speed update..

headed to the weston beach race this weekend which was sandy. very sandy. it was busy and tiring but i met some really nice people and took some great photographs. I will put together a selection soon on the site. but for now..

in other news i have been shortlisted for the times young photographer of the year this year. yes i am still young enough. it has been running for a number of years now, basically the times newspaper offer one photographer a six month contract with them to the best young photographer in the country. it's a great oppourtunity and so i am going to get my head down and do a bit of revision..

and you thought life was gonna be easy...

i'm really tired and as i sit here at this late hour writing the list of other things to do that doesn't seem to be letting up. i have been trying to cram every free day full of something at the moment - mainly a project i am working on that will be exhibited in bristol at the end of october. Head to their website for more info - although i think all they have are the dates...here..

i have photographed some great stuff and some less than great (no really) s

tuff in the last month but just haven't lots of time to be sitting around uploading it..although check out my ebay account for some good examples.. i did just see this picture this afternoon though and thought - thats why i started this blog - for nice pictures like this..

suburbia..

update - it's about time....

it's not that i haven't had a spare day to put some new pictures up on the website - just that i have filled all of those spare days with photographs, travel or a combination of the two. today has been lacking in both and i thought it would be good to get up some of the shots that i have worked on since launching the new website a few months back. some of the shots are new and some are photos that i just haven't previously had time to appreciate...

i know that the rest of the so far hot and humid summer is going to be full of more of the same so i thought i would take this oppourtunity to get up to date. As always your comments are appreciated....

police riot training centre, kent

france and the silly season..

just back into the uk after a week at my favourite mountain bike destination in france. lots of nice photographs to be had and even more nice riding to be done. it's a mammouth roadtrip down there even for the most seasoned of snappers but definetly worth it - some photos up here soon...once they are developed!!
now that i'm back it's chocks away on silly season. not really being commisioned on any breaking stories at the moment - but i did get pointed in the direction of this the other day - follow it up on the snappers site for a laugh!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8179635.stm

bristol..

i've been back in bristol as of late working on some photographs. not much else to say really but it's been hard work and i think i'm beginning to see the light..

photo forum mkII..

i really enjoyed showing my work to a dark room of photographers in london last night - thanks to anyone that could make it. quite a contrast of different work but i think everyone really enjoyed the varied approaches and stages that people were at in their projects/careers. john angerson view of england was inspiring definitely worth spending some time looking at his images. in quite a stark contrast Dalia Khamissy's work shine on some issues that i don't think anyone had even realised existed - a nice body of work. head over to photo forum  next month for some interesting photography and a pint of your favourite tipple..

i showed three slideshows of work last night to show three different aspects to the way i work. first off I put a selection of my day to day press photos and portraits up with some backing music by dj shadow...

secondly I wanted to show how i work when the story is mine and i'm trying to work to my own direction. i showed a story i shot called bessies which is on display on my website. it describes the day to day life of a lady called bessie who runs a small pub from the front room of her home in a small village in west wales. 

lastly i wanted to show something a bit different. my take on an assignment that i have been given and want to shoot my own way whilst shooting it the correct way for the client. at the begining of 2009 i went from lands end to john o' groats for the sun newspaper. we made the trip without using any chain stores, garages or hotels. we were at the peril of the independents of britain. i shot some time-lapse photography along with some stills of the people i met along the way whilst wiring the essential pictures to the desk everyday...

lands end to john o' groats unchained from mike lusmore on Vimeo.

photo forum..

june has merged with july in my head despite it being fairly quiet on the paid work front. that hasn't stopped the pile (s) of paperwork accumulating around my computer or my mind from running rampant about things to do..

so i have mainly been busying organising and getting ready/shooting a project in bristol - bless the m4. i'm also showing some of my work to photo forum (see here) this week which is nice but a little nerve racking...

howies printshop - cardigan, west wales

i haven't really decided what to show yet - although i have zero time off in the next few days so i am getting it all sorted now. when i'm done hopefully the picture above which i shot last year at howies - my favourite clothing company - will make it into the finished pile - the edit for that has been a little ongoing...

well until next-time, enjoy the rain..