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February 22 Catch Up

10/2/2022

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Hello to all and welcome to our first blog of 2022.

Now this first rambling of mine comes from our sister page LGP Imagery please take a look if you haven’t already.
Think "The Ring" or Stephen King or a modern Gothic Novel, maybe even a bit "Stranger Things". This is just a couple having fun on a jet ski on the Menai Strait (last year’s holiday in Wales, we both love Wales). However when I started this edit I wasn’t sure what direction I was taking but as I progressed it got my mind going. Not just the Jet Ski in motion, how is that possible in a still image? Also though, how on earth has he managed to look at us?
Spooky, or is it just my warped imagination again?
​Over Christmas we watched the Mezzotint by MR James on BBC 2. Obviously this horror about an image that changed must have filed itself somewhere in my subconscious. I also keep imagining the old fashioned Zoetrope which gave movement to static images. The one with the horse galloping comes to mind. 
So as you can see this really is a journey through my thought processes, for which I humbly apologise. I guess that you could say I have a penchant for the macabre (only fiction I might add) as well as my liking for all things Sci-Fi, which you will already know about if you have read some of the previous blogs. 
I have put the original image here that kick started this whole thing so that, maybe when you see the two side by side with my ruminations above you might get it. No? Just me then, well that’s embarrassing. I think at this juncture it would make sense to move on then. 
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Our next piece brings us straight back to normality.
You may have already seen this on our PTP Facebook page, but it is always worth a second mention. The family here were confronted with a rather large puddle at the bottom of the bridge due to flooding. This was at Fishers Green, Mr had already made his way, rather successfully through the water. Sadly no images are available as I had not yet gained permission and no one wants to start pointing a camera at a complete stranger, as he traverses the landscape in front of him, without permission. It could be perceived as rather strange, equally as could gaining permission and then excitedly shouting “do it again do it again”. So as I said no images of Mr are forthcoming. Anyway once permission was gained the resulting images ensued. The young girl seemed to be hesitant to pedal, maybe fearing that the resulting waves would splash higher and with greater force and so getting her wetter. Therefore she coasted into the deep puddle with gusto, however the momentum was not quite enough to propel her through completely, resulting in a soggy foot down in the waters edge. No real harm done though. Mrs, then proceeded to pedal as though her life depended on it. With a big smile and a plume of spray behind her, she quickly made it through.

It was a lucky coincidence and a chance to capture a slightly out of the norm (for us at least), brief moment in time. We did have a quick chat but did not exchange any details hence the need for the terminology used. To be honest I wasn’t even sure if we would get any usable images in the matter of seconds it took for all this to happen. However it is with some regret that we can’t directly show them to the family in question.

​If you read this and know them please tell them about the images.

One positive to happen from this is we are having some new cards made with our details to hand out in a similar situation.
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Still here? Well thank you for sticking with it. Here are a few more images taken on that day in way of recompense for my mumblings.
Now does anybody else have a backlog of things to do, artistically I mean?
​As I frequently tell absolutely anybody that will listen, no really I do, I already have enough digital negatives that have not been processed to last me well up to my three hundredth birthday. Yet I still keep taking, making and creating images. You never know when the one will arrive that becomes an overnight social media sensation or is bought by a famous person, anonymously of course, and makes our fortune. Once we have, in the immortal words of Del Boy, become millionaires, “oh mangetout Del, mangetout”. 
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We will of course carry on taking, making and creating images because we love it. Yes of course we may well update our antiquated cameras and lenses to new ones with all the bells and whistles. Canon, Sony, Nikon etc. are you listening? We could do with some upgrades and we really will love you forever. Our car cost less than most of the new equipment out now! Anyhow talking of cars, let’s steer this back on track. (Did you see what I did there, I’ve said it before and I will say it again, I’m wasted truly wasted). Now where was I, yes, we will continue to create because we love it. Shall I let you into another little secret? What we create, we create for ourselves and then we hope that you also like it. In fact we very much hope that social media or that rich person takes a liking, because our camera equipment really is getting old don’t you know.

All joking aside we love to create and will continue to do so, and if I get to my three hundredth birthday it will mean we have acquired a lot more hard drives, cloud space or whatever technology is around by then. I am guessing cognitive brain storage and telepathic viewing or maybe an even smaller screen that I will see even less detail on. I still never understand the connection between 75 inch televisions in the house and a 6 inch screen in your pocket. You wait until these young whippersnappers that design all this stuff see as badly as people of a certain age do (I am including myself in that figure). Then they will know all about it hey.
Could be time to go before I fall off that soap box of mine. A few more images you may not have seen, as way of a final apology. 

Do not despair if you too would like to take photographs. Half of the images here were taken with a Canon 550d and the other half with the Canon 70d back in 2016 when we visited Pompeii. I checked yesterday on Park Cameras (not sponsored, we wish. I have used them though and they were very good). A used 550d body in excellent condition was £179 not bad for a work horse of a camera. If your budget won’t stretch to that (let’s face it times are getting harder), then you probably have a smartphone which will have a camera. Start with this and see how it goes. There is a great quote “the best camera is the one that you have with you” So whatever you have just keep practising with that, who knows what might happen.

​Now I am off to find a large magnifying glass to see how much battery is left on my phone! (Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to work we go).
And Finally

If you like what we do please share and tell as many people about us as you can. We would really appreciate it.
You can now also support us on Ko-Fi (pronounced coffee, yes I got what they did there, very clever). 

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The Christmas 2021 Blog

23/12/2021

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Alternatively: A quick waffle by me, shared with friends.
Hello to all.
It seems like yesterday was only June. Ah, June do you remember the days were long and warm. Anyway now it’s nearly Christmas the days are shorter and it’s a little bit cooler. A very good excuse to stay in, stay warm, get cosy and snuggle up. Maybe even with a small libation to keep the cold chill away from those old bones, whilst warming by the fireside (sorry the Dickens got the better of me again). I guess the romanticist in me hasn’t disappeared yet and the thought of snow and loved ones at this time of year, in a very Charles Dickens, snow globe, way, still makes me smile. As I type, the film Jack Frost is playing in the background. A classic although slightly odd Christmas film, comedy, romance, sadness and happiness all in one moment. It’s a little bit like life’s journey as we wend our way down this mortal path, which is probably why we like these kind of films so much. Or is it just me again? The older I get the more relatable the topics of the film get. Oh and Michael Keaton, what a good actor, in my opinion anyway. So many good films he is in that I have grown up with. Oh yes, it can also be said that I will also fall deeply in love with the Christmas dinner, Christmas pudding, Christmas sweets, Christmas chocolate, possibly a Christmas chocolate cake and a Christmas coffee cream drink or two.
 
(A quick two hour break from the blog for Christmas chores – well we all have to do our bit)
 
Please note that if you put “Christmas” in front of the food or drink item you are about to eat, it contains no calories at all! I read this on social media so therefore it must be true.

So, it has been so busy yet again and if I am honest, I am not sure I have kept up all the time, but hey there is always next year. I could mention the new wave of Omicron, it really does sound like a Transformers Decepticon, but you all know about it by now. So enough said about that!

With everything that is going on, why on earth is art still important? Let’s face it we still have wars, famine, covid and much more going on around the world, so why? Well in my opinion and only my opinion art is important, it can record events in time, making history come alive. It can make relevant comments about important topics both then and now. It can also make you think, make you question and just make you smile. That great tune you like (music is also art), the artistic impression of say for instance the Colosseum in Rome. On the television recently they showed a portrait of an officer in the First World War. Drawn by an unknown artist, but still very impressive the officer was also unknown. It made me wonder what had happened to him and how sad that no family still held onto this wonderful piece of art history. Staying with the war theme – trench art how good is that.
See any house program on the television, grand designs, old house new house etc. every single house has art on the walls, unique textiles and meaningful portraits. This is because it all makes us feel good and individual and warm. Just think about it, for as long as humans have been on the planet they have created art. 
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Archaeologists Have Discovered a Pristine 45,000-Year-Old Cave Painting of a Pig That May Be the Oldest Artwork in the World.
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The Bhimbetka and Daraki-Chattan cupoles are the oldest pieces of prehistoric art ever discovered and have been dated to around 700,000 BC, almost four times older than the Blombos Cave art. They were discovered in two ancient quartzite caves in the Madhya Pradesh region of central India.

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These discoveries suggest that different forms of art have been practiced throughout the evolution of mankind. Cave art and sculpture was common and perhaps the only art from prehistoric times that has been preserved.

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By Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Plato's Stepchildren", Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2277374
Slightly more left of field but still in my opinion a form of Art/Creation, program making and films can also bring innovation. Take the original Star Trek (ok so you knew I would get some Sci Fi in somewhere) the whole program brought the future to our now. Just think about it we have:
Warp Drive, Tractor Beams, Phasers, Tablet Computers, Hypospray, Universal Translators, Tricorders, Holodeck and Communicators (think smart phone). It’s all true just search the internet. Also we can’t forget the interracial kiss by Kirk and Uhura possibly not the first but nonetheless very important for its time.

So to all Artists/Creators we salute you.
Artists/Creators don’t just make things pretty you know. However it is very nice that along the way we can.

Well back to us, I/we do not even presume to innovate but we do like to create and whilst we can we will. Obviously we hope you will like some of it too.
So here is a little bit of what we have been doing for the latter part of this year that you haven’t seen yet. This includes as promised earlier in the year a few pics of my lovely wife with short hair. 

So here is looking to a very bright and prosperous future for everybody.
​Happy Holidays to all.
Now this year as last year we will sign off in our best Dickensian voices and say

 
May we wish you a Merry Christmas and to one and all a Happy New Year.
 
One last thing. 
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A wonderful Christmas to my lovely wife who without her continuous running around and
doing, basically everything, there would be no Christmas, so thank you.
​xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Quick Update

23/10/2021

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A Scary Tale for Halloween can now be downloaded as a full colour pdf from https://ko-fi.com/s/7bed990427 Please take a look if you have the time many thanks.
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A Scary Tale for Halloween

17/10/2021

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Part One
The year is 1988 and a distant relation (twice removed) of the great Sherlock Holmes is the hero of our tale. I present to you the not so well known Jeffrey Bungalow, last descendant of the great Bungalows of tales past e.g. Dracula against the great Sir Frederick Archibald Bungalow? No, never heard of him? Well Sir Frederick was a simple man who shunned the limelight, so instead stayed anonymous and gave all the glory to his friend, travelling companion, and personal physician. Yep you guessed it Dr Abraham Van Helsing.

Anyway I digress, back to the story at hand.

Jeffrey Bungalow is of good stock, but sadly has fallen on hard times and is currently dealing with several adversities. However he is of cheery disposition and always sees the glass half full.

So it was whilst he was working as a hired research assistant for an eminent firm of Solicitors in London, Cheatem, Steele and Wynn, that he came across some very interesting documents.
Whilst searching the archives of the Royal Geographic Society, (trying to find a link between one of the Victorian members and a modern day relative whom may or may not be due a tidy little sum of money) he came across a small wooden casket. The casket was apparently the property of a Sir Richard Pembleton, explorer and on occasion reporter for a well know tabloid of the day.
Jeffrey laid out the contents of the casket on an old desk, turned on a bright light and slowly began to read through the documents.
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So, cast your minds back to an earlier time, when Queen Victoria was on the throne. The Grand Tour was all the rage, NO not Jeremy Clarkson, PAY ATTENTION, I said cast your minds back.

Now where was I, yes – Cast your minds back to an earlier time when Queen Victoria was on the throne. The Grand Tour was all the rage and men were explorers, finding hitherto unknown continents, meeting unknown tribes and bringing back strange plants.
Visualise Psychedelic waves drawing you back to the past whooooooooooh whooooooooooooh.

                                                                              What? I am setting a scene here.

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Well done, I didn’t think you could do it to be honest.
Once Jeffrey had inspected and read the contents he was flabbergasted, yes his flabber was truly gasted.
Come on, it’s my story I can write what I like, its literary licence don’t you know.
This was what he had found:

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A badly damaged and very old scroll, sadly the language evaded Jeremy, in fact if truth be told even his command of the English language left much to be desired. On leaving school his headmaster had told him that he may want to consider a life on a submarine. When Jeffrey had looked at him quizzically, the headmaster chuckled, very happy with himself, as he imparted the words “due to all your grades being below C Level”. Well this just might be Jeffrey’s chance to prove those naysayers wrong.

I just have to say at this point, I hope you are enjoying the awful puns and archaic words. It isn’t easy you know. I know, I know my choice and all that. Don’t worry about me, I’ll just carry on… unappreciated, typing my two fingers to the bone, no food or drink for at least ten minutes……….

Back to the plot.

So a damaged scroll, a compass (quite nice actually very shiny considering the age and all that), two very old books and an old newspaper from 1888, the most popular for the time, very well known and loved. In all probability if they had sold things at the time, you know like artwork and gifts and such, they would probably have been world leaders, if not the, number one. The PTP Times… ah what a tabloid.

The books had sent shivers down Jeffrey’s spine, (did you see what I did with the tabloid bit, just carrying on, leaving it hanging there) for the books bore the inscription Frankenstein’s Diaries… dun dun dah.

(Sean Bean did contact me you know, but I had to let him down gently. I said Sean lovey, it’s just my little old blog. It isn’t a Chronicle. I did offer him a cup of tea though and then he left saying he had to catch a train).
Woah two Netflix references there.
How many got em? Hands up.

That many, well done, you all continue to impress me.

Well the diaries didn’t shed too much light - all about his first words, what girl he liked in the village, how his party trick was holding a small round glass globe in his mouth and making it light up (come on readers keep up, lightning brought him to life in a storm), apparently a chemist called Humphry Davy had been at one such party and had clapped with great vigour. (See now you are thinking Humphry Davy, who is he when he is at home? You will have to look him up, I do my research you know, I have already told you it isn’t easy!), and how Victor had left him in stitches.

But the PTP Times had a very informative article, front page a double headline day. Due to its age it was difficult to read.
(It was Jeffreys last paid day of work for the solicitors Cheatem, Steele and Wynn and now he had a new mission. He quickly photographed each item with his mobile phone, hang on scrub that 1988 and a phone capable of taking good quality pictures. Let’s start again. He quickly photographed each item with his film camera, always in his pocket for research purposes, before replacing them).

Jeffrey knew a fantastic small business. He knew they could help out with clearing up the image and text.
“Yes, yes that’s right I am referring to us again. Well I am not doing this for nothing you know, it is only a very small bit of subliminal advertising {PITCHER THIS PHOTOGRAPHY}, what? I saw no branding, I have no idea what you are trying to accuse me of”.

At this point, please be aware that the second headline has been taken from various real newspaper articles and may not be suitable for younger readers.

Truly, it is no joke this time.

The improved image was far easier to read. 
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As luck would have it Jeffrey knew a friend who ran a small hotel in Iceland.

He called his friend and made preparations for a journey to Iceland. 

If you have liked the tale so far, please let us know if you would like to see the rest. Many Thanks.
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Just a weed

25/8/2021

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We hope that you will agree from this piece, that inspiration is all around us. We just have to look with an open mind. Growing along a local walkway, it is just a weed. However when you look closer it has a beauty all of its own.

Didn't someone say “that a weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place”?

When you think about it a weed is more than that. It is strong, it manages to outgrow everything around it, even when it is outnumbered. It won’t give in, it is persistent, focused on doing what it knows it has to do. It doesn’t bow down to those around it, it only cares about what it has to do to succeed. The weed takes no notice of what the other plants are doing. It will survive in places where others can’t.
It will then flower and set seed, to ensure it will continue.

You can literally find weeds anywhere - did you see what we did there - it is our image (weed) in all different places.
Oh please yourself.
Just maybe you need a weed, what do you think?

So when you think about it, we could all probably do with being a little more “weed like” on occasions. It isn’t something new and it has been explained a million times before by more intellectual people than us.

But nonetheless……………………

​Whether you are some kind of artist or anybody for that matter, what you create or who you are is beautiful and unique.
If you don’t quite feel that you are the person that you really want to be, then maybe you just aren’t in the right place yet. Be that physically, mentally, practically, relationship wise or financially. Give it time “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
If possible, change the things that are wrong and enable yourself to grow. Now that may not be very easy, so take small steps, very small steps and make small changes where you can.
Be strong to achieve your goals. Now this will generally involve working really hard and giving all your time to achieve the thing you want. Be persistent, focused do what you know you need to do to get where you want to be. Don’t bow down to those that tell you, “you are not good enough” or “you will never do it”. It will be hard, but ignore all of that and just care about what you need to do to succeed.
 
Do your own thing, don’t follow the crowd. Stand out from the crowd. In a world dominated by the internet and social media, being individual is very difficult and there are no end of people ready to tell you how bad you are. Let’s face it, we are all human and at times we all succumb to self-doubt and insecurity, but listen to those who support you and tell you, “you can do it”.
 
If you can try and do these things for yourself, even if it is in the smallest of ways, then you too could flourish and bloom and become the master of your own destiny.
No matter how long it takes, you keep doing these things and even when you think you have achieved, continue to do these things to ensure you survive and thrive.
 
Who knows where you could end up, the sky's the limit.
 
I (Mr) certainly need to try and be a little bit more “weed like”. Even if it takes the rest of my life to achieve the things I want. It is the act of trying to achieve that keeps us alive and as you pass over the stepping stones of life maybe your goals will change. That’s ok too, as long as you have something to achieve you can still be more “weed like”.
 
So let us all try to be a little more “weed like”.
 
Funny how the inspiration for this blog came from an image of a weed we had created. Inspiration is truly all around every one of us, the real trick I guess (and in many cases it is this that takes the lifetime), is knowing how to find it.


Be happy, be safe and be a Weed.
So as a thank you for making it to the end (you did read it all, didn't you?) please find two more images. The original photo and a traditional artistic version. 
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Blowing the Cobwebs Away

25/6/2021

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​Hello to one and all. 

We hope that you are all doing well and will continue to do so.
 
So I am a little bit late showing the content of this blog. Actually two months late, but I just haven’t had the time to get round to it sooner. Anyway enough of my mitherings. 
The blog content was a simple photo shoot in our front room. The star of the show being my long suffering wife (can you believe it, photographing a real person. Do you remember those days?). The reason behind the shoot was to have a bit of fun, and to brush away some of those people photography cobwebs. 
Now sorry for this, but there is now a short amount of almost nerdy info for anybody that is interested. You have been warned. 
The equipment used was inexpensive and things that we already have and had not tried before (they have literally been sitting in a cupboard waiting for an opportunity).
Of course I can't help myself and have to have a play in the editing stage. I do love an edit. I do, I just do. 
Sorry now the nerdy stuff.

We used continuous lighting (just means it is not a flash light, it stays on all of the time). 

Here is what we used:
Photo Studio 5 Head Bulbs Holder Soft Box Continuous Softbox Lighting Stand Kit. 

This is a two light kit, costs roughly fifty to sixty pounds at present. Now it is by no way the best lighting in the world, the soft boxes are difficult to put together and fit, but for an inexpensive start it is ok and quite bright. Enough to get acceptable shutter speeds.
The actual heads (that hold the 5 bulbs) are actually quite well made. The other upside is that the bulbs (fluorescent supplied) can be changed to LED as and when they need replacing.
​We also used a Neewer Camera Photo Video Lighting Kit: 48cm Outer, 55W 5500K Dimmable LED Ring Light, Light Stand, Bluetooth Receiver for Smartphone. Cost roughly £80 at present but £50 for a “used as new” kit.
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This is what gives that circular catch light in the eyes when used directly in front of the subject. However just because it is a Ring Light it does not mean you can’t use it like any other light, by moving it around your subject. This is a lot easier to assemble, and also is very bright for what it is.
Sorry went just a little bit sci fi with these ones.
As you can see, in some of the images the ring light was left partially visible. This gives another dimension, the feel of a window, or the porthole on a spaceship. Well to me it does anyway, although I could just have a weird imagination.
For your information, the majority of the images shown were taken at ISO 400, F5, 1/200 sec. 

End of nerdy stuff. Promise!

So we had a bit of a laugh, blew away a few of those cobwebs, maybe not all, but that is why it is fun to keep practicing. It’s just like that age old saying “The more practice/work you do, the luckier you get”. So we are hoping to be even luckier in the future with making great images. These images won’t be to everybody’s taste, but that’s fine, each to their own, you can’t please all of the people all of the time sort of thing. 


Oh what was that, you did like them, and you would just like to see a few more? You like the weirder edits? Well who am I to disappoint our audience. Here we are then. 
​So since then, my wife has had a short haircut. I feel another, maybe completely different photoshoot happening soon (if we get the time that is).

Oh one last thing, apparently it's not over until your photography subject sings. So here we are.
We hope you enjoyed this and thanks for taking the time to read it.
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It's May, So what have we been up to?

5/5/2021

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​Hello to all.

We hope you are well and welcome to May 2021 (I can’t believe it is May already, where has this year gone).

At least things in the UK are going well in relation to Covid19. We have both had our first vaccination, and will have our next ones in June. Lockdown is finishing and things are slowly beginning to return to something closer to normal. Although we all need to do our bit to ensure that everything continues to go in the right direction.

We know this is not the same for every country around the world.
Our thoughts go out to everywhere that is still having problems, especially to those in India at the moment.
We hope that the situation over there starts to improve as quickly as possible.
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You may have seen on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pitcherthisphotography/), that we are going to offer personalised commission work. This could be your pet, a spouse or your child or children. In fact anybody you would like or any animal.

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This is a lovely picture of our grandson, transformed into an oil painting. We need no reason to show him off to the world, because we love him. So why wouldn't you want to also show off your favorite person too.
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This is my gorgeous wife. Again absolutely no reason is needed for showing her off either.
As you know we are just a husband and wife team, so there is no big business producing the exact same thing here. Everything will be bespoke to you, created individually by us and printed using our normal professional printers, for utmost quality. The majority of our gift range could also be offered as an alternative idea for your artwork (more information given on request). 
Photos of your chosen subject would be required so we have got some useful guidelines for you to follow. This will help you to provide us with the best and most suitable image possible.

  • Portrait – get your images from your subject’s eye level (straight on and slightly to the side) for best results.
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  • If your image is blurry you need to retake it, you can’t get a good print from a blurry image. 
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  • Take your image in good bright light. Outdoor daylight is best, but ensure the light is even, harsh sunlight can cause shadows which will cause quality problems. If indoors, then even light from a window is best, again avoid harsh shadows.
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​Include your subject’s full head for portraits or the whole body depending on your choice of personalised artwork. If you can’t see any of your subject’s features, then we will not be able to see them either. If the features are not visible they will not be visible in the final artwork. 


We use the photo you send us for the basis and creation of you final artwork. This is why it is so important that you provide us with the best quality photo that you can. This will ensure that we can create the best quality artwork for you to keep and cherish.
 
Just contact us if you would like to know more. We will try our very best to help with any queries you have.


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The eagle eyed amongst you may have also seen LGP Imagery popping up here and there

www.facebook.com/lgpimagery, www.instagram.com/lgpimagery, https://g.page/LGPImagery and www.lgpimagery.co.uk.
 
Well yes it is us too, same great quality imagery just a different way to get it.
Why have we done this?
Well there are two main reasons for this:
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  • You can order direct from www.lgpimagery.co.uk , we have found from comments, that some people are more cautious of ordering from PitcherThisPhotography because they have to contact us first as we do not operate a shopping trolley on www.ptpuk.co.uk. We fully understand this caution, although we can assure you there would be nothing to have concern about, so an alternative website where you can buy direct seemed to be a good idea.
 
  • With www.lgpimagery.co.uk it is run in conjunction with FineArtAmerica and Pixels who have worldwide printing capabilities. Therefore we can offer our artwork to everyone from one central place. To us, this also seemed to be an important service to be able to offer to customers in the easiest way possible.
 
This expansion is quite new, so as of yet we have a limited range of artwork on our site. If any images that you would like are not currently displayed on www.lgpimagery.co.uk, but are on www.facebook.com/pitcherthisphotography then just let us know and we will post it to www.lgpimagery.co.uk so that you can purchase direct. You can also go to our facebook page www.facebook.com/lgpimagery and visit our shop which will also take you to the website. We will not be putting our whole back catalogue on the new website for logistical reasons. We will however try to post some original work to the website or a different creation e.g. black and white etc. just to keep you all on your toes. Again we will post any images on the new site to PitcherThisPhotograpy if you do want to have contact with us direct, or just in case you want something special or out of the ordinary or you would just like to use our established service.

So please like, comment, and most importantly share on either of our facebook pages www.facebook.com/lgpimagery or www.facebook.com/pitcherthisphotography especially if you haven’t yet done so as it is much appreciated.

Don’t forget we are also on Instagram and google so please find us there too. 

So if you have made it to the end, thank you very much for staying with us and taking the time to read everything. We hope you have enjoyed the images and found the information informative. 

Now it is over to you. If you have been thinking about getting that special image why not get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.  
Stay well and stay safe.
​TTFN 
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Don't Forget

23/2/2021

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Hello to all.
This is just a gentle reminder that this year 2021 Mother's Day will be the 14th March. 
Now that we have reminded you of this fact, I am afraid that the rest of this blog is a chance to do some shameless advertising. Well we all have to make a living, so they say (who are they by the way? They say so many things and yet we are still to meet one of them. Oh well moving on, sorry rambling again).
So Shameless Advertising

Why not show your Mother just how well you know her this Mother's Day.
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Now I have just had a quick look on a certain website that sounds like bugle (other websites are available. I am not going to blow any one company's trumpet - get it bugle - sorry). Mother's Day flowers are on offer for anything from about £20.00 to £75.00 for a bunch. As I said above whatever image you choose and you can choose anything you like from our back catalogue. Take a look at the Gallery tab on here (choose from the drop down menu) or go to our facebook page, for even more images. They will last for years to come not just days. I think at these prices, that is a fantastic return for your money. 
Now if you have stayed with us so far this is the good bit. 

Buy Two, any Two (different sizes, different images, one print and one canvas etc.) and get 25% off of the individual prices for each.

Example: 1 print ordered 25% off the price for that print  1 canvas ordered 25% off the price for that canvas (only if ordered together).


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You pay in Total £76.50

I hope that this all makes sense. If not please just contact us with any queries you may have.

If this is not for you, then that is fine. We at least hope that you have enjoyed looking at the images posted with this.

We would also like to thank everybody that has made it this far, you have reached the end. Thank you for staying with us and we hope you enjoy whatever you will be doing next.

Until next time stay safe. 
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Glass Half Full

10/2/2021

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So hello to all.
We are now well into 2021 and steaming ahead full speed. Although it is only February when this is being written 2021 already seems to be flying at warp factor 9 (just a little something for all you trekkies out there).
2021 in the UK has started and continued much as it left 2020,…………. in Lockdown.
Covid 19 is proving itself to be the Rory Bremner (insert any impersonator/impressionist for your age group) of the virus world. Managing to reinvent itself in different versions all around the world. However there is no humour at all in these new versions. I am sure the Teenage Turtles would be impressed (in a gut wrenching sickening kind of way).

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Although the falling snow gives movement, the unowned footprints and the bench far off in the distance seem to offer an emptiness.
We were conflicted (probably due to our own moods at the time), between finding this image to be quiet, calming and inducing a reflective atmosphere due to the perceived stillness that the image evokes. Or finding the image to be a metaphor for the times we are experiencing. The footprints now reminding us of where people once stood but stand no more. The reasons unknown either hopefully just due to the owners remaining in lockdown, abiding by the rules. Or worse no longer with us due to covid.
We agreed that our first thoughts of a calm retreat, were the ones we choose to go with, but still the irony is there.
But scientists are fighting back with vaccines. Ironically these were like buses none at all then three came along at once. But let’s face it, in the end who cares how many buses arrive, when you have been standing in a cold wet blizzard with no protection for over two hours. You are just grateful that a bus has arrived at all.
We also lost a very kind, considerate OAP who was known as Sir Tom Moore, known to many as Captain Tom, a very extraordinary, ordinary man. If you don’t know who Captain Tom was please take the time to have a look at his wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Tom).
 
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It isn’t all doom and gloom though, as I have already said vaccines are already here and new ones are on the way. The more we learn the better we are at combating the virus.
We still get to go out for an exercise walk. There’s plenty of toilet roll in the shops, and although it’s been a bit colder we have had some snow.
​Now here (by here I mean Harlow Essex), that little bit of snowfall we had, meant taking pictures of things that we have been taking pictures of all year long nearly every day (ok so sometimes inspiration does seem a little bit hard to find) became just a little bit different. Inspiration found, even without the snow it’s all about looking at the same things in as many different ways as you can, but a bit of snow certainly helps.
I am certainly not going to complain though, we can still go out to the park and experience the wonder of nature and all that is on our front door.
Even with the recent snow small signs that spring is approaching are all around us. The days are getting slightly longer, plants are pushing their heads up through the soil and the bird song is changing and getting louder, maybe they know Valentines Day is nearly here. A pair of magpies have already singled out an old nest in a tree outside our house. The pigeons are already "loved up".
Everybody seems to be just a little bit more aware of nature and the world around us, the joy a simple tree can bring. Or a double whammy of seeing a squirrel up that tree. 
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​Now I know that this is a very simplistic look at what is going on at the moment. I know that there are lots of ups but there are also many downs for many people.
I choose to try and be optimistic, to be that glass half full person, it isn’t always easy. I think that normally I am a bit of a Statler and Waldorf type of person, they are from the Muppets, (I know Star Trek, Muppets – how old am I?) if you don’t know them look them up. So I am trying to see the good in all. I think with camera in hand it is easier because I and my wife can lose ourselves in a different world just for a little while.
Who wouldn’t want to travel to a different world – Warp Factor 9 Make it so!
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I am thinking of R2D2 now (it’s my message alert don’t you know) and I am humming the Star Wars theme, well I am old who cares, I am that old I can remember Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello and George Formby ………………..what was I doing?????
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​     This is an important announcement.

13/1/2021

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JANUARY 2021
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Hello to all

I think we can all agree that 2020 was a difficult year and at least the beginning of 2021 has turned out to be no better.

Therefore we have made some big decisions, we have thought long and hard about this, and we hope this will be the right choice.

People are struggling right now and the future is uncertain for many. Art in all forms is important to people, especially at this time. Being able to surround yourself with things that make you happy is an integral part of a person’s wellbeing.
So we have decided to do our small part to help keep art affordable to as many as possible.

We are changing the way we offer our products and altering our prices accordingly. We will no longer be offering limited edition prints or certificates of authentication.
We will however still be offering the same great affordable artwork.

We will now offer our creative visual imagery as prints and canvas to begin with. We are also looking at other ideas in the future. We will still be offering premium photo papers from a professional lab. These changes mean we can offer quality products at much more competitive and affordable prices.

Anybody that already has a limited edition print from us need not worry. Your exclusivity is guaranteed as we will not be offering those prints for sale under the new format.

We will offer any of our back catalogue that has not been previously sold as a limited edition print. So if there is any print that you want please contact us and we will see if we can provide it under the new format and pricing structure for you.

Our priority now is to make affordable art accessible to as many people as possible. In all honesty, we are hoping that this will also be a good move for us too. So here is to the rest of 2021. Let’s hope that things get better for everyone.

We also hope you will stay with us as we transition.

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