Sat Times Magazine 26/09/09

Don't forget to look out for Rays work in tomorrows Saturday Times Magazine.

Mostly editorial shoots this week, a off the wall house in West London, a family member of a famous stout maker with a husband with a keen eye for contemporary art, he's a dealer, all of which make a spectacle of delight for my right eye. link




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.

Sat Times Mag 19/09/09 The Transformer

Artist Alison Jackson, famous for her faked photographs of celebrities and royalty behaving outrageously, specialises in altering perceptions and she applied her gift with equal aplomb to the renovation of her airy orderly London home. ray main

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 by beloved Jaguar goes for CarSpa, well took the camera and here's a snap or two.

The Garden of England

This week see me off to Kent to shoot a Eco family house by architect Richard Hawkes,

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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

Renaissance man, Pauric Sweeney masterminds his luxury bag empire from a buzzing Florentine Palazzo, this was one of those fly in, shoot fly out jobs, you know all that glitzes and glamourus photographers get, NO.... up at 4am fly to Italy, 1hr on a train, then a cab, start shooting midday 2 locations in the city, dash to get the train, to get another train to get the last flight out of Pisa, get home 1am...well that's enough of all my stitching and bitching, shoot went well all the folks at Pauric place where great and the mag loved the shoot, so we are all happy. see style artical

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 they 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.

Hi there sorry to have been away, we have had friends staying last week,they are on route from Denmark back to Southern India where they live, it was good to see them and catch up.