As we get to the end of one more year I thought I might go through my archive of photographs and do a 2011 in pictures blog. It seemed a straight forward enough idea look back and choose some images but read more »
The Funeral of Private Matthew Thornton, A Territorial Army Soldier from 4 Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (4 YORKS) was held at All Saints Church Darton in Barnsley on Tuesday Morning 29 October 2011. Private Thornton was deployed to Afghanistan in October of 2011. read more »
Local remembrance day parade which set out from the Royal British Legion in Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire marching to the Newton hall for a service of remembrance. From there the parade, led by community constable PC Peter Booth, made its way to the local war memorial in Chapeltown Park where prayers were led by Vicar [...] read more »
Last couple of weeks have been a strange time consisting of a variety of jobs and the holiday that almost wasn't. It started quietly enough with images shot on spec of Peter Andre dropping into WH Smiths Meadowhall to sign copies of his two new children’s books "The Happy Birthday Party" and "A New Day at School". That was followed by a shoot for Atteys Solicitors who had a good news story involving Cupcakes and “The Sweet Taste of Success” then finally a short job on Friday of a Lottery winner from Roth... read more »
As a full time professional Press and Public Relations photographer I tend not shoot many weddings, but sometimes the areas of News PR and Wedding photography do cross over like this wedding. Andy Hacking and Kath Plummer who are both World War Two reenactors announced they would be getting married at Lytham during the Fylde Coast Wartime Weekend, and they would be doing it 1940 style. Uniforms, reproduction 1940 wedding dress, vintage armoured car to whisk away the bride and groom, right down to ration ... read more »
The Israeli Air Force was born in to the War of Independence in 1948. Preceded by “Sherut Avir”, the air wing of the Haganah (that was later to become Israeli Defence Force), it was a small group of people and only a few planes. Recruits and aircraft joined the young force bringing in valuable skills, aircraft, and equipment.On May 29th 1948, the IAF deployed for the first time, and using four Czechoslovakian Messerschmitt planes, helped to bring to a halt an Egyptian advance near the Port city of Ashdod... read more »
When I was a child our family lived across the street from a man named Leonard Holland. Mr. Holland raised German Shepherd Dogs specifically for the military. Each litter was kept until they reached young adulthood and then they went to join their military handlers for training.You have no idea how facinated I was as a child with Mr. Holland and his beautiful dogs. When Mr. Holland showed me how to fix their dinner of baked kibble and raw meat and supplements I tried to memorize the ingredients...when he... read more »
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"I'm proud to be an American soldier," said Ramdeo Chankarsingh, 44, of South Ozone Park, N.Y. He was promised if he served in the military he would be given citizenship, so the Trinidad native enlisted in the Army in 1991 and served nine years as a medic, with tours of duty in Italy, Germany, and Kosovo during the height of the first Gulf War. When his green card expired in 1999, a military judge ordered him to file for citizenship. However, he was then told that because he served during peacetime, he... read more »
