (http://www.dottygallery.com/) a showcase for just my work, for the time being. Michael Pinfold's work can still of course be seen on his website http://www.michaelpinfold.com/

Bluebells

This is a picture I took as a present for my ex-girlfriends mum, so it's a Limited Edition 1 of 1. I hadn't shown off the image before for some reason, but here it is. It was a really tough picture to get because I was trying to get the Bluebells all in focus and the wind was really strong, so then decided to just let the movement happen throughout the entire picture. I think it turned out really well!  



Fatherly Portrait

The Big Thorne wanted a picture of him done for a New Age shop's website that he's recently got involved with for his Mandooka Massage business. So of course I was happy to take his picture -

"Dad"
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Bit of advertising for him aswell, this is a small quote taken from his leaflet descibing what to expect when you get a Mandooka Massage: -
"Mandooka Massage focuses on the client, the session itself, and the quality of touch: to achieve these, the pracitioner needs to be centred, grounded and fully present in the moment."

It's been a while (not the song)

I havn't been on here in aaaaaaaaaaaages, i know who i blame but i'll keep that to myself! *shaking my fist at them* But it's okay, i've been searching and applying high and low for work be it photography or just normal person work. Have only recently found positions working for galleries, so I was straight on applying for those! That is something I would love to do and need to do aswell for the future.

Also been looking again at photographer roles aboard cruise ships, when i finished college I was going to work as a photographer on a cruise ship and things didnt quite work out in the end, but now i have a few reservations about doing it.

Sending off pictures for open exhibitions and competitions too. They always have such far away deadlines don't they - I mean it's good when you need time to get the picture you want for it, but if you happen to already have a picture that you're content and happy with for that theme/brief then it's a long old wait!!

Scopey Scoperson

I have a picture in the Saatchi Gallery website in the SCOPE Showdown that's going on. They have art showdowns regularly and they are very good to enter, but you need lots and lots of votes.

So please please please vote for my Ricky photograph, even if you like the one next to it more!! I know that's a bit of "gamesmanship" but.....well i would like to get through and have a long way to go! :)

Here's the link, you do need to sign up to vote i'm afraid
 http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/match/showdown/3/artist/95023/art/1094502

Good shout from The Becca!

Got an email from my sister tellling me - "this is the funniest blog i have ever EVER read. i have been LOLing. real life LOLing. brilliant."

So against my normal reaction of lalalalala smile and nod head....i had a look, and you wont believe it but she is spot on!! From what i've seen of this blog so far it's fantastic and lots of fun and great pictures!

If you're reading this go have a look, do it do it.......

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/