Photography Beyond The Moment
It’s difficult to manage those emotions and choices when you are 5 years old.
Take pizza for instance. What topping to have? What drink to go with it? To wear the free hat or not wear the free hat? To order a side of garlic bread or not! Etc.
Still, the best thing about being 5 and going out for pizza is that it can turn out to be a lot of fun too.
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I recently went to spend a little time with an old and very good friend of mine Matt who resides over in Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Not too long ago he set up his own company making bespoke, hand made skateboards under the name Manifest Skateboards. About a year ago I did a small amount of work for him concerning some graphics for his decks. As a gesture in kind, Matt agreed to make a deck for my brother who is well into his skateboarding. For one reason or another I’d not seen Matt for a while, but I got to see the deck that he had made for my brother at Christmas time when visiting the family. I was blown away at what a beautiful thing it was. A well made, well finished, beautiful wooden skate deck with the Manifest logo emblazoned across it in black paint. Now I hung up my skate shoes many years ago, but the craftsmanship that had gone into this deck made me want to fish them out and start skating again right there and then. Made with the freshest, tastiest Canadian maple ply, (which is a Manifest tag line) this deck was an absolute thing of beauty. My brother was chuffed to bits with it too.
I got in touch with Matt to thank him for making this beautiful deck and to let him know how how stoked my brother was to have received it through the post. As old friends do, we got chatting about all sorts and putting the world to rights etc, but also during the conversation I said that I would like to come and make a video of Matt and his skateboard making endeavours and perhaps take some promotional photos for his company. He thought this was a great idea. So that is exactly what we did. It was great to catch up with my old friend too.
Below are some of the images I took for Manifest Skateboards. You can also see the video I made here: Crash, Bang, Wallop!
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Another lovely family photo shoot on a bright winters afternoon.
It was a bit touch and go regarding the weather as a large amount of snow had fallen across the country. The long range forecast had said that it was going to be ideal for photography for the week leading up to the actual shoot date, then at the last minute everything changed and Britain was hit by a boat load of snow. Luckily, everywhere except Yorkshire. Unlucky too in the sense that I couldn’t go sledging with my little girl, but nice that I was able to photograph these lovely people on a beautiful winters afternoon over at Cannon Hall in Barnsley.
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This was another smashing family shoot with Dom and Gemma and family in some super late evening, autumn sunshine. It was just cracking colour in that golden hour towards the end of the days natural light. We had some fun throwing leaves around and spent some time getting these lovely family shots, before the sunshine disappeared completely.
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This was a lovely photo shoot at Bolton Abbey. It was a bright day with lots of dappled light in the shade. We had a picnic and I took a load of lovely shots of this equally lovely family. Lots of laughs and smiles. It was lovely to work with such a happy family unit.
These guys have been friend of ours for many years and it was a privilege to be asked to take their photos.
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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.
A mundane walk to school? Never. A fascinating journey of beauty actually!
I recently donated a family photo shoot to the neighbourhood church in order to help with the raising of some much needed funds for projects within the local community. All donations went to auction and soon after the event I got a call from a very lovely lady called Dorothy who had bought my donation in order that she could have some photos taken with her family.
We met up and spent the best part of a late summers hazy afternoon together having a good laugh and taking some shots in and around a local beauty spot.
I love photographing people for many different reasons, not least of which the privilege of meeting some fabulous and lovely folk along the way. This photo shoot was no exception.
Emma and Steve are a truly fab couple and are extremely down to earth people. I liked them both a great deal from the moment I met them. They have always been up for a bit of a laugh; which was reflected in the engagement shoot that I did with them, their wedding day was no different. Set in the grounds of Cave Castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the day was blessed with wall to wall sunshine, even though it had been forecast extremely heavy rain.
Time sauntered along seemingly without a care in the world while the sunshine beat down relentlessly with such enthusiasm that even the hardy perennials seemed to wilt. It was blisteringly hot, but no one was complaining, least of all Emma and Steve.
The whole day was a brilliant, relaxed and fun affair. Everybody wore a Cheshire grin and spirits where high. It truly was a pleasure to be their photographer and to meet and spend time with such a nice bunch of folk.
Emma and Steve, I wish you both all the happiness in the world.
Mike Barrett.
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These are my two fabulous brothers. The Barrett boys. They are fab. Nuff sed!
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These photographs were taken when we went on a visit to Stirley Community Farm, Huddersfield. It is a super local farm that has 240 acres and practices wildlife-friendly farming. It is the gateway site for West Yorkshire, founded by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The farm promotes healthy living and a healthy environment.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust took ownership in 2011 and has turned the farm into an excellent education environment with food gardens, orchards, a beef herd, bee hives and it also provides agricultural and conservation training for young people and adults who are keen to get involved with positive food production and positive and sustainable farming.
When we went it was a stunning summer afternoon, so I took the opportunity to get a couple of snaps of my family in the natural meadow area.
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Went out at the weekend with the family and we found an amazing field of tall grass stems. Couldn’t pass up the chance of a bit of a photo shoot. My daughter loved them. It’s fabulous being out and about in the great outdoors. Nature is so beautiful at times. Even in the middle of winter.
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I’m from Nottingham originally and as much as I love my home city, Yorkshire has stolen my heart. I came to live up in Yorkshire back in 1999. It took me a couple of years to settle in and get my bearings considering the size of this vast county, but I have to say that year in, year out, I fall in love with this place over and over again.
It is such a beautiful county to live in, with its stunning countryside, tremendous characters, awesome pubs (which is always important), and so much to do and see. For lovers of the great outdoors, as we are, Yorkshire just about has it all.
I took these photos a couple of weeks ago. There had been some snowfall, so my family and myself went on a bit of a stomp. This is what’s on our doorstep.
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My daughter and I went for a picnic and a stomp around a local Yorkshire beauty spot. The bluebells were out and it was a stunning spring day. Such a beautiful time of year, springtime in England.
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