I can’t say anymore than that but in the same vein as previous posts I will be attending the Lemongrove gallery, Henley this Sunday with my lovely wife (she’s the manager of the gallery!) for another artist apprearance.
As i said I can’t say any more than that except I will be taking my camera and wobble board?
Can you tell who it is yet???
Not content with one Lemongrove event last week I was back in Reading last Saturday to photograph the Todd White event. As popular as ever the gallery was very busy with collectors of his work many of whom got to meet him and many a lucky fan got a characature drawn of themselves by the man himself. Those of you unfamiliar with Todd’s work please click here.
To my surprise he was the illustrator for Spongebob Squarepants, a familiar character for those younger people out there. There were a few children at the event that left with a beaming smile on their face and a Spongebob sketch under their arm.
Here are a few of my favourite images from the event….
…..and the biggest kid of them all…
Mr Lord with Mr White and a sketch!
Last Thursday I attended the Danielle O’Connor Akiyama event at The Lemongrove Gallery, Chiswick to produce a photographic record of the event for the gallery, artist and the clients who met her.
Here are a few of my favourite shots from the evening.
I am thrilled to have been asked to be the Official Photographer for The Prince’s Countryside Fund after doing some work for them earlier this year. I will now be photographing the projects they have funded all over the UK and look forward to a long and successful working relationship with them.
I will be starting on the projects very soon so please keep a look out on http://www.marklordphotography.me for projects I have worked on. There are many interesting projects from upland farmers on the Yorkshire Moors, hedge laying on Exmoor, community pub on the Norfolk Broads and a project on saving the Hampshire Hog in the New Forest to name a few.
Rural life and its people has always been a big part of my life and much of the inspiration for my photography so you could say I’m like a pig in mud to be offered this work!
To find out more about The Prince’s Countryside Fund and the worthwhile projects they have helped please click here.
A post would not be the same without a picture so I found this in my archives of some pigs in mud!
The Henley Show pictures are now ready to view. Here is a selection of images to show a flavour of the day . To see the rest or to purchase prints please visit my Photobox gallery by clicking here
After an amazing day the the wonderful Henley Show with so much to see and photograph I needed a good rest yesterday! I am now busy working on the images which I hope to have online within the week. Please keep checking back, In the meantime here are a few pictures to give you a flavour of the day…..
I have been photographing Cornish artist’s work for several years. I find it inspiring looking at other people’s working methods and how they reach their final designs or pieces. Having always had an interest in art, mainly sculpture and ceramics photographing Stephanie’s work is always a pleasure.
Stephanie’s husband was in fact my old art teacher, the man who first encouraged me to develop my interest in 3 dimensional work. Whilst living in Cornwall I photographed Stephanie’s work on several occasion. After completing my studies in Cornwall I moved away and lost touch with Stephanie and Rollo (my old art teacher). Earlier this year, with the power of the internet and having a distinct name Stephanie tracked me down to ask me to photograph her latest work. She has used other Cornish photographers but none have photographed her work in such a way as I had done all those years ago. ‘You seem to get a sense of the sculptural and 3 dimension aspects of my work’ I was told over the telephone. I feel my photographic work has moved on since the previous images I had done for Stephanie so was keen to pop to Cornwall to shoot some new work for her.
It was great to meet up again with Stephanie and Rollo after all these years and thankfully I still had an eye for the 3 dimensional aspects of her work.
Here are a few pictures from the shoot – Stephanie was delighted with them and one of the pictures even made it onto the cover of an exhibition she was working on in collaboration with other artists for the Edinburgh Festival.
I think I made the right choice in life putting down the papier-mache and clay and picking up a camera but it’s nice to revisit old ground sometimes…..
To find out more about Stephanie’s beautiful work click here.
To book a session to have your work photographed please email me info@marklordphotography.com
With 2012 being such a special year with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and now the #Olympics2012 why not mark such a significant year with a family portrait?
For the rest of this year I am offering 100 portrait voucher for just £25.00 each. Once they are gone they are gone and the vouchers will then be sold at their face value of £75.
This is a great opportunity to get the whole family together for an afternoon to have some fun infront of the camera. The portrait shoot can be done in your home, or nearby location of your choice. The voucher is valid for 6 months from date of issue so having a portrait session done before Christmas would make ideal gifts to give at Christmas!
The session is relaxed and informal with no set structure or formalality given by me. It will just be fun and enjoyable for everyone, probably a million miles from the portrait sessions you had as a child! Typically the session will last up to 2 hours and in that time I will capture a variety of poses of the whole family, each family group, children together, individuals of the children and even Mum and Dad together! After the shoot we can arrange a suitable time for you to come and view the images and make your selection. With prints starting at just £25 it’s a great way of getting some lovely gifts for your loved ones and something special for yourself!
Please email me at info@marklordphotography.com for more information.
Thank you!
This morning I took my wife to work – it doesn’t happen often but after working all weekend I decided to take things steady today. Also, the Olympic Torch was coming to town so we both thought it would be nice to see that as it’s a once in a lifetime experience.
So off we drove, down through the beautiful Chilterns to a rather buzzing Henley at 8.30am. With the streets and river bank packed with people of all ages it really was a great atmosphere. Unfortunately Becky had to get to work for 9.30 so had to leave me once she saw the first runner with the torch. Lucky me, whose boss had told him to take it ‘steady today’ decided to stay on and catch another glimpse of the torch when it was brought back down the river. I managed to get access on the bridge with a few hundred other people to see a flotilla of boats accompanying Sir Steve Redgrave whom was holding the torch. Having only my small compact camera I went for the landscape image capturing the atmosphere of the event rather than the press shot!
For those of you that are not aware I was the lucky man in front of the camera a month ago as the groom! I married my lovely Rebecca in the village where I grew up in Cornwall. All I can say is it’s a wonderful experience and I am a better man for it and can now empathise with grooms on their wedding day!
Here is one quick photo of the two of us on our special day – those interested in seeing more please click in our Cornish Wedding blog http://www.acornishcoastalwedding.com to see more and possibly see some great ideas for your wedding day too.
…and who took photographs you ask? Tris – the other half of Lord & Leverett of course!!
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