It was already 27 degrees as I loaded the car at 5am with my photography gear.
The early start was because I wanted to shoot the dawn at Elli beach diving tower near Rhodes Town.
I recently returned from a well-earnt break in Greece which got me thinking about this image.
I created this image (note I said created not taken) a couple of years ago.
Michael Eavis Somerset Dairy Farmer and Festival Creator
I’m a bit of a daydreamer, especially while driving which maybe isn’t an ideal time!
It’s how I got the sudden urge (not sure why) that I should reach out to ask if I might photograph Michael Eavis.
Following on from my shoot in July of Matravers Master Thatchers harvesting their Wheat harvest I returned last month to capture them combing the same harvest.
As I look over my last Blog entry I’m not sure where this year has gone all of a sudden.
It’s been on the whole another busy year although the late summer months did quieten down.
This allowed me time to continue my Life In A Somerset Landscape Project and shoot some other personal work like the shoot I’m posting here.
George Hider is an established artist working with metal which is often gathered from scrap that he has acquired.
Based on his farm near Merriott South Somerset he is a member of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen.
Much of his work is inspired by his love of animals as was very evident when I visited.
A few weeks ago during a hot spell of summer weather, I received a message I’d been waiting for from Reuben to say they were starting the harvest
After my shoot earlier in the year for Numatic (see blog post) I was asked to capture another people-based brief for the company.
The brief this time was for a new brochure and other promotional material for their Service Care Package involving two models.
Jonathan Hodgson combines his skills not only as a great artist but applies these talents to creating functional and custom arrows and some of which are art pieces.
His custom-made arrows are created to suit the archer’s bow, draw length and draw weight in lbs, and the type of archery they do, and personal preferences for colours and styles, etc.
His art arrows are built with Form in mind more than Function.
Back in February, I was approached by the marketing team at Numatic International who you probably know for their famous Henry Vacuum Cleaner brand.
They had the opportunity to showcase one of their commercial products on location in an Mc Donalds restaurant which was closed to the public during the Covid lockdown.