Blog – my journal & behind the scenes
Exhibition – Exploring Memories: three approaches
I'm writing this from my first exhibition - we're at the lovely Navistitch on Manningtree High Street. Exploring Memories: three approaches is a joint exhibition from three...
(Archive) You are cordially invited to Open Studios…
It's on again! Ardleigh Open Studios is happening on 6 & 7 November and I'd love to see you there. I really missed opening our doors last year, partly because it's so nice to...
Creating order from chaos
And just like that, it's February - another month passed, and another birthday under my belt! Cake, Nosecco & pebble painting - I know how to rock and roll! I always think of...
A change of scenery
... digital scenery, at least! If you've been around for a while you'll notice things having a bit of a spring clean, clear out and polish - yay! I've embarked on a year-long...
Modern Fairytales: Sleeping Beauty
I'd been dreaming of a modern fairytale series for a while, but it was winter and England in wintertime is generally cold, wet & windy - not ideal for outdoor shoots! Then...
Stepping up anyway
Gosh, it's been longer than I thought since I wrote over here! As ever in my world, both everything and very little has changed. I'm still running around doing multiple things,...
Press: ze.tt Short Sight feature
I’m technically offline for a few days over the Christmas/new year break, but was so excited to see my work in German news site ze.tt that I had to sneak in to share it! It’s an...
New Thing Thursday: lighting experiments
Welcome to New Thing Thursday! An excuse to learn/experiment with new things and blog about them. Some will be photography and some won't, and I'll probably use it across all my...
My Burlesquiversary – six years of burlesque & body confidence
A little bit of a personal post today - can we talk about burlesque? April 18th marked my six year burlesquiversary. (That is absolutely definitely a real word.) With my best...
MODEL CALL: Mythical Ink tattoo project
It's finally time to bring Mythical Ink to life. A project I conceived nearly five years ago now, it's high time I let it out into the wild! I'm looking for mythical, magical and...
A body positive, burlesque weekend
If you've landed here, you'll know that body positivity is a strong influence in my work and in my attitude to life. Towards the end of last year, I had one of those moments...
Christmas moments
New year already! Christmas this year was a hard one, our first without Dad. Despite being a photographer, I had never before appreciated quite how precious photos are, once...
Steampunk Studio Shoot – first look
I was lucky enough to secure a place on a steampunk studio workshop shoot at the start of September, at my favourite local studio. Costume is one of my favourite things (both for...
Organising old images
Recently I've been thinking a lot about prints vs digital, and the dark side of social media again. I love my digital cameras just as much as my film ones, and for client work...
Gran
My Gran is wonderful. At 88, with 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, she is unquestionably the matriarch of the family, and she is at the centre of our lives. But she is...
Rhodian animals I met today
While exploring the beautiful island of Rhodes today, I met these two beauties. This little lady was having a whale of a time jumping, pouncing and climbing around all the tables...
Friendship in Autumn
Back in November, I had the privilege of shooting three friends who met at university... at their university! It was just as the leaves had turned golden and fallen, and we had a...
Grace
The day before my birthday, I spent the day with my lovely photographer friend Grace, in a workshop on flash with the excellent Jon Sturdy. Because it was just the two of us, he...
Body positivity and doing what you love – at the WI!
Back in October, I was invited to speak at the January meeting of the fabulous Cake and Revolution W.I. in Ipswich. I'd heard loads about the W.I. (not least their crafting!) and...
New year, new website!
Well, sort of - it's the same website, but it's had a bit of a revamp so you lovely lot can see what it is I do, actually see my galleries, and, y'know, book me if you want a...
Kitten Builder
My studio is being built. My fluffy cat Clover likes to supervise...