Teching the tech to the tech
Photography is as much an art as it is a science, and when it comes to producing a finished image it is as much down to the processing tools as it is to the process of how I actually shoot the chosen shot. Once the shutter has clicked there is still half the job to [...]
The bludgeon of sexuality
Sex and sexuality are topics I love to discuss, mainly because they both intrigue me on many levels. Personally I am omnisexual, liking who I like, not fearing my attraction to whoever the other person may be. I also define myself as a situational polyamourist, as in if my partner was happy with an open [...]
Getting precious
Before I start I want to state that the opinions stated below are my personal view, and this is an open invitation to discuss the points I raise herein. I wholly appreciate why artists and photographers use watermarks and remonstrate about copyright ad nauseum, but at the same time I think that all this worry about copyright [...]
The uplift
Some times I read trans coming out stories, the pain people felt, the angst, and the general struggle they have gone through, and I wish I could read more of the positive side of what it is to be trans, gender queer, and gender variant. I appreciate that people need to articulate their feelings, and [...]
What maketh the person?
It is one of the hallmarks of my photography and creative outflow in general that I will not label someone other than with their name. This sounds rather obvious, but it is actually complex thing when you scratch beneath the surface. I have had the pleasure of working with people from many different background, be [...]
My people of 2012
Tis the season to make lists of the notable, expound upon the great and the good, and generally pat those on the back whom you deem worthy of praise. Personally I have gone from enjoying such lists, to seeing them as a pastiche, even a parody, of their intended aim. How are you supposed [...]
The freedom to breath
Sometimes I am asked what it is like to be a trans woman, what it is like to have been ‘born into the wrong body’. My best analogy is just imagine you are wearing a set of clothes that is all wrong for you and you can never take them off. You are never comfortable [...]
Even song
In one of those moments of pure beauty I got to spend an hour or so in the company of York Minster’s choir during their rendition of Even song. I have never been to an Even song performance before, even when I was religious, so for me as a secular unbeliever I found the ethereal [...]