2012
First Snow of the Year
05/02/12 18:21
It started snowing early yesterday afternoon and by this morning we had a reasonable covering of about 4 - 5 inches. Yesterday morning felt really cold and then strangely enough as the snow started it began to feel warmer 
We took the dogs out today, Sookie was very young last year when it snowed but she really seemed to enjoy it today.
We took the dogs out today, Sookie was very young last year when it snowed but she really seemed to enjoy it today.
SIWSC Novice AV Retriever 12 Dog Stake
09/01/12 19:10
Bright and early on Monday 9th January I headed off to Chillington Hall for the Sporting Irish Water Spaniel Club’s Novice Any Variety Retriever 12 Dog Stakes.
Mr Giffard and his guns shot very well and were exceptionally patient between drives as the dogs were tested. There were a couple of Irish Water Spaniels, a Flatcoat Retriever with the rest of the field being made up of Labradors.
It is getting near the end of the season now and many of these dogs have been working very hard over the last few months, you can see from the pictures that they are not couch potato dogs.
Mr Giffard and his guns shot very well and were exceptionally patient between drives as the dogs were tested. There were a couple of Irish Water Spaniels, a Flatcoat Retriever with the rest of the field being made up of Labradors.
It is getting near the end of the season now and many of these dogs have been working very hard over the last few months, you can see from the pictures that they are not couch potato dogs.
For the very first time a few prints for the wall
05/01/12 19:52
I have been taking photographs for over 40 years they have appeared in books, magazines, posters, adverts, websites, television and many other places but I do not have a single one of my pictures on the walls at home. All that is about to change as I have framed a few prints, all I have to do now is work out where to put them.
Trying to develope a workflow for antique prints
02/01/12 19:47
Using Adobe Photoshop 5 I have been working on a new workflow to produce antique looking prints. It’s a combination of adding a texture, desaturation, some selective distressing and adding a sepia tint. It’s getting there I think.
