Merit – AOP Assistant Awards 2011
At last night’s AOP Assistant Awards, for Emerging photographers and assistants, I picked up an award of Merit in the category Environment, Single Image. It was great, and unexpected to receive the award. I had two images showing on the night, and this is my second Merit won at these awards of the last few … Read more
Scheduling baking and a dinner party
Cooking for a dinner party can be a stressful, busy time. What with the menu planning, shopping, scheduling and finally cooking, even more so if the meal has to come from the oven to the table. Well, perhaps I have taken on a little more than I can manage, we shall certainly see, but there … Read more
Bread making scheduling while working at home
Baking bread can be a time consuming process, more so if you go down the route of making a sourdough, however the taste and healthiness improves as the time increases. This doesn’t really help for those who make bread at home, and hold a full time job; weekends become the key bread making time, and … Read more
Heritage wheat, scythes and sheaves
Heritage wheat, sheaves, scythes… this isn’t the city now is it? Giving a hand to Brockwell Bake this week, on one of their bio-dynamic farms in Sussex, I had my first experience with heritage wheat. In this case, it was a German wheat called Magister, which has been selected as a good cereal crop for … Read more
How to bake – a simple white loaf
I have been meaning to begin blogging about baking, and what better place to start than making a simple white loaf, perfect for use in sandwiches and toast. This loaf will use a traditional half-sponge, the old-world (pre-additives) preferred method for getting a little more flavour into your loaf, whilst keeping time down. The half-sponge … Read more
The Isle of Skye
I recently visited the Isle of Skye for the first time, driving up from Glasgow through the Highlands. Skye has a great reputation, and it didn’t disappoint, with green valleys, lochs, mountains, dramatic coastlines, excellent walks and friendly people. A friend recommended camping at Glen Brittle campsite, and it was quite some location. Imagine if … Read more
While you are in town … Digg & Staffin, The Isle of Skye
On a recent trip to the Isle of Skye, which is a great and beautiful island by the way, we came across a tea room with true class and hospitality. If you are ever on the A855 from Portree to Uig around the north-east end of the island, be sure to slow into the town … Read more
Ellen Harvey – Turner Contempoary, Margate
I popped by the new Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate on the weekend, after wandering the old-town bazaar and craft market in the town. Margate is taking a leap upwards and forward, encouraging artists and the arts into the old town and building on the impact of the new Turner gallery to re-vitalise a once … Read more
The AOP Assistant Awards 2011
I was notified this week that I have been successful with two images in the 2011 AOP Assistant Awards, which is a an annual competition aimed towards Assistants and Emerging Photographers, still early in their professional careers. My images have been shortlisted in the Environment – Single Image category. The exhibition and awards night will … Read more
The Cherry Ripe feeling
There are certain things in life that remind of times gone by, places you once lived, or emotions from a specific period of your life. For me, eating a Cherry Ripe, brought over from Australia by my parents, sends me right back to the very essence of life in Perth, the sunshine, the indulgent large … Read more
