Can someone please tell me where summer went? Did it fly by for you too? Despite being a sun-loving, hot weather person, I’m quite entranced by these glorious golden mornings right now, and lighting the log burner more for the atmosphere than for the temperature (the narrowboat is instantly hot, out come the shorts and tshirts again!) is a lovely, cosy thing to be doing as the nights start drawing in.
Before I look back at that glorious summer, here’s what I’m going to be doing, and where I’m going to be doing it, over the next 6 weeks or so…
I’m still very much a regular in the Shambles, Devizes Market Place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Bay 20 - unless commitments elsewhere take me away. Find me there in October on:
Thursday 2 Friday 3 Saturday 4
Thursday 9 Friday 10 Saturday 11
Thursday 16
Thursday 23 Friday 24
Thursday 30
if you don’t see what you’re looking for, please ask!
Philippa Huber Photography in the Shambles, Devizes
I’ve a few other ‘happenings’ in October. First up, and I’m thrilled about this, is my exhibition at the Woodborough Club, Pewsey SN9 5PL - the Open Day is on Saturday 4 from 10 til 12 (with coffee and cake too, if that’s an incentive!) and runs through the month with Open Evenings every Wednesday as well. (I’ll be back in the Shambles for the afternoon, for those of you paying attention to dates…)
I’m also going to be at a new craft market at Honeystreet Mill (Pewsey SN9 5PS) on Saturday and Sunday 25-26 October 10 til 4 both days; you can find me in the shed called Fred (I love that!) Expect a great variety of traders and the chilled out, friendly vibe that goes with Honeystreet - don’t forget the cafe there too, it’s seriously good (and gets busy, maybe book ahead).
OK, that’s the forward looking bits, now let’s have a look back…
Birthday Sunrise, Le Crotoy - Nikon Z8 with z14-24mm f2.8
In August I was the incredibly lucky winner of 2 weeks’ free hire of the lens of my choice, from Lenses for Hire . I chose a fast 14-24mm to go with my Nikon Z8 and took it away to France. Oh la la, c’etait magnifique! Not my usual ‘embrace the blur’ bokeh-tastic style of shooting, I absolutely loved going wide and crisp. There were even moments where it didn’t seem wide enough - but that was just me getting carried away with those big beaches and enormous skies of the Normandy coast. Getting and sending back the lens was an absolute doddle and I’m definitely going to be renting more lenses from Lenses for Hire in the future.
In other personal photography news, I had a really great photowalk around Devizes with a few members of SheClicks, my favourite photography group ever…we went along the canal and through the market place, popped our noses (and cameras) into St John’s Alley and St John’s church grounds then called in to Brew and Vine to revive ourselves. Quoting directly from the website, “SheClicks is a friendly, supportive online community for women photographers of all levels. We offer meet-ups, a podcast, webinars, workshops, product reviews of photographic gear and more, creating opportunities to learn, connect and be inspired” If you’d like to know more, have a look on the website, on the FB page, or drop me a message.
I was also asked to be a guest judge for the SheClicks August challenge - the theme was Pets and I was obviously delighted to be invited. The problem of judging became clear very quickly - it’s so difficult to choose just 25 when at least a hundred seem worthy. After a lot of thought, I made and submitted my final choices and you can see them in the Gallery.
For my own personal/professional Pet Photography, I’ve been busy and having a fabulous time here there and everywhere! I did a beautiful shoot in the grounds of the Elvetham Hotel in Hampshire; I was up on Redhorn Hill, Wiltshire in the most wonderful late afternoon sunshine; I was crawling along woodland paths in Wickham Heath, Berkshire - I did similar in the Savernake forest close to Marlborough. I went to a lake close to Swindon; to a secure dog field at Granby House Bradford on Avon. Each shoot is different, each shoot (famous last words!) has been absolutely brilliant - here are a few images to give you an idea of just how much fun we have…
Well, that’s all for now, folks…I’ve had a great morning going over the recent past; it’s certainly been a fun-filled few months and if I didn’t have so much other work to be getting on with (website shop, for example) I’d be here all day.
If you’ve any comments, questions, requests - drop me a message whichever way works best for you (links below), and I’ll get back to you.
Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you somewhere soon…
Phil x