I will be present at the Small Business Market at Convento’bio in Lagoa on Friday 1st April. Come and say hello and take a look at a selection of my work in print. It’s also a great opportunity to purchase my prints at a discounted price!
As this is local to Carvoeiro, I will also have my Special Edition Acrylic of Sunset At Carvoeiro on display too.
Here is a google map of the location – Don’t worry, it’s not a ruin as it looks on Google Map, it’s quite a modern renovation.
Happy New Year to all and I hope 2022 brings you some great memories! I certainly have plans for some great shoots this year.
To celebrate the new year there is 15% discount off all prints by using the Voucher Code HAPPY2022 in the Cart or Checkout. The voucher is valid for the whole of January.
…..Two Little Owls!
I posted on my Facebook Page a few days ago that I was ecstatic that after 4.5 years of living here I had heard and spotted a Little Owl close to the house. Some of you will say, “So what? They are everywhere!”, and you’d be right. The Little Owl is very common in the Algarve, however, even though the land around the Quinta is perfect for them, they have been absent, the closest I’ve found is about 1km away – SEE HERE.
I heard one this afternoon so grabbed the binoculars and spotted one sitting on the dead Cork Oak that I suspected it would choose as a nest spot. I didn’t realise at the time that I was looking at a pair (to be fair to Emma, she did say she heard 2 calling each other a few days ago). The tree is about 400 meters away from the Quinta so grabbed the camera with the 80-400mm lens, even so, the tree is still a long way away. Can you spot them both?
16 days into 2021 and it’s not the fantastic year we all hoped. The pandemic situation is worsening and for me personally it has already provided many obstacles with my work, mainly the issues with the drone regulations.
This morning has really hit me with a huge slap, I was hidden photographing Common Chiffchaffs for this months Algarve Resident article when I broke cover briefly to make a change to the area I was shooting when I heard a snapping sound.
I turn around to see the tripod had sunk in the damp mud and fallen over with the tripod mount for the 500mm lens hitting a small rock. Whilst the lens, camera and tripod are fine, it did snap the tripod mount. I know from experience that this is an incredibly costly thing to have repaired as I have suffered a similar fate many years ago. The lens requires sending to the Nikon service centre in Barcelona to be stripped down as it is integral to the body.
I am now considering my options going forward as my Commercial side of photography is gaining more demand, this could spell the end of my nature photography as I cannot justify these repair costs…………
All existing orders have been processed and sent.
Due to the gift that keeps giving, namely Brexit, I have had to suspend any sales from my webshop to the UK. The option for UK has been removed from the shipping address entry at the checkout.
Two new prints are available to purchase in the Web Shop. As usual, the prints are available in a choice of two sizes unframed or framed with a choice of 4 styles.
The amazing Moody Sunset which I photographed last night is available.
