Restoration Drama
At this time of year there is nothing like the warth and glow of a fire to lift the spirits. A Victorian pub was the perfect building for Owen Pacey to convert into a showroom for his reclaimed furniture store. But having aslo made his home above it, the more beautiful pieces he acquires dont't always linger downstairs for long. Even Paceys dog Missey is reclaimed, she was a stray that ended up at the local police station. renaissancelondon.com
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Paradise Found Sunday Times
A Stone country cottage in the middle of the woods, that doubles as a glorious party pad. Simon Young set up a interiors company, RE with his business partner jenny Vaughan, They are based in Corbridge in Northumberland. Young lives in a distinctive stone house six miles away with his wife Vicky Pepys. RE specialises in unusual interiors objects, from vintage jelly mould lights to antique needlepoint cushions and all manner of other gorgeous retro inspired functional pieces. Contact
re-foundobjects.com
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas Holiday
Christmas holiday this year was a great time for me with very mixed blessing, my mum was diagnose with cancer in early December, that was the reason for coming back from our house in India and since then most my time has been taken up with doctors and hospital visit. The good side has is that I have been with my mum much more than I would have normally done, we have become much closer and I feel good that I have been able to help. My family have made time for us all to be together and it was a great time of family, food and open fires and a real Christmas spirit .
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Desiger Profile Homes & Gardens
Novmebers Homes and Gardens see a designer profile about a good friend and client Louise Bradley, Louise as got a great eye for balance in foam and pallet of colour, this shoot shows all of her ability at design and dress a room with all her passion and style.
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Abigail's Party Saterday Times 21/11
I have not shot as much Christmases as I normally this year, this one was not to bad, sorry to sound humbug about it but if you had shot as many Krimbo as I have, you would know what I mean. I just feel its all so false, shops on the band wagon trying to start Christmas in October, sorry I will stop right there before I start getting comments about grumpy old men. Saturday Times Magazine Writer Vinny Lee
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sorry about no post for a while
My next post was going to be my telling you about living in our house in Southern India, but sadly after 4th day there my mum was taken into hospital back in the UK with heart problems, so here I am back in the UK and I am very happy to say that my mum is out of hospital and on the mend.
Last couple of weeks before leaving for India had also been very busy. Things you may of seen where Christmas shoots in the last weeks Saturday Times magazine 22/11, where I met Atelier and the fab Maud the dog atelierabigailahern.com,
Garden shoot in this months House & Garden 12/09. I know I spoke about this when I shot it, but well worth a look, drawing inspiration from the original eighteenth-century design of this Northamptonshire garden, the alndscape architect Kim Wilkie has created a modern aerthwork designed according to mathematical principles age of garden history. Clare Foster H&G
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Better all the time ....mainstreamimages blog
The mainstreamimages blog is now well under way, it has lots of links back to our website, would be good if some of you guys signed up and become one of the team, always good to get your feed back on what we are doing at the library.
Jaguar S Type over wintering in Suflok
Jaguar news, the S Type has gone into Paul Roach for back axle and brake rebuild, anyone that is interested please contact and we can do the anorak thing away from here, as I only really post the pretty pics here. The image is a test, not my Jagaur but other baby I would like to get my hands on.....
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Roger Melly on the Telly

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Was someone talking about coulour
The Memphis group comprised of Italian designers and architects who created a series of highly influential products in the 1980's. They disagreed with the conformist approach at the time and challenged the idea that products had to follow conventional shapes, colours, textures and patterns.The Memphis group was founded in 1981. One of the leading members of the group Ettore Sottsass called Memphis design the 'New International Style'.Memphis was a reaction against the slick, black humorless design of the 1970's. It was a time of minimalism with such products as typewriters, buildings, cameras, cars and furniture all seeming to lack personality and individualism. Well that's the history lesson out the way and here is some of Tims latest work from Domus inspired by the above, always good to work with Timmy, me him, some good coffee and us two talking product design, cars, soul music and the odd picture here and there.
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Ghoulie Ghost in the Halloween Tunnels

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Designer Profile in UK House & Garden
See ray work in this month UK House & Garden magazine. After very gand launch of his book Gosling him is following this up with some stong PR in some of the uk heavy wieght iterior magaines and weekend supplements.
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David Linley Gifts & Accessories Collection
What a lovley picture even if I say it myself, just one of those moments nothing planned just went out side the shownroom and as I looked back at the shop front I saw this stunning door handle and said to myself "yes I'm having that" and now it seems David has decided he likes it just as much.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The wonderful world of Tim Gosling
The suit was out and Mr. Main was in a tie, all very strange but all in a very good cause. The launch of Tims Gosling first book Classic Design for Contemporary Interiors at the Ritz's Hotel fab night with plenty very passionate people all showing their support for Tim, Ang and I had a great envening and a lot of people said some very nice things about my work in the book.
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Birthday girl this weekend
My darling birthday this weekend, so mixture of visiting our local animal ARC, riding about in the old Volvo, Sunday lunch at the pub on the green and family plus some falling asleep in the snug watching old films, my what a exotic life we live, well it may not be wild and fashionable but it sure seems good to us and that what matters, giving my lady a loving birthday weekend.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Sunday Times Style Magazine 04/10/09

Sol Campbell maybe a world class football player but when it comes to Décor his charming partner Fiona Barratt has a think or two to say, together they have transformed London riverside town house into a contemporary and distinctly upmarket property full of style and elegance. Fiona Barratt St

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Sat Times 03/10/09 The Beachcomber

Rest of the week has been quite busy, had

The very talented Mr. Gosling new book launch at the Ritz Hotel what a evening of creative passions and sparkle of glamour. Then shooting a F1 bosses Knightsbridge apartment for the man himself.
In the middle of all this also a shoot for WalcoteHouse so that meant a


After 3 visits I nailed the garden landscape I have been after for the last month, so a happy garden editor at H&G and no more looking at the weather very night for me.
Friday, September 25, 2009

Later in the week more fab kitchens from the god of MDF EO Tim Newbold at Domus funiture. If you need anything made for your interior of your house boat or plane this is the man to talk to.

Last weekend Sunday great day me Ang went to Lotus Sliverstone for PH Sunday Service basically anorak's in a car park full of fast cars, then we went to Croxley Green Stream Fair and Classic car show and what a great afternoon we had, park on the Green NO charge, Stream fair No charge to get in, Classic cars NO charge to get in, couple of village pubs, it could of been 1963, please God may they continue you to happen.

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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sat Times Mag 19/09/09 The Transformer

Friday, September 18, 2009
The Country Estate

Have been clocking up a few miles this week, shot a Interior Designers country house, the Carbon neutral house in Kent and attempted to shoot the garden in Hertfordshire that seem to want to get away from me ( I have been there twice to shoot it once for afternoon light and once for morning light, when the sun didn't show, now this week have I got up at 4.45am yesterday no sun and again today, well fingers crossed for next week.
Last weekend we went to Paul Roach opened day, its where


Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Garden of England

This week see me off to Kent to shoot a Eco family house by architect Richard Hawkes,
Mainstreamimages new theme pages has gone live, if you have not seen it, please take a look, your now able to search features by theme mainstreamimages theme
Still having trouble finishing a garden shoot I started a week or so ago, cant get the weather right 1st thing in the morning, so figures crossed for this week.
Style Magazine 14/09/09

Monday, September 7, 2009
Where you can see Mr mains work in the coming weeks, The Saterday Times magazine 12/09,
19/09 and the 26/09, they must like me at the moment. The 1st week is the
curator of the V&As Golden age of Couture, that i told you about a week or so ago. Then a photographer, I always find it a bit strange shooting a fellow, but the
y always end up be a good shoot, think it must be me thinking that I have to raise my game, silly old Hector. Last but far from lest a very talented furniture designer, so please watch out for them and tell me what you think.



Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009

The other Tim, that's Tim the table this time, has just finished his stunning book on Classic Design For Contemporary Interiors and this time the Tim is the fab Tim Gosling, grab this book when it hits the shelf's in October, it will be a landmark book for all you followers of design and a great stocking filler for Christmas. Sorry got so exited talking about the author forgot to tell you its also full of my images.

Well summer is here, what a great weekend for the weather, Saturday saw me shooting a Mr.Kristian Digby abode, another television property presenter soon to hit fame with a TV show about him building his dream house in London, the shoot was for Tim the cupboard, that's our nick name for Tim Newbold of Domus furniture a man with a lot of flair for design and a great eye for detail. Sunday guess what, more cars sorry but I do love them, me and Angie off to Mercedes world at Brooklan
Friday, August 21, 2009

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Great weekend, gardening all of yesterday and a few goes at photographing the garden sprinkler in action ( I know what you are saying sad)and a few shots of the beast at sunset, today car polishing, papers, cups of tea and taking it easy in the garden, then mum around for Sunday dinner, shooting tom

Friday, August 14, 2009

Nice day out with my mum yesterday, she is 84 and I took her to see a old school friend that can no longer look after herself and has been taken into a old folks home in near Ipswich, stopped off at pub near the river Orwell and had a nice bit of
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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