CONGRATULATIONS RUSTY ON ACHIEVING YOUR FBPE!

Rusty has been waiting for one more award in the BPE National Exhibitions and has finally done it with one extra award spare in the Bromsgrove National Exhibition. This means that he has had over 500 exhibition acceptances in total (600+ in reality), plus 50 awards since gaining his BPE5*.

Paul Mason ~ World's fattest man

Unbelievably

Paul Mason ~ World's fattest man
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now weighing 70st and costing

the taxpayer nearly £100,000 per year.

Autumn at Losehill Hall

Autumn at Losehill Hall
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Taken through the bathroom window of Losehill Hall

Losehill Hall

We had a lovely weekend at Losehill Hall meeting up with a couple of old friends along with making a few new ones. We were invited by the YPU to do some lectures and workshops here and we were looked after very well. I hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as Russ and I did.

Whilst at Losehill Hall, I was persuaded to model for the group on the Saturday afternoon by Robert, captured himself on camera by Rusty.

But being such a shy and introverted soul that I am, I don't know how I managed it!

Should have gone to Spec Savers

We arrived late Friday night and only managed to see the tail end of fellow lecturers Clive Haynes and Martin Addison's talk. This particular display consisted of a panel of 3D images needing these green and red lensed glasses to view them correctly.

Ready for baby 'Sky'

Went to Lucretia and Clive's for a lovely meal. Lucretia showed us the new Nursery ready for 'Sky'.

Finished judging the Shrewsbury Open Exhibition of projected images yesterday, alongside fellow selectors Ralph Duckett & Rusty Lindsay. It was a long day but a very enjoyable one. The standard was extremely high amongst the two and half thousand entries received and some tough decisions had to be made. Congratulations to all who had work accepted and special congratulations to the award winners. All well deserved.

Too Wild?

Too Wild?
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Deemed too extreme for 'Family viewing' ! for 7Daysofshooting This was photographed at the London International Tattoo Convention where children maybe rare but are allowed in. They would have seen far worse than this in reality and not just a photograph of a comical stage set up. Are we really still living in the dark ages? Have we not moved forward to the 21st Century yet?

Perhaps I am either very naive or plain amoral, as I see nothing wrong with this image. It's just a bit of fun.

Shiny see through hair

Shiny see through hair
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Taken at the London International Tattoo Convention. Not everyone is either tattooed or extreme, but this is the ideal venue to photograph willing models of all styles whether competitors, vendors or purely visitors.