Just a quick preview of of the photos from tonights course with Koike Sensei. More to come tomorrow.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Fathers Day 2011
As you are probably aware, yesterday was Fathers Day. I went round to see my Dad, and we all went for a walk through the park to the pub. On the way back the Sun was breaking through the clouds as it got a little lower in the sky which made for a couple of nice photos. My favourite shot is the one of the couple sat on the bench together overlooked by the tree. At my Dad's request I also tried to snap a few shots of Bumble (the family dog), a rather quick and nimble Cross-Terrier.
One last thing. Yesterday the world lost a great man, The Big Man - Clarence Clemons. As the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, his music has touched many people, myself included, and was viewed by most of those as one of the most talented saxophonists around. My thoughts go out to his wife, his kids, and to Bruce and the rest of the E-Street Band.
Monday, 13 June 2011
Sensei Yutaka Koike & Sensei Alan Campbell
This coming weekend Sensei Yutaka Koike - 5th Dan will be teaching a course with Sensei Alan Campbell - 6th Dan at JKS Haxby and Selby. Its definitely a course to try and get to for any karate-ka out there of any age or grade. For information on the course, visit: http://selbyshotokankarateclub.blogspot.com/2011/04/york-jks-course-and-grading-19th-june.html
For the past two years the course has been held here at Seibukan Karate Club in Nottingham and I have photographed it, in-between training of course. This year unfortunately, I can't train because I'm trying to rest my injured ankle in the hope that it won't be like this for the rest of my life, however Sensei Koike will be teaching a session at Seibukan on the Monday evening, so I will be there with my camera to document it as normal.
The photos below are some of Sensei Koike and Sensei Campbell which it took over the past few years.
Photos In The Rain
Having not been out photographing in a while, yesterday Laura and I decided to go for a walk around Wollaton Park (site of the new Wayne Manor). It was raining quite a bit but that didn't deter us as we had almost the entire park to ourselves. Other than the occasional soggy dog, most people had decided to hold up inside rather than brave the weather, so we were able to take a nice peaceful walk and photograph an area which by mid June is usually teeming with people.
Sunday, 12 June 2011
My New Blog
I'll be fixing this blog up properly over the next few days, but to start off with, here is a portrait of Laura which I took today.
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