North York Moors Exhibition

     You get quite a kick when given the opportunity to display your photography to the visiting public. I'm talking of this, our 3rd exhibition hosted by the North York Moors National Park.

     When I say 'our', I am of course referring to the joint involvement with my two photography pals, Mike Kipling & Brian Jobson. Although we have our independent photographic businesses, we do team up giving landscape photography tuition and as you have already been advised, put images together for our exhibitions called 'Masters of Light'.

     With 150 images on display, 60 of which are framed and hanging, many are from the local region of North Yorkshire and capture the beauty of its historic iron coast, wild barren moorland and the surrounding scarps. All images, bar a few, are from personal archives and are a result of much dedication and commitment in capturing the natural scenery.

     Joining us with a superb display of wood sculptures, is wood turner Jeff Stanford. The retired farmer from Goathland has said farewell to his sheep and cattle and turned his hand to carving bowls, goblets, pens, vases in fact anything that can be made from odd pieces of wood.
     The exhibition runs from 16th til 28th June from 10am til 5pm daily at the fantastic North York Moors Centre in Danby. Why not pop along and see the work we have done. It would be great to see you, have a chat and of course talk photography.

Regards,
John

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Martin & Gemma

     How do you make beautiful people look stunning? It's a simple question but could have a difficult answer! 99.9% of the brides, and grooms for that matter I have the privilege to photograph at my weddings are stunning and portray a natural beauty that is so easy to capture. So what about the .1% I missed off? Well it's simple...they too are stunning but may be a little camera shy and with a wee bit of persuasion...well, the rest is history as they say. However on this occasion I didn't need to work on that .1%. Gemma and Martin couldn't have been more natural. They oozed love. And that couldn't have been more apparent than on this, their wedding day. But isn't that the skill we have as photographers? Isn't this what we strive for at the end of the day? To capture what is already there.

     Matfen Hall in Northumbria was their venue with it's grandeur, romance in decor and myriad of corridors. In the Great Hall, Martin and his guests were awe struck when Gemma descended the sweeping staircase to a friends harmonic voice in the background. Laughter echoed the hall and tears bounced from the stone walls as they said " I do". Poems were read and guests clapped and cheered. This was going to be one mighty party...and it was!
     Finally, to those who 'hate having their photo taken'. Look terrible in pictures or can't smile properly and dare I say it 'does my bum look big in this' thoughts? Don't fret! Your natural beauty will come to the fore on the most mind sizzling day of your life. You will smile all day long without being asked and from experience I know I rarely have to ask. And the following day? Well you will wake up still tipsy from it all and won't stop talking about it. With your jaw aching from all the smiling and laughing where you will want to do it all over again.
     To Martin and Gemma, this is your first day of married life together. May it last forever.

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Thanks, John