We Shall Remember....

for those who may or may not know, I'm a current serving member of the TA and Ex-regular soldier, so like most military men and women, the beginning of November is very close to home as its the general time of Rememberence for those fallen, yet not forgotten.

Are our fighting men and women heroes, or just ordinary people doing extraordinary things..... rememberence shouldn't just be for those that have fallen but an opportunity sit and look at what our guys do and what they give up to do it.

Martin

Christmas is coming..

Well, i've been busy lately and with twitter, facebook and my own website, i've been struggling to keep ontop of my blog, so thought I'd best scribble something down.

Had a greatly bizarre shoot yesterday with some of the Go Wansbeck guys which went very well, hopefully see some of my work on the cover of a book which would be pretty awesome.

I've managed to land a follow up article in the local business magazine tracking how I'm getting on which is also pretty good, they've also asked me to do the cover photo aswell, which is local themed. Its hard to try and take pictures of specific yet non specific things as I've been discovering.

Oohhh also tried some night sky photography for the first time in aaaaagggges... will post my results soon, not very exciting though, trying to find somewhere properly dark is really difficult without driving out into the sticks.

Anyway...enough from me...speak soon

New Website wooo hooo's!!!

Finally, the new www.carvephotography.co.uk is up and running. Feedback from the motocross guys is that it's 10x better than before, so happy days.
So if you want a peek at what I've been upto, get yourself there for a bit of a look.

Cheers

Chuckles....

Well, i've been a bit manic lately, so expect a few posts in the next day or so. Saturday saw my sister in laws wedding...pics to follow...Sunday saw me at my first MX competition which was pretty amazing...pics and post to follow... and finally, Last night I got a last minute call to cover a comedy gig for Punchdrunk comedy (www.punchdrunkcomedy.co.uk ) in Cramlington. The lineup included, Chris Ramsay as compere who was tremendous, A couple of noobs, Kai Humphries the organiser and last but by no means least, the very funny, yet a little bit wierd..Seymour Mase.


Here's some pics, hope you enjoy.

Marty

Lets get ready to ruuuuuuuuumble!!

Well, my portfolio is ever expanding. Saturday night saw my debut at fight night for Hybrid Kick Boxings, 'No retreat, No Surrender 6'. Well organised night with a very comical compere who seemed to struggle with names a little bit. A few technical issues, mainly my speedlite trying to roast batteries to boiling point meant pictures were a few pictures had to be binned, but still managed to get a good feel for the night caught on film.. Hope you enjoy...


Martin

Early bird..

Thought I'd treat myself to an early start the other day, so the alarm went off and I was in the car by 06:30, camera bag in tow and off to the beach. The sea first thing in the morning is amazing, it's so quiet and noisy at the same time.

Anyway, the local beach at Blyth has seen a bit of investment in the last year or so with the introduction of a new prom type affair and some rather snazzy looking beach huts.



Hope you enjoy the pics..

Martin

Click..before...click...after...

So my studio is now working, and apart from the odd final little piece is totally usable. Its been a little bit of a slog but now its there. So with Motorcross well underway and weddings getting a bit of praise, I can now work open up to a little studio photography.

If anyone remembers the original pictures of the studio in its past life as a community centre IT room, its now looking slightly different.

cheers

Martin