Josh & Ruth Binstead's Wedding Blessing

 Josh & Ruth had a wedding blessing at Maybridge Community Church about 2 weeks after getting married in Northern Ireland.

It is quite different to photographing a wedding - more relaxed!

The couples pictures were taken before the ceremony - indeed, they arrived together in my car!

The beach pictures were taken in East Worthing, shelter at West Worthing and the indoor ones were at the Dome Cinema foyer.  The weather let us down & it rained almost as soon as we arrived at the beach!

The service was lovely with the respective families taking time to pray for the couple and their future together

 

Arts in Action Network Exhibition

Exhibited in August in the Arun Ideas Shop, Beach Road, Littlehampton alongside phonie Arun (10 - 19 August) and as part of the Arts in Action Network exhibition (30 August - 10 September)

From the Boat Cemeteries Series

Two triptychs

Hand developed and printed. 

Mounted & framed in black box frame.  Framed size 22"x14"

£80 each (£150 for pair)

 From the degeneration series

Digital prints
Mounted to fit frame 11"x14" - £25 each
Oak framed 11"x14" - £60 each

The old Coastguard Station, Shoreham by Sea

Back of the Half Brick, Worthing

Arundel Barn

Tyneham, Dorset

Bob & Janet's Wedding

It was really lovely to see Bob and Janet get married last Saturday, and a great privilege to be part of their big day as photographer.  Both widowed in recent years, it is lovely to see them happy again, with heartwarming tributes to both Chris and Margaret and Joe Davis speaking (at Offington Park Methodist Church) about their long track records in loving relationships.  I wish them every happiness in their future together.

Phonie Worthing Exhibition

As part of the Worthing Open Houses 2011, phonie Worthing exhibited in venue 12 - The Red Phone Box, Steyne Gardens, on the Art Trail, 18 & 19 and 25 & 26 June and 2 & 3 July.

phonie art is about capturing the moment on a mobile phone camera, a digital version of the 'instamatic'.  It is not about technical excellence or what can be done in post-production.  The phonie Worthing exhibition expressed this through a number of unusual, quirky images showing Worthing from a different perspective

The exhibition comprised of 100 images by 37 contributors, all taken on mobile phone cameras and submitted via social media, were printed on business cards (which referenced the screen size of the phone camera) and set into the windows of the phone box.  

Exact numbers of visitors to the box are unknown as it was unmanned for part of the time, though more than 50 comments were left in the visitors book.

Saturday 25 June was a 'meet and greet' day on (publicised through facebook) where a number of exhibitors came down, as well as those out on the art trail and a few surprised passers-by.

The exhibition was well received and good fun to do - and got a mention is a blog http://fredpipes.blogspot.com/2011/06/worthing-open-houses.html 

phonie art

Inspired by Worthing & Adur council adopting a red telephone box (fab exhibition space!) on the corner of Steyne Gardens and the seafront in Worthing, phonie art is about looking at the type, level and quality of images/artwork you can get from a mobile phone.



phonie art has now been launched on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phonie-art/111227838956210
and Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonieart/

People can upload to facebook, and from there I am posting the images on phonie art's flickr page.

phonie art as is is a really wide concept.  I think that to really make it work it has to be broken down into themes - almost like a photography competition - maybe focussing on that theme for a month at a time.

Pilot local - 'phonie Worthing' and 'phonie Littlehampton'
Mobile phone cameras are often accepted more than a dSLR is.
People have their phones with them virtually all of the time.
The images I really want to see are those off the beaten photography path, away from picture postcard Worthing/Littlehampton.
A finger-tip document of the town(s) - the small, the quirky, the often unseen, the usual and everyday - but with a different take/perspective.

A major factor is its collectivity, collaboration - a community documented by those that form it, that belong to it.

Blueprint 22

"We are so pleased to welcome Leona Angus to Blueprint 22.  Another left-hander so she will fit in perfectly.  Below is a bit about Leona.


Hi, I'm Leona Angus.  I graduated in Photo Arts in 2009, writing my dissertation on Community Photography, so am delighted to be part of Blueprint 22.  I fully believe in the use of photography as a tool to unlock and develop personal potential and self expression.    

I have worked with young people on educational projects with organisations such as Creative Partnerships.  This, coupled with more than ten years experience as a Community Volunteer, gives me a well-rounded inter-generational perspective.

I also have a commercial and artistic photographic practices. My hobbies include walking and cross-stitching street art."

Photography Treasure Hunt, Littlehampton

My first joint project with Blueprint 22, meeting some of the young people.  Amanda & I devised a treasure hunt around Littlehampton to encourage them to creatively photograph items and street furniture that become part of everyday life

The winning photo by Michael Jenner - new town view

Bar Release paint day in timelapse

Still photos shot every two minutes for 10.5 hours 

Soundtrack "Soulful Lounge (video edit)" by House WorQ

http://myspace.com/houseworq

http://houseworq.bandcamp.com

Gallery 26 in Littlehampton

Gallery 26 is running exhibitions, workshops and events in Littlehampton, in conjunction with the Arts in Action Network,  a partnership between Arun District Council, Inspire Leisure and Littlehampton Town Council to promote the arts in Littlehampton.

Gallery 26 will be using Arun Ideas Shop, Beach Road, Littlehampton from 1st April to 30th April, where I am exhibiting photography, cross stitch and a film piece and co-running a photographic project.

Karl Marx "I told you this would happen"

TW3 "I know my place"

From 'Cemeterie des Bateaux' 2006

The exhibition was set up by Duncan Thrussell (http://www.thrussellart.co.uk/) and myself over two exhausting days, making this my first real curatorial experience!

 

More images cane bee seen on facebook

Bar Release Painting Day

Skeleton Cru & Gallery 26 painted graffiti art on the beer garden walls of Bar Release in Worthing on Sunday 27 March 2011.

The Cru started painting at about 12 pm and continued until 10 pm.  It was a great event with a fabulous atmosphere.  It was the first time I had seen a whole project - from white wall to completion carried out.  I was amazed by the amount of layering that takes place in the creation of these works and by the idea of 'sketching' with a spray can!

 

Much of painting was done using fluorescent/UV paint and as it got dark the colours and vibrancy really began to show

The complete set of pictures can be seen at https://picasaweb.google.com/leona.angus/BarReleasePaintDay#

Also to come - 12 hours in time-lapse photography - one shot every 2 minutes.