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Liam Grange – Martial Artist

Posted August 16, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 4 comments.

Preying Mantis

Last week, I posted a little sneak peak into a martial arts photo shoot I did with Liam. It has been a busy week in between then and now, with work being like buses and all arriving at once. I love being busy, but I really wanted to get these images edited as the shoot was so much fun.

Liam is a rare breed, (more…)

Categories: Devon, Inspiration, Martial Arts, Portraits

Tags: Client, Competition, Devon, Friends, Fun, humour, inspiration, Interesting Times, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Photography, Preying Mantis, Silat, South Hams, Taekwondo, Taiji

Sneak Peek – Liam Grange

Posted August 4, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 10 comments.

Here is a quick peek into today’s Martial Arts photoshoot with Liam Grange. (more…)

Categories: Clients, Devon, Martial Arts, Portraits

Tags: character, Client, Devon, Friends, Fun, inspiration, Martial Arts, South Hams, Taekwondo, Taiji

So you want to shoot weddings?

Posted July 28, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 43 comments.

There are some things in photography that are almost guaranteed..

1) You’ll always want more gear than you have..

2) No matter how good you get, you’ll never be good enough for your inner critic

3) Someone, somewhere will put the idea in your head that you should shoot weddings. (more…)

Categories: Clients, Devon, Interesting Times, Learning

Tags: Client, Devon, inspiration, Thoughts, Weddings

Sun, Sand and Kick ass moves

Posted July 26, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 6 comments.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of shooting Katie Bradley for my second time. For those that don’t know who Katie is.. She is an up and coming talent in British WTF style Taekwondo. At 14 she is already a British National Champion and has recently competed for her country in Tbilisi, Georgia. (more…)

Categories: Clients, Devon, Portraits

Tags: Client, Coast, Competition, Devon, Fun, humour, inspiration, Katie Bradley, Martial Arts, Photography, Portraits, South Hams, Taekwondo

…and then there was light.

Posted June 9, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 10 comments.

And then there was light

Just a quick thought today..

This is inspired by a recent post in the Photography Community on Empire Avenue (to find out more about EA, click here).

The question posed on the community was this.. (more…)

Categories: Inspiration

Tags: Creative, inspiration, Light, Thoughts

Sitting on the dock..

Posted June 7, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 16 comments.

Wasting time

Sometimes, just sometimes, it is nice to just head out for a walk… No agenda, no motive beyond enjoying the sunshine and seeing what is there to be seen. (more…)

Categories: Inspiration, Learning

Tags: Creative, Fun, inspiration

This is Taiji

Posted February 4, 2011 By Scot (Admin) and has 6 comments.

Taiji in the park

This is my life, as much as photography.. it defines who I am and how I behave.

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Categories: Inspiration

Tags: inspiration, Taiji, Who Am I?

People of Character

Posted April 21, 2010 By Scot (Admin) and has 10 comments.

Appreciation of Characters

There are some people in life that regardless of circumstance, have a lasting and profound impact on us. Sometimes, they are an influence for most of our lives… Others pass through, giving a little of themselves and leave you to ponder the message. Shotty, pictured above, is one of the latter. A friend of my father’s that I have met briefly once before, he is totally deaf and has been for over 35 years. He is also blind in one eye and the other requires glasses so strong I think it might just be bullet proof.
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Categories: Inspiration

Tags: character, inspiration, Portraits