Tempus Fugit

Time Flies.  Its been a couple of months since the last update, and frankly its not because we haven't been up to much; quite the reverse, and so this is a general little whats-been-happening post, which will be followed by some more in-depth posts over the next week or so to bring things up to date.

Spring finally Sprung sometime in late May, and in the space of about a week, things started to finally look nice, which was an aid to photography.  Above is East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley, which Ben has been doing some photography at for the Day Job.

This was followed by a visit to another National Trust property, this time Penrhyn Castle in Wales.  Its a nice, big 'fake' castle (built by the Penrhyn family, owners of a very large quarry enterprise nearby), with lots of interesting interiors that you're not properly allowed to photograph.  Given that the weather was still a bit rough out in Wales, we used it as an opportunity to try out some different angles and approaches to photographing around the place.

Our next 'random' visit (to somewhere that we didn't have a commission/specific reason to photograph at) was the Haworth 1940's weekend.  Its a big event in the local calendar, and for two days the village is rammed with people, many of whom dress up in period uniforms, civilian clothing, etc.  Preserved old cars/military vehicles, aircraft fly-pasts, the works.  We'd been wanting to go for a while, and this was the first year we both had days off which coincided.  We didn't end up taking many pics in the end as it was so crowded, just soaked up the atmosphere of the place. 

Onto more commissioned-related matters, and a trip to the rather nice Kings Croft Hotel, in Pontefract, for a site recce.  More on this coming up soon.

Over the last couple of months we've been busy with a couple of commissions, some exhibition entries and gallery proposals, a few gallery visits/opening nights, and various other odds and ends, which will appear in a bit more depth in some posts during this week.  And just to leave this brief catch-up post, a shot of a spring sunset over Ogden Water, near Halifax.