Apr
25
2016Please take a look at my new updated WebSite – it still needs tweaks and stuff
www.philportus.co.uk
Nov
22
2014I’m really pleased I managed to get one image, The Three Graces, in the Royal Photographic Society Biennial Competition. 100 images were selected from the 3284 entries submitted to become part of the 2015 UK touring exhibition.
Jul
05
2014I am really pleased to have 4 of my images accepted at the L&CPU annual exhibition held in Stockport Art Gallery.
Low Tide at Porthgain, Interpretation, Coal Miner Remembers and The Three Graces. This is an excellent display of the best work from local photographers of Lancashire and Cheshire organised by the L&CPU.
Stockport Art Gallery is an excellent venue for this prestigious exhibition.
  
The L&CPU Annual Exhibition for 2014 will run from Saturday 28th June to Tuesday 5th August 2014 at theStockport Art Gallery and War Memorial, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 8ABThe gallery opening hours are:
Monday: Closed, except for Bank Holidays 11am – 5pm
Tuesday to Friday: 1pm – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm
Jul
05
2014I had a rewarding day on the 1st June 2014, helping and advising at the Royal Photographic Society (N.W. Region) Portrait Day Event at Tabley Hall.
Organised by Alan Angel, with  Diane Seddon and myself. All 3 of us setting up mobile studios / lights and advising the 24 signed up for the day. Several models in 1920’s costumes, who were also part of a local amateur dramatics group, HATS,  did an amazing job of posing with and without direction in this stately home and it’s grounds. Here is a group photo I took of the actors using a “tableau vivant” style.
HATS Theatre Group at Tabley Hall
Jan
15
2014
Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. December 2013
I really pleased with this photograph I took of Porthgain Harbour, Pembrokeshire, at Low Tide in December last year. Â I have made this image using 3 separate hand held shots at differing exposures and combining them in the computer to produce a High Dynamic Range (HDR) final image. I then converted it to B&W using SilverFXPro2 to make it more dramatic.