Big bubble

Like a Kid in a Toyshop

When I am asked to produce something that I have never done before it is like being a kid with a new toy. The toy is the idea. When you have the toy in front of you have a vehicle for play. Then come the Instructions, usually followed with leaving them in the box whilst…

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Purple Mural

Organic Mural Time Lapse

Collaboration with Mel Saggs 7th Pencil (artist) and Luke Brown (musician). It was wonderful to see the mural grow. I always feel privileged when someone asks me to capture their work, their passion. The music that accompanies the time lapse adds a beautiful atmosphere and is perfect to set the scene as the light fades…

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Ligh blur

Run Rabbit Run

At the moment I just can’t run fast enough. In my head it doesn’t matter how much I am doing, how fast my legs are moving, my thoughts chasing, my being doing. Things are just not moving fast enough and I am definitely not doing enough. Enough. But what would be enough? When I try…

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Shimnix Productions sign

This just got a little bit more serious…Serious in the sense of yay!

The roots of the ideas are growing deeper and the branches are spreading. I am hoping this tree blossoms in spring. In the meantime I will strengthen the foundations, and build from the ground up. Firstly a huge shout out to Amanda McCormack who is making my website. I also start website training with her…

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Judith Christie playing Guitar

Judith Christie- French Lieutenant’s Woman / Shimnix Sessions

Happy New Year fellow friends. This is the first ever Shimnix Session. I am supper excited about this particular project and hope it is just the beginning. I had the pleasure of working with excellent crew members and filming the very talented Judith Christie. I also got to film in Clovelly, where I grew up,…

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Jess abstract photo of her dancing on a bench

Age 15

Sometimes it is easy to forget how far you have come. When you know there is endless knowledge before you that you can’t even comprehend. The more you learn, the more you know you need to learn. “Practice makes more practice” as my old drumming teacher used to say. Most days I find it hard…

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Light painting

The Night Before…

When I decided a couple of weeks ago to fly towards an inspiration, I knew I was also flying towards an assault course of challenges. Why not for my first Shimnix Session? As I wait for tomorrow’s session I can hear the wind outside and a few ropes of anxiety ties a knot in my stomach.…

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Light painting black and gold

Day 1 and how to fly when you are a Shimnix with wire wings

Yesterday morning I was not going to start this project just yet, not until I got that perfect website, that knowledge that is always expanding, that perfect connection with my self confidence, yesterday morning I was not going to start. However this morning I decided, after some excellent advice from North Devon Plus, I was going…

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