Blog - JRP

At the start of each year, young people and teachers at many schools all over England will be anticipating with excitement a visit from one of a number productions the Young Shakespeare Company send to primary and secondary schools. The short video of … Continue reading →

Headshots. Actors, singers, and models are amongst those who need need professionally shot photos for their portfolio. These days though most of us seem to need a headshot. For work, social media or our leisure time a headshot is often essential … Continue reading →

The opera, “May Night” composed by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov was first performed at the Marlinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia in 1880. The libretto comes from the story of the same name written by Nikolai Gogol and the setting is … Continue reading →

Here is an early scene from the production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte which premiered at the beginning of 2016 at the Åbo Svenska Teater in Turku, South West Finland. It shows the prince Tamino arriving on a unknown planet and being … Continue reading →

As winter draws nearer I wanted to share with you some pictures I took in Bavaria last June/July. As is obvious from the photo of the racoon the weather was very hot at the time and most pictures could only be … Continue reading →

Watching BBC Four’s, “The Secret Life of Ice” recently bought back memories of my trip to the Nigardsbreen Glacier in Norway. Nigardsbreen is an arm of the Jostedalsbreen glacier, the largest glacier in continental Europe. I was startled when the … Continue reading →

Bridget and I got married on a very happy but chilly December day, most couples however, look to the warmer months of the year to get married. Last year I had the great pleasure of photographing Matt & Haf Gardner’s … Continue reading →

We recently took a trip to Venice to celebrate a friend’s birthday and rented an apartment in the Dorsoduro district for the week. This area is a little way from the popular tourist destinations though nothing is that far away … Continue reading →

I love camellias. Originally from eastern and southern Asia, they were cultivated in Japan and China before they were seen in Europe. Camellias were first grown in the UK in Essex in 1739. A hundred years later they had become … Continue reading →

Up to now it has been a mild winter in London, but the sudden drop in temperature has encouraged house mice (Mus musculus) to seek the shelter of our warm basement. Movement in the corner of an eye in the … Continue reading →