Thursday 8 May 2014

A lovely little job in Portland


From time to time I do some work for the Churches Conservation Trust. the trust is a charity focussed on preserving these wonderful buildings and bringing them back to life and use by the community.  They help to run many buildings in Bristol such as the amazing church on Portland Square used by Circomedia and the ancient St Johns Gate by St Nicholas Market.

When I was asked to go down to photograph St Georges Church on Portland (Dorset) I jumped at the chance. It is a little bit of the coastline that I don't know too well, and an architectural gem of a church.

Built in the 18th century using Portland stone the church is from a time when the spoken word was more important that the alter. The pews are arranged facing inward towards two central pulpits. One would have been used for scripture, the other for sermons.  Amongst the grave stones there are graves for victims of pressgangs, shipwrecks, mothers who died in childbirth (unusually showing the woman with her children around her bedside) and local dignitaries.







Notice that the bell has to be rung 6 times at the funeral of a man, but only 3 times for a woman!




















The ducklings were brought in to entertain children attending an Easter egg hunt.


Wednesday 7 May 2014

Perfection is a new baby.....



.... well Ross and Bryony tell me she is not always so perfect.... but I don't believe them.....

















To book me for a baby shoot just give me a call on 0117 9094503 or email morag@documentaryimage.com


Long time no post! - Update

So much time seems to have passed since I posted on my blog......  Moving from my old studio at the Paintworks  and being engrossed in the new foundation degree course I now head up I seem to have had little time for my blog. I have shot some amazing jobs over the last weeks. I will try and post just a few images from recant shoots.  My students are doing so well, I am so proud of their achievements, slowly the photography team at Weston College has been building around me, it has been such a teat to be involved in this course from it's very conception....



Just a few shots from last months and weeks......



...starting with a special wedding as it is my sister-in-law Sarah's....



My beautiful daughter shooting second camera....




Cousins....






Sarah and Dan....