Tag: yorkshire
Stone carving workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
You’d never have known it’s the middle of Summer by looking at the sky above Bretton Country Park in mid-July: a patchwork of grey to black clouds with occasional bright blue holes puncturing the otherwise oppressive weather. It was as if Summer, disgruntled by the miserable forecast, was trying to tear holes in an unwanted…
New HQ, Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Any Yorkshire man or woman worth their salt will know two things: how to mix batter to make one of the most delicious and mandatory accompaniments to the perfect Sunday dinner and secondly who Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) are. If you aren’t from Yorkshire, then you should start your research on flat caps, whippets and…
Refugee Week drama workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The 14th-20th June 2010 is Refugee Week and I was proud to be part of the activities at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, exploring the experiences and raising awareness of asylum seekers in the UK. I was drafted in to provide event photography support for an all-day drama workshop hosted by Ice & Fire, a theatre company…
Tread Softly at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Crawling on all fours through thick undergrowth to photograph a family of clay hedgehogs and then being chased by a giant snake? All in a day’s work at the ‘Tread Softly Tracks and Traces’ event at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The brief was to capture engaging photographs of young aspiring artists enjoying a day in the…
Hot & cold metal workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
No one warned me that there’d be shards of white hot metal flying towards my camera lens when I was asked to photograph the ‘Hot and cold metal’ workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Not that I’m complaining though, using a few creative tricks these micro-explosions soon became an ally as the photos show. The ‘workshop’…
Open Country blog goes live
I’m really pleased to announce the launch of Open Country’s new blog which I planned, set up and am now in the process of populating with exciting stories and fresh content using copywriting and photography. Open Country are a charity based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, who have a really clear and simple mission: to help…
