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Allotment Life

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Nov 29 2015

Community food garden project. Commissioned by & with solo exhibition at the Horniman Museum, May – Oct 2010.

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Leisure

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Nov 22 2015

Natural wonders & seasonal activities…

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Quirky Competitions

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Nov 16 2015
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Festivals

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Nov 13 2015

Festivals, customs & shows taking place across Europe…

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Willow Weaver

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Nov 07 2015

Annemarie O’Sullivan

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Mountain Lodge

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Nov 03 2015
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Silvesterchlausen

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Aug 29 2015
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Field Sports & Rural Life

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Aug 25 2015
Field sports photography. Labrador retriever praised by owner.Field sports photography. Hen pheasant during a driven shootField sports photography. Gun shoots at driven pheasantField sports photography. Judges discuss next retrieve for field trial competitorField sports photography. Labrador retriever returns to handler after it picks a hen pheasantField sports photography. Labrador retriever picks a hen pheasantField sports photography. Labrador retriever releases a hen pheasant to it's handlerField sports photography. Hen pheasantField sports photography. Competitor awaits judges direction for next retrieve during a field trialField sports photography. Competitor sends her dog to retrieve a pheasant during a field trialField sports photography. Field trial judges go to look for pheasant not found by dogs to eye-wipeField sports photography. Field trial judges conferField sports photography. Labrador retriever returns to handler after it picks a cock pheasant

Over the last few years my interest in field sports and field sports photography has grown considerably. The joys (& tribulations) of owning and training my first Labrador Retriever to be a gundog has not only introduced me to rural life, but inspired me to take photographs of country people, their animals & their pursuits. Capturing key moments to tell the story of any event are paramount. Without causing any disruption to the shooting day I am able to discreetly catch all the action & the natural and spontaneous side of people’s characters while they are at ease and having fun. With […]

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About this blog

The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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