Fantastic Mr Fox

As i've probably mentioned a hundred times before where i live i'm surrounded by nature. Around a month ago i was sat at my desk just editing some photographs like i always do and through my music i heard quite a large rustle outside. I looked out and saw my two cats looking pretty pissed off about something. Next thing i know a young, scrappy looking male fox leaps over the pond sending the cats running. At this point the fox just looked confused as i'm pretty sure he just wanted to play.

When i slowly opened my window to get a clearer shot i was expecting him to run, but he just sat there looking at me. Then his attention was drawn elsewhere and started to sniff through some bushes until he pulled out a vole, which was definitely one the cats had just hunted. (Explains why they looked so annoyed...)

Even though i see foxes quite regularly where i live it's always surprising when one stays around you for that long. I reckon it was because he was young and inexperienced, and just wanted to play, but even so it definitely made my day. Mainly because most of the fox's time was spent just sniffing around and looking at the flowers around the garden. He clearly didn't care about anything and was completely comfortable where he was, which is always great to see in nature.

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France

After the recent tragedy that occurred in Paris that past few days i thought this was a good a time as any to post some of my photographs from France. Photographs that i feel reflect the spirit of the rural towns and villages, and show why i feel it's such an alluring place. I took these images quite a few years ago while i was visiting family for my cousins wedding in the south of France. Having French relatives meant the first thing that went through my mind when i heard about the attacks in Paris was "I hope my family aren't affected". Thankfully everyone was away from that area at the time and all safe.

Anyway, away from the tragedy and back to photography. I want to just show some of my work which i feel shows France as the peaceful and beautiful country it is, above all else. Walking down narrow, cobbled paths through extremely old towns, with the warmth of the mid day sun beating down, just makes you smile as you walk slower than normal to take in the view. You get the sense that although most parts have modernised, peoples values have hardly changed. Petit boulangeries and patisseries still supply people with their fresh bread just as they have for years. As it gets cooler in the evenings people still come out to socialise (as during the day its too warm to do anything other than sleep or paint apparently), bringing with them a strong feel for their culture. The photographs below are summary of what i think of when i think of France, and i just wanted to show people the charming side of a country that is going through some hard times.

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Graduation

Wow, it's been a while since i've written anything on here! But that will change now, as i've just finished my course and now have a foundation degree in photography! This means i'll have a lot more free time to talk about recent shoots and anything which might even remotely relate to photography.

Anyway, i'll talk a little bit about graduation and my past 2 years. The past few years have been really helpful for me, studying at Newcastle College. The course was designed to give you the skills and the knowledge to start your own photographic business up, and make sure you're able to go straight out and get work. Having people from the industry has helped loads too. Actually getting a professional outlook on how the industry works was really insightful. 

Not only that but i've made a lot of close friends, and met a lot of very skilled photographers on my course who i will be keeping in contact with, no doubt! I've also met a lot of people from other art disciplines such as fashion design, graphics, and illustration, thanks to the course which made us work together during the years just as you would in the industry.

Anyway! Graduating with a foundation degree was a big step for me, and i have learned so much. There was one thing i wasn't expecting when i was graduating and that was getting a special mention for my work in the National Geographic Traveller magazine (My next blog will be on that). To summarise, the past two years has given me the skills and the drive to decide what area of photography i want to go into, and the knowledge that i can be successful. 1 more year of hard graft to get my BA Hons degree, then into the wide world.