Mark, the bike salesman. 8th February.

I was working on my forgotten shops portrait series today, it was hard to find shops in my city which had been around for as long as I can remember, but I found this little cycle and motor shop which I can remember being around from when I was a child. I walk past it all the time, but today I actually realised it was there for the first time in years. The man in this shop, Mark, was a great character and I found him to be the perfect subject for a portrait.

The Carpark. 29th December.

As I said yesterday, I was in Lincoln today and we parked in a multi-storey car park in Lincoln. I had to photograph it as it reminded me of a scene which would fit right into a film noir style film as it was quite drab, no one was there and only every other light worked. I had to photograph it! I may have to visit it sometime in the future as I think that it would be a great location for a portrait.

I worked more on my forgotten shops project today, it was very hard to find people who would agree to be photographed. I have produced about four strong portraits from the day which I shall let you all see sometime over the next few days! I am really enjoying this project as I am meeting loads of new people and it is just very fun. I enjoy talking and interacting with people who I do not know and I think that these interactions are something which the British society is sadly starting to loose.

Eloise. 28th December.

This is Elouise, one of my ferrets! She is such a sweet little animal. Some people seem to think that ferrets are dirty or full of disease, but they really aren't, they're clean and very hygenic! I love having them as pets!

I am visiting the city of Lincoln tomorrow, I have a few photographic projects which I shall work on whilst in Lincoln. It's a great city and has quite an old-fashioned feel to it which I love. It's also quite good for shopping and I have to say that the shops shall tempt me, haha! There are loads of little individual shops and there are a couple which I am going to use for my portrait documentary, The Forgotten Shops. I think Lincoln is a great place to shoot on bits of the documentary as it shows how individual businesses can live next to multi-store businesses. 

The Chippy. 10th December.

I was just walking to the local supermarket this evening to buy some chocolates for christmas presents... and I walked past the local chippy. Chip shops are so English, but I don't think I would miss them unless I went abroad. Everyone takes chip shops for granted, you get people just grabbing a snack on the way home, people who have decided to treat themselves for tea, people who going out for the evening..... all kinds of people who use these shops. This chip shop (friar tucks) has been open for as long as I can remember, I might go back and visit them again to use in my portrait documentary on local shops (the forgotten shops).

In other news, I have started shooting a little bit more for my "Electric Landscapes" project, I am really happy with where I am taking it by using a digital camera. I do love film and it's qualities, but I think that digital will work really well with the topic of this project.