Devon & Cornwall Backyard Ultra 2022

This weekend just gone saw me spend 24 hours down at the Newnham Estate in Plympton photographing the first Devon & Cornwall Backyard Ultra event, in aid of Bowel Cancer West. If you have never heard of the concept, stand by!

Run 4.167 miles every hour, on the hour until there is one runner left. Think of it like an extreme beep test

The eventual winner lasted an impressive 16 laps from 6pm Friday evening through to 10am Saturday morning. This is a distance of 66.67miles!

There was also three other different running events held being the 50 miles, 25 miles and 12.5 miles.

Every runner has earned my respect and I was massively impressed with their drive and commitment especially experiencing all the different weather conditions Mother Nature threw at them.I alone managed to put in 36k steps during my shoot and I can safely say my feet felt it the following day while I was editing!

At last....back to some normality.......

Now restrictions are starting to relax, i’ve taken the opportunity to start shooting some more portraiture work and last week I had 2 shoots booked with 2 wonderful clients. Monday saw me down at the very pictureque Royal William Yard shooting a young aspiring model. Considering her limited experience (which only comes with time and she will have plenty of that) she did a fantastic job and was soon in her stride rocking the poses! I had brought my OCF equipment with me and was planning to use it but as I was unpacking the car the light was perfect to shoot some natural light portraits and a quick change in plan and I decided to leave the kit in the car. We spent most of the time around the back end of the facilities where there is some real character and beautiful tones to the buildings. It’s amazing how quickly time flies and soon enough I had plenty of images to come with and work through.

Check out below some of my images

My second shoot was with a repeat client who is a sewing sorceress who can conjure up all sorts of fantastic and amazing garments for herself and her lovely family. She recently made this awesome black and white dress and wanted some images to accompany her upcoming blog for her social media channels. We chose to venture down to Marsh Mills roundabout where they have this area under the flyover covered in all sorts of outstanding graffiti art. Its been little while since we have shot together due to the restrictions with Covid but after 5 minutes, it felt like it was only the week before and not before long, we were smashing out the poses and filling up the SD cards quick! As the light is fairly flat and low down there, I took my OCF equipment from @pixapro (who I must say their service over the last few years of me purchasing their equipment has been exemplary) which consisted of a Citi600 battery powered strobe and the 25.5” rice bowl soft box. For mobility this pairing is ideal and is easy to move around and adjust according. it gives an incredible ‘pop’ feel to the shots and stands the client out away from the surrounding. After a welcome cup of tea break we shot for another hour putting the world to rest and then packed up and headed home

Here is a few images from that shoot

Long overdue blog......sorry!

Apologises for lack of blogs since June 19. I wish it was due to the fact I haven’t had much work on but the truth is, i’ve had lots and just not got round to writing a blog. Since June 19, i’ve done various photography jobs ranging from portraits using gels, tin foil backgrounds and fairy lights , shooting corporate headshots and marketing material, school proms, military boxing events and some additional pet portraits. It’s been a busy 12 months and i’ve loved every moment of it. Some of these images are within the various sections of work on my website.

Sadly though, like everyone else, the worldwide pandemic hit and the world went on lockdown. I had a few weddings booked which were unable to go ahead due to the UK lockdown rules which meant I wasn’t able to capture those special moments for the happy couples. But, as I write this, restrictions are being lifted gradually and i’m hopeful everything will get back to some level of normality soon and ill be back out with the camera again. In the meantime, i’m been venturing out with the macro lens during daily walks and capturing all the wonderful wildlife that lives amongst our feet. Some of these images are within the Macro section. Please go check them out.

Anyway not much more to report other than what i’ve mentioned above. I’ll make sure I write further posts more regularly.

Thanks for popping by. Stay safe

Jamie