Happy Christmas

Its my last morning at work so in about 3 hours Christmas will officially start for me. Happy Christmas everyone and I wanted to share some of my favourite photos I have taken this year. The top one is particularly special but I can't say why just yet, just keep your fingers crossed for it!

this was when John took me to Norfolk for my birthday, we camped in October! Our tent was stuffed so full of duvets and blankets that it wasn't cold though.

my mum in her garden, I had been taking her portrait in the morning (she was a very good model!) and was just having a cup of tea when I snapped this one. It was one of my favourites from the day.

old photos

I was printing some photos for Johns mum for Christmas and found these 2 from when we walked to Cambridge, I love photos of the backs of peoples heads

fell over

owwww, its so icy, fell on my arse walking to work this morning. i've not got much to do today work wise so i took a photo of my injury to get sympathy.

114 miles week 19

This is our Cheesy Christmas themed 114 miles! Hope you like it, I am on the left and Ian is on the right.

for more see www.114miles.blogspot.com

114 miles week 18

This week I am on the left and Ian Land is on the right

follow the project here:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

Thankyou Kayte

A big thanks to Kayte from This Is Love Forever blog for posting a lovely blog post about me. If you havn't heard of her you should go see her blog. She writes amazing books

Christmas Market, Chinese and a Hoodie

this (the one above) is my absolute favourite photo!

Film grain is good! lovely 3200 iso Kodak Tmax film, drunken opening the camera back is not! (see above!)

light

The light at the moment is just so beautiful. So beautiful that I had to take a photo right now! The only interesting thing I could see though was where I dumped my apple on the printer this morning!

114 Miles Week 17

A collaboration with Ian Land. We email one photo a week to each other, pair them up as a diptych, and display them on this blog:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

Some work better than others. This one, I think, is particularly good. My photo is on the left and it is of John's Dad. Ian's is on the right and I would guess that it is his shadow but you would have to ask him about that!

National Portrait Gallery Wonderness

I went to the National Portrait Gallery mainly to see the Photographic Portrait Prize 09 and was really blown away by the amount of amazing photos that were included in the competition. I have been for the last couple of years and there are always always great photos but there are usually a lot that I just don't get why they were picked. This year, I loved pretty much every one. My favourite one was called William by Kelvin Murray. I will definately enter next year and I don't know why I didn't this year! I probably would of entered this:

or this:

next year I will enter!

114 Miles Week 16

Ian is on the left and I am on the right.

www.114miles.blogspot.com

Weekend breakfasts

I know it is Tuesday but I had some delicious breakfasts at the weekend which helped me to practice my food photography.

It was so tasty even the washing up looked good! Unfortunately I also attempted to make a lemon drizzle cake for my parents, which failed completely and did not taste good, at least the messy remains looked good though!

ps. that magazine in the corner of the top photo is the best photography magazine ever ever printed, it is called GUP and you should read it.

not 114 miles....

......but still a diptych!

and also a portrait of my lovely Dad

114 miles week 15

I couldn't resist these red berries on the way to work yesterday morning, they were somehow glowing out of the grey (or something like that!)

Week 15 of mine and Ian Land's project. My photo is on the left and Ian is on the right

see more:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

The best of Photo of the week (sorry for the rubbish post title!)

This is a selection of my favourite photo of the weeks from the past year or 2.

New look

I thought it was about time to update the layout of my blog. I have changed the header. DO you like? and I have taken off all of the photos of the week, which from now on will be included in the main section of the email. Most of the old photos of the week can be found on my flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/cazhancox

and here is a montage of the best ones:

I will be posting some of my absolute favourites in a separate future post. Let me know what you think of the new format?

black and white cambridge

I had an excellent job the other day, I was commissioned to shoot black and white architectural photographs of Cambridge of different periods with no cheesy 'Cambridge' shots! No Kings College aloud! This was for the new Chard Robinson offices. They wanted loads of photos to decorate all the walls of their spangly new office, which is a gorgeous old victorian house right on Hills Road in Cambridge. I can't wait to see the photos on the walls.

windows

That malteser wrapper must of been here for ages and ages!

Portraits

I have been working on some portraits. These are a few goodies

114 miles week 14

Week 14 of Ian's and my project. It is looking really good. I looked back at the whole lot and its great to see it go. If you haven't seen it yet then click this link:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

My photo is on the left and Ian's is on the right

my desk

The light was shining through the blinds at work today onto the wall, it looks lovely but I stupidly have to have the blinds shut because otherwise i can't see my computer screen. So even if it is a sunny day, I don't know about it until I see this light splash on the wall.

doorknobs

I've got a collection of doorknobs. I know don't ask.

114 miles week 13

I don't think that this one is unlucky do you?! Ian's photo is on the left and mine is on the right. Follow the rest of the project here:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

In other news, I graduated yesterday! How exciting!!!

dirty walls

I love peeling paint on old walls, just love it!

don't they look lovely?

Almost too good to use!

Honey and Lemons

3rd cold in about 3 weeks.

114 miles week 12

I love this weeks one. Those diagonal lines couldn't fit together better if we had tried! Ian's photo is on the left and mine is on the right. To see more go here:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

More Norfolk

There is just something so good about the seaside on a grey dreary day.

Norfolk and books

I have just finished a really good book, it is always a bit sad when that happens. Anyone have any recommendations for a good new one?

birthday cards

Thankyou to everyone who sent me birthday cards. I have had to take them down now though as it was Johns birthday yesterday and we had to light the wood burner, its cold!

on a hill

114 miles week 11

Week 11 of mine and Ian Land's project. His photo is on the left and mine is on the right. You can see the rest of the project here or here.

My photo is of a selection of little beach treasures I bought back from my weekend at the beach for my birthday. Loads more photos to come, I just need to get scanning!

new collection

A sneaky peak at a little project that is brewing, fingers crossed it comes off!

week 10

Can't believe its week 10 already! Ian Land is on the left and I am on the right. Follow the progress of this project here:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

new camera

I have got myself a new (old) camera. Well, I have had it for a while but I didn't think it worked until I took it to Roger who worked his magic on it, soldered some bits or something and now it take real photos not just black squares! This is my lunch corner, it is hidden away in a corner of the studio under the coats and between the fridge and the camera cupboard. I like it here.

Snowbaording!

Booked our holiday, cannot wait!

114 miles week 9

Week 9 of mine and Ian's project. Each week we email a photo to each other and display it as a dyptryct. Ian Land is on the right and I am on the left.

We are removating our house (very slowly)! The last people who owned it painted the inside of the shelf unit (which is no longer there) pink, the shelves blue and the floor was red! It really matched the yellow woodchip wallpaper kitchen, purple lounge and green bathroom! They certainly weren't afraid of the pastel shades!

pansy in a tea cup, my oak tree and orchid

Thankyou so much Jan for the early birthday presents (its tomorrow, i'll be 26 - closer to 30 than 20 now, am scared!) i love them. I promise to look after them and to try not to kill the with love (i.e. overwater!)

have a look at my flickr if you fancy it

My Book

In case anyone has forgotten or just wants a treat, you can still purchase copies of my book here or leave a comment below and i'll get back to you

Professor Richard Lambert

Richard is a lovely professor at work who said to me that he never takes a nice picture, I didn't believe him so decided to prove him wrong. He was wrong! Also I loved the golf set he had in his office and couldn't resist a shot of that!

114 miles week 8

This is week 8 in mine and Ian Land's collaborative project. Each week we take a photo and send it to each other to display as a diptych to see what happens!

You can see the whole project at our dedicated blog:

www.114miles.blogspot.com

or, on mine and Ian's Flickr pages

Cake at The Orchard

The Orchard is a bit of a 'Cambridge' place but is does yum cakes and is the perfect place to take visiting in-laws!

Interview!!!!!

The wonderful and fabulous Blanket Mag has just been published and it includes my VERY FIRST INTERVIEW! This is the most exciting news I have had for ages, I have known about it for a while but I didn't want to say anything just in case it didn't happen! I am so pleased. The whole magazine is a Black and White issue and it looks really good. You can purchase a copy (only $2) here:

www.blanketmagazine.com

The photos that were selected for the issue were from my Butchers Shop Project, here are some more images from the project:

There was also an interview with my favourite illustrator, Nigel Peake. I love his work and have a few of his zines so I am in very good company in this magazine!

Your Space Cambridge Apartments

Here are some more photos from the architectural photography shoot for Your Space Cambridge Apartments, some of the photos have ended up in Explorer Magazine in an advert (see post below). This was a really good job that I could really get my teeth into - 9 apartments (inside and out!)

Explorer Magazine, Your Space Cambridge Apartments

Some of my photos were used in an advert for Your Space Cambridge Apartments in this months Explorer Magazine (page 73 for anyone in Cambridge that wants to have a look). The photo below is one the photos that was included, it happens to be on of my favourites from the shoot. I took photos in 8 different apartments inside and out! They were all beautiful and I wanted to live in most of them!

114 miles week 7

Week 7 of mine and Ian Land's collaborative project. Ian's photo is on the left and mine is on the right

Wire

I had a really good shoot a while ago for a company called SpeedMet who are based in Turkey and make aluminum welding wire, I was taking photos for a new brochure. This is the image they used for the front cover:

Lovely Clusters

2 of my photos from my shop have been included on the Lovely Clusters website. Lovely Clusters is a kind of shop window for artists personal shops, it is a really good idea and there are some really great things on the website from all sorts of artists all over the world.

My photos are in the photography 'cluster' and also the green and the purple clusters (you can look at work either by colour or by the type of art, how cool?!)

Here are the 2 photos they chose to include:

114 miles week 6

This one is another good week I think. I emailed my photo to Ian and replied with his one and said that he thinks something spooky is going on! I agree with him, those lines practically mirror each other, I don't think anyone is going to believe us!

I am on the left, Ian is on the right

Pats House

Johns Dads house is lovely, he built it himself. It has a real country feel to it and there is usually a saucepan of stewed fruit on the go from his garden, love it!