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Sit back with a glass of wine....coffee and cake....or........beer and crisps...... just.....   Enjoy ! ....... FUJI

I love Marigolds..... well done John.... sadly `I don’t have a gardening bug.... only those I take macro shots of...in season.

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Many congratulations J2 .....It reminds me of the work of Sutcliffe.

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This video is a must if your Kern on Bird Photography....

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He is one of the best.......should you want to learn, how it’s done, he is worth following.....I drop in on his videos every so often too.

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Many of you, like me, are currently stuck in, or very close to home for the next three months or so..... keeping one’s photographic mojo going might be a very real challenge for some....but have no fear.....the answers.....HERE!

ZIP over to YouTube.... seek out the photographic works of....Man-Ray...... most quirky and very eccentric..... but most done with a sense of ......tongue - cheek humour  and wit.

You don’t have to copy, but to be influenced by his creations, whether inside or out, human, animal, plant or inanimate item.

He uses textures, shadows, crayons, paper cut-outs, lighting, masks, wicked combinations of opposites....I love his, tin-tack smoothing iron..

Have a think, have a dig in those drawers and cupboards for junk, magazines and tools.... persuade your nearest and dearest to pose for you, but not in a...Family-Photograph manner....

I love his female head resting on table, with mask.

or....

Explore any other photographer who you admire, use their work for inspiration.....or.... simply go photographically NUT’S .....yourself..... no one’s watching

I am really looking forward to a thread on here, sharing lots of original, creative works..... the possibilities are endless.

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A huge thank you everyone.......Drawing and painting have been my saviour through crisis since being a very small child.... a paintbox, brushes and pencils were my favourite things, next to my books.

As to my resolve and mostly positive attitude to life.... it comes through having had very little, as a wartime brat....we were literally forced to make the best of what we had to hand, or, to make it ourselves.

Also, much of my positiveness, rubbed off from my amazing resilient students at the Day Centre, where I was deputy manager for over 20 years...... because no matter what  particular handicap/s affected them, they all lived life to the full with our help. Our establishment was known for its mainly cheerful creative, positive students.

As staff, we all enabled a....Can-Do.... atmosphere.... A music group, a self built theatre, sports galore, and the lunch-time disco’s were the best ever, never mind the amazing lunches cooked and presented by students, under supervision.....always served on proper table cloths cutlery and glasses. Staff sat at random mixing with groups in turn so very little...us and them atmosphere.

I admit to crying my eyes out after being forced to leave, when the powers that be, altered our whole approach, toward a more industrial pattern, that included pre-cooked frozen meals....had I stayed, the stress would have killed me.

That is why I left earning a very good salary and job satisfaction, to set up my tiny but successful ~Toy research and recreation business, touring School's, museums and historic sites.

I hardly earned a profit, for the next 18 years, but loved every minute....

reasonably good health has made my early retirement easier.

Moral ? .....Make the best of what you have, at any time...

I thank you all for your interest in this old codger.

Cyril 

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A BIT OF A CHANGE....

A few months ago, I, quite by accident learned about the amazing almost unbelievable ......Water-Mixable Oil Paints....

I found sets online....acquired oils brushes and boards, via a local branch of ....THE WORKS.... i once, painted regularly in oils but real turps and thinners became too volatile with children around, and weren’t very wise in my attic studio.

After a very shaky start....trying to unlearn watercolour washes and techniques, I have re-discovered my ....Alla-Prima.   .... style.....I began using generic methods, but then discovered...on ...YouTube...the teachings of New-York Artist...DAVID Leffel....his influence has been so strong, It is with his techniques I will stick.

i know that some of you take an interest in my dabblings, so hope you don’t mind me continuing posting in this thread....?

i recently spent of £ 80 on antique and Fine-Art ceramics via eBay. I can’t very easily climb the narrow twisty staircase to my Victorian Attic Studio now...so I paint in our tiny glass porch to the back door. It faces due south, so I had a full-width roller blind installed that helps diffuse the light.

My Art, Photography and Woodturning, helps to keep my old brain functioning, currently it is helping me to rationalising 12 weeks of being confined to the house, because of the dreaded virus.

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Congratulations BP .....a very well deserved win.

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Congratulations Polly..... it is really good to see the signs of Spring at last...

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4 hours ago, Clicker said:

I have spoken to Gill today and unfortunately she has no more copies of Steve’s books I’m afraid..  and there are no plans for another print run but  Gill has asked me to thank you for your interest and kind comments .

Folks could try....eBay....or....Abe Books UK for used copies..

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Got it!.... A wonderful tribute to our Korky.
 

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I tried to but missed it.... is there a link where I can catch up please?

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It just had to be......

Well done, our Bill.

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Well done john.....

Staying positive is a real healer.... I’m looking forward to seeing your butterfly pics...

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Hi, Barbara,

The presentation was something beyond photographic beauty..... to me, as an Artist who paints, your work comes very, very close, to paintings, and if Korky helped you along the way; this is a very fitting tribute to a fine man.

You will no doubt get more responses as and when members filter back from his funeral today.

i really must learn this technique too, it really works, especially for pet studies.

Thank you for posting it.... real inspiration.

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WOW! I missed this one.....

A well deserved win Roger.....congratulations!

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I really hope that this is how we can all remember Lord Korkington ?  Fond memories of enjoying a lunch with him at Warwick Folk Festival, and then during the TIPF Grand Day Out .... in Stratford - Upon - Avon.

Admin if you feel this isn’t right, please hold the pics until it is..... I am hoping that others from our wonderful trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon will be able to add more.

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A truly impressive creation.....congratulations Geoff.

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Yes! Our KORKY...... is a great character, cheeky, funny, witty, creative, to the point, and ..... if you’ve met him..... a great companion and friend.....oh..... and not a bad photographer either. 
 

Please pass on this and any messages from other TIPF `members via your special line....

Thanks for the info Polly.

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Very well done Loki....

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Dee.....you are one amazing lady...... it is onwards and upwards from hereon ..... great to see you again so soon after the op.

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A truly fantastic study.....a well deserved win.

Congratulations Gareth

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Hearty congratulations Polly.... love the Impressionists..... love Tenby.

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My incredible GX8 still has me spellbound, for its sheer versatility and quality of image.

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