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Mike Barrett

Northumberland Coast – Summer 2017

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I recently spent some time up in Northumberland with my family on a summer vacation. Such a stunning part of the world. We try and get up there at least once a year if we can. While I was there I managed to get out and photograph the coast as the sun was rising. Luckily there was plenty of drama on this stunning morning. The light was just magnificent. Most of these shots are taken on Embleton Beach looking South/East over towards Dunstanburgh Castle. The Lighthouse shots were taken at Longstone Lighthouse in The Farne Islands. This is where Grace Darling once lived with her father who was the lighthouse keeper and where she made her heroic rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838.

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Arts Council Collection and Gomersal Primary School’s own Arts Council

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Gomersal Primary School’s own Arts Council recently visited the Arts Council Collection at the Longside Gallery at the fabulous Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The visit was devised in order for the young artists of Gomersal Primary School to get an insight into how major artworks are looked after and cared for when in transit, in storage and indeed when on loan in selected galleries or buildings when out on display to the public.

The school council members also got a taste of what it is like to devise sets of questions, lead interviews and to also film the process in order for use in certain media environments.

The day was full of questions from inquisitive minds and everybody got a fascinating insight into what goes on behind the scenes concerning the work of many of our famous artists, both the past and present.

The day was a lot of fun and it was great to spend time with and photograph Arts Council England and Gomersal Primary School’s very own Arts Council.

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All Stars Performing Arts – Annie – Bradford Playhouse

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I recently had the great pleasure of playing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Bradford Playhouse last week on the 6th 7th and 8th of July. I joined the cast from the All Stars Performing Arts group who are an extremely talented bunch of young performers. The show was a massive hit and had 4 standing ovations. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun performing. Usually I would have had my camera kit on me to document proceedings, but as I was part of the show and there were time constraints and various logistical issues, I was only able to take a few shots in and around the place with my iPhone 6s and the very handy Canon G16 compact.

The Bradford Playhouse is a gem of a theatre nestled in the centre of Bradford. It’s a stunning and quirky building that has a wonderful feel to it. Almost everybody that was involved with the show said similar things about the place. I tried to capture the essence of that quirkiness in the photo’s that I was able to snap in the time we spent there during the rehearsals and the duration of the show. 

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Ethan Barrett – Trent Body Boarding

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This is a photograph of my other brother Ethan body boarding the white waters at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont Country Park, Nottingham. Looks like fun eh?

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Jake Barrett – Trent Surfing

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This is a photograph of my brother Jake surfing the white waters at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont Country Park, Nottingham. It is a world class white water venue where both of my brothers Jake and Ethan are usually found training in canoe and kayak slalom respectively. They are a very talented pair and hopefuls for the future. They both perform to some of the highest standards in Great Britain. This is Jake having a bit of fun on the water on his surf board. I love this shot. How happy does he look?

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That Tordoff Fella

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Our friend, Mr Tordoff. Looking somewhat pensive. I really like this shot. You can almost see the daydream!

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Trixy

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This is actually an iPhone shot. I was messing around with lighting and my daughter came over and asked what I was up to, so I took a few snaps on the phone. I really liked this one. Edited on the phone also using various apps.

Processed with VSCO with b1 preset

 

Spring Family Shoot Offer – 2017

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Spring is here and it is such a wonderful time of year. Everything new and bursting with life. The nights are getting lighter, the weather is warming up. Life is generally buzzing and there is an air of excitement in the atmosphere.

Why not celebrate this spring by treating yourself and your family to a photo shoot? Capture those precious moments at this wonderful time of year and keep them for an eternity.

My family photo shoots are a nice and relaxed affair. I look to capture the magic of your family in a nice and informal way. Real photographs out there in the big wide world, not cooped up in a stuffy clinical studio. You will get all your digital images on a USB stick and two beautiful images of your choice as quality 12″ by 8″ prints.

Please get in touch for more information. This is a Limited Time Offer, Subject to Availability.

Bits of London – DSLR

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Here are some more shots from our trip to London. These were taken with my DSLR. Click on the images below to view the full pictures.

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Bits of London

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I’ve just spent a week in London with my family. We did the whole tourist thing. I have been to London many times but never done the site seeing and major attractions. I took a fair few photos on my DSLR which I have yet to download and have a look at, but here are a few shots that I took with my iPhone. Edits were done on the phone using Snapseed, Pixlr and VSCO. They are little snippets of the great week I have just spent exploring the Big Smoke with my wife and little girl. We had a fantastic time. My daughter absolutely loved every aspect of our holiday. So excited to discover the delights that London has to offer. I think her biggest joy was staying in the hotel. Easily pleased 4 year olds!

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A Brave New Morning

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A quick iPhone shot of the stunning sunshine this morning.
I just liked the way it was hitting the tarmac over the rooftops.
Beauty is everywhere!

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Self Portrait – EMELBI 2007

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This is a re-edit of a photo that I took back in 2007. I was gigging a fair bit a the time and needed this for a promo image. A Selfie if you like. Before Selfies were a thing!

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Can you spot it?

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My daughter shouted out to me and my wife the other morning. “Mummy, Daddy, come and look at this”.
There was a Sparrowhawk sitting as still as possible on our old gate over the road from our house. I really have no idea how she spotted it as it took my wife and I a while to see it sitting there. Even though my daughter was avidly pointing and saying, “There, there, there…”
Every bird in the neighborhood knew exactly where it was though. There was an eerie silence. I think it had its eyes on some house sparrows that frequent the space along the top of the corbels just under our roof. They sit there happily chirping through the day. Not this day though.

It was quite obvious that it couldn’t see us three peering at it through the window. The sky must have been reflected in the glass obscuring its view of us from the angle in which it was looking up towards us. I dashed to get my camera. I had just enough time to capture this shot before it darted after a very foolish sparrow that had made a dash for it. I used a EF70-200mm f/4L USM, focal length of 188.0 mm to get this shot.

Below is a zoomed in crop of the photo. Such a beautiful bird. We love seeing this sort of wildlife visiting our garden.

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