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A fox in the garden

by Chris Mann

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Living in a small Surrey village you get used to seeing wildlife, but it’s not that often that you see the bigger animals in broad daylight.

This afternoon I came across this character having a quiet afternoon nap on the garden path! Read the full article →

Selwyn College Choir & International Harp Ensemble in Wonersh

by Chris Mann

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On Saturday June 25th residents of Wonersh enjoyed a concert at St. John’s Parish Church given by the Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge and the International Harp Ensemble.

Selwyn College has a connection with St. John’s as a patron of the parish church, so it was appropriate for St. John’s to feature on the chapel choir’s current tour. The International Harp Ensemble is the only one of its kind in Europe, and has toured several European countries and performed at many UK venues including the Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, and Guildford Cathedral, under its Director, Luisa-Maria Cordell. Selwyn College Choir, who have also performed in many prestigious venues including Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and toured in New Zealand, Canada and Europe, was conducted by Sarah MacDonald. Read the full article →

doing the “tourist thing” in London

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When you live in or near a big city like London, I think it’s easy to take it for granted – you are familiar with all the famous locations and facilities like theatres, art galleries and museums, so you don’t always appreciate them. But when you spend a day just waling around London with a [...]

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Our village’s Royal Wedding Fete

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Like most of the country, the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was celebrated in Wonersh, the small village in Surrey where I live – but rather than a street party, everyone gathered on the village green for a fete, raising money for new playground equipment for the children’s play area. So as well [...]

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A “Scrapheap Challenge” fashion shoot!

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As you’ll have gathered from recent posts, this time of year is the season when without so many weddings to shoot, I have time to attend workshops and seminars, and get together with other photographers to do practice shoots to try out ideas and brush up on skills… and that’s exactly what I was doing [...]

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A workshop in Brighton – and some photos

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At this time of year photographers migrate like seabirds – we don’t have so many weddings or portraits to shoot so we head towards the coast to brush up on our skills for the season ahead… Last week I was in Brighton to help run a photojournalism workshop – a bunch of friends and colleagues [...]

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