Canada Topographic

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Lakefield Fair from Canada Topographic
Fairground rides at Lakefied Fair. Lakefield, Ontario
Family Picnic Sign, Highway 28. From Canada Topographic
The Discounters and Caravan, Highway 28
'Jesus is Lord' Church, Selwyn, Ontario. From Canada Topographic
Full Serve Gas Station, Highway 28, Ontario.
Truck Load Sale, near Peterborough, Ontario. From Canada Topographic
School Bus parking lot, Road to Lakefield, Ontario
Basket Ball and Hockey Net. Peterborough, Ontario
Car and Garage door. Peterborough, Ontario

Summer in Canada

We are firmly moving into the abysmal grey that is a British autumn. I like to be reminded of the fantastic summer I just had visiting my wife’s family in Canada. This trip, I managed to squeeze in some time to make some images in the style that always appealed to me when starting out in photography. A few topographic landscapes that signal the aesthetic of a country I steadily love more and more with each visit.

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In other News…

I will soon be starting a MA Photography course and have created an online creative journal called ‘Sketchbook’ to support my studies. Come and see what I am up to in the coming months.

Revisiting Japan on Instagram

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Sunset in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Following on from the gallery edit I created for my website, I have started to share many of the images that I created in Japan nearly 10 years ago. Instagram wasn’t even a thing when I took these trips, sharing the images only to my blog and maybe a few to other sites (the defunct Flickr, perhaps?!). Instead of letting the images languish on a hard drive, I have decide to spend some time sharing them again through my Instagram profile: @philhillphoto with the hashtag #philphotographs

LOOKING BACK AT japan:
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Portrait: Jen as Humpty

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Portrait of Dancer Jennifer Essex dressed as Humpty Dumpty for a new Children's theater show in the North East
Commission: Portrait of Jen dressed as Humpty Dumpty

I was asked to shoot a series of promotional images for Children’s Theater company ‘Fully Booked Theater‘ for their new show titled ‘Once Upon a Wall, a new take on the familiar nursery rhyme. You can view more of those images via the Fully Booked instagram

I decided to shoot a more formal portrait between the silliness. I love the surreal juxtaposition of the serious pose whilst dressed head to toe as an egg!

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