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The GVC MTB riders were back on the slopes of Petit Bot for Round 6 of their Gravity series on Sunday.

I was also out enjoying a very pleasant morning following the action.

The high contrast between shadows and sun spots made my work 'interesting'.... but I think the riders had it much harder as the exposed roots kicked quite a few from the saddle!

The pics are now online in a new Gallery:
CLICK TO VIEW THE MTB GRAVITY PICS ON THE NEW WEBSITE

Football, Floodlights and Rain.... welcome to winter.

But hold on, it's still only August! And they wonder why we talk about the weather so much!

I braved the conditions to photograph the Martinez Cup game at The Track. Rovers 2 - North 1. Thankfully no penalties to extend the misery!

My pics are now online on the new Website:
CLICK TO VIEW PICS OF THE 2023 MARTINEZ CUP

The Guernsey Rounds of the 2023 Motorsport UK Avon Tyres National Hillclimb Championship included several memorable highlights.

It was certainly special because of the impressive performances of our top local drivers. Nick Saunders led the way by qualifying for both Rounds with his best performance in Round 20 when he stood in third place on the podium. Tim Tulie and Andy Bougourd also showed the visitors how it is done on the 'Terres by qualifying for the Run-offs.

Another highlight was Wallace Menzies lowering of the Outright Hill Record previously held by Alex Summers. But this didn't come without a cost as Wallace crashed into the back just after crossing the finish line!

Nobody can say he wasn't trying hard enough!

My photos are now online. When you click this link your browser will open a new page to display the Guernsey National Hillclimb pics.

The Gallery is on my new website which is where ALL NEW PHOTOS WILL BE UPLOADED:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2023 GUERNSEY NATIONAL HILLCLIMB PHOTOS ON THE NEW WEBSITE

The Motorsport UK Avon Tyres British National Hillclimb Championship returned to Jersey's Bouley Bay Hill for Rounds 17 & 18 of the 2023 season.

Tradition (and it's a long one) is that the roadshow starts the Channel Island 'double header' in the 'other isle' before all the kit is loaded on to a Condor Ferries ferry to arrive in Guernsey for the Saturday Rounds at Le Val des Terres.

Myself, well I decided that it would be just as easy for me fly between the Islands and so I was on station at the start-line in Jersey for the first competitors run.... and then it was non-stop action all the way - except for the lunch break. Oh they are so cultured in Jersey, ha, ha!

My pics of the Jersey National Hillclimb are now online.

When you click the link your browser will open a new window to view all the Jersey National pics which are on my NEW WEBSITE.

Please note that ALL NEW PHOTOS WILL ONLY BE FOUND ON THE NEW WEBSITE:
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE JERSEY 2023 MOTORSPORT UK NATIONAL HILLCLIMB

We all know that time flies. Certainly as I get older whole decades seem to pass with the blink of an eyelid!

And it is the passage of time and the continued progress with technology that has made me think that I needed a new project.

The Internet has become the dominant resource for a photographer to present his work to interested people. Tagged on the back of that is the opportunity to sell a few pics. Even a photographer needs to eat and buy beer!

So I'm announcing here that this website won't be where my new work is uploaded in the future. I have a new website under development... more on that later.

But the good news is all the Photos, Blogs and Information that features here will remain just as it is. I have built this massive record of Guernsey life... Sports, Motorsports, Gigs, Bands and Social Life and I'm keen for it to still be available. This 'old' website is now thirteen years old and has accrued nearly 50 MILLION picture views!

However with the improvement of mobile phone screens, faster download speeds and expectations of how photos display I will be uploading all new work to a new website. It still carries a title that regulars will be familiar with... TALLPICTURES.com

This is a major project for me as I hope to carry some of the old Galleries across too, but that all depends on time. Yes time gets a mention again!

I wonder what the next blink of the eye brings?

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW WEBSITE HERE:
CLICK TO VIEW THE NEW TALLPICTURES WEBSITE

The highly talented and polished Sleeper headlined an evening of live music at St James on Saturday night.

This gig was a master class in how to captivate an audience with quality, personality and great songs.

Well done Sleeper, we loved you. And thank you St James for bringing them over for us to enjoy.

I took a few pics of the gig and they are now online here:
CLICK TO VIEW SLEEPER PLAYING AT ST JAMES

Well that's sorted. The full edit of all the Boxfit 'King of the North' action and atmosphere is now online.

This was a great event. We were blessed with nice weather and the crowd of supporters really enjoyed a relaxed afternoon of beer, sport and sun.... not a difficult sell really!!

With twelve bouts on the bill I was kept busy following the fast moving action and there were some real highlights.

This Boxfit event is all about taking a fighter out of the gym environment and allowing them the chance to 'tick that box' by stepping into a ring in front of a rowdy crowd of supporters.

Without question, even though some of the fights are clearly not 'full on', every person who slipped between the ropes to face up their opponent showed real bravery... and maybe they have now ticked something off their 'bucket list?

Amongst the twelve bouts, however, were a few that could have been in the lineup of our local Dinner Boxing evenings. Those boxers showed enough talent to take the sport a bit more seriously. Maybe I'll be photographing them again sometime soon?

Click the link to view the full Gallery and please like, share and put the word out:
CLICK TO VIEW THE KING OF THE NORTH 2023 GALLERIES

The Guernsey MTB XC riders were out in force today racing on an energy sapping course at L'Ancresse.

This was the final test of the 2023 Island Games course.

It is important that every aspect is tested ahead of the main event and with the eyes of all the visiting teams looking at us the GVC wants things to run perfectly and smoothly. I have a feeling that everything is coming into place due to this meticulous preparation.

I was out doing my bit today. Even if it was only chasing around the common looking for the best vantage points!

The results of my efforts are now online. Follow this link to view the pics:
CLICK TO VIEW THE LATEST MTB XC PICS

What does summer mean for you?

Well one of the favourite things for me is that with the sun comes the Festival season 🍺🎪🥁

Sadly my diary doesn't include Download Festival like my grandson's ( lucky *****) but there are still the 2023 Chaos and Vale Earth Fairs for me!

We've also already enjoyed the 2023 Guernsey Together Festival.

The weather stayed dry for the GTF and whilst it wasn't 'blazing hot' the festival field was buzzing with relaxed and happy folk. There is something special about a festival as most people seem to chill and have more time to chat. Great therapy away from the weekday rush and pressures!

I've just uploaded my pics from day 2 of GTF 2023. Check them out and remember to book Chaos and VEF for your own dose of Festival therapy!

This is a link to the 2023 GTF Galleries:
CLICK TO VIEW THE GUERNSEY TOGETHER GALLERIES

The Guernsey Together Festival in 2023 took the bold step to add a second day to what was a successful formula. Did it work?

Well I have to say that my own opinion is that it did. Many aspects of the running of the Festival had been tweaked and improved using the experience gained from the first two events and the size of the crowd for both days seemed to echo my feelings.

It's great that Guernsey now has another established popular music Festival. It sits next to and compliments the Chaos Festival and of course the Vale Earth Fair.

Let's hope that the planning for the 2024 Festival will begin soon... but we'll allow the organizers a few moments to get their breath back first!

I've just completed the edit of Day-1 and the pics can be viewed by clicking the link.

Now the edit of Day-2 begins....
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2023 GUERNSEY TOGETHER FESTIVAL

One of the assignments for me over the weekend was to visit the Athletics track at Footes Lane to capture some of the Guernsey Athletics Track & Field event.

With the 2023 Island Games just weeks away the excitement and anticipation could be felt around the newly cleaned and marked all-weather track.

The conditions on Sunday were excellent for competition and we must hope for something similar for the Games. All things are crossed!

There was a small gremlin in the timing gear which made a delay and reduced what I could cover before moving on to the next job. It was perhaps fortuitous that the problem showed up now rather than on the big day! Once fixed everything ran very well.

My pics are now online in a new Gallery here:
CLICK TO VIEW THE GUERNSEY ATHLETICS TRACK & FIELD EVENT

The Guernsey Autocross Club Banger racers always end their season with a special event that is headlined as the 'Fun Meeting'.

That title should be enough for you to imagine the theme! It's all about Bangers, racing, bashing, noise, speed, roll-overs... oh and lots of FUN.

The 2023 edition offered all of the above with the added bonus of SUN!

This encouraged a crowd of hundreds who lined the vantage points and they were thoroughly entertained. Everywhere I looked there were smiles on faces.

This Gallery features some of the action.... enjoy and smile :-)
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2023 AUTO-X FUN MEETING

The 2023 football Muratti's were sad affairs from the Guernsey perspective.

Both the Guernsey Ladies and Men's squads left Footes Lane without a trophy to share between them.

In sport we have to face up to the reality that sometimes we simply aren't good enough on the day.

But there is also another reality and that is that if a team can 'bank' the experience that comes with losing and invest the pain into coming back stronger the next time then they will reap the reward. I'm sure Guernsey will dig deeper and train harder motivated by the ambition to win again.

It is a fact in every sport that over the years the team taking the glory changes. With that thought in mind the journey along the road to Guernsey holding the Muratti Trophys high again starts today!

Due to other assignments I only had time available to photograph the Ladies Muratti and my pics are now online here:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2023 LADIES MURATTI

With Guernsey hosting the Island Games this year and the countdown running fast every aspect of the games is coming together.

Meetings and training sessions are filling the calendar as so much has to be organized to make the games run smoothly. The target of all involved is to showcase what Guernsey can do. We've done it before and this time will be even better!

Part of the prep is for the different sports to test out how their events will run and this is what happened at Delancey Park on Sunday.

The GVC ran one of their Summer MTB XC championship races on the circuit that will be part of the Island Games MTB XC series.

Things looked good and I think the track offered a great mix of challenges. I worked at finding good spots to photograph from. Some worked, others less so.

It looks like I'm going to have to put more effort into my own performance too!

The countdown is running fast... and we all can't wait to get going!

My pics of the MTB racing are now online here:
CLICK TO VIEW RACE 2 OF THE SUMMER MTB XC SERIES

As time passes and memories fade Guernsey's Liberation Day celebrations have changed. And for 2023, May the 9th felt more like a traditional Bank Holiday.

Parishes took different approaches to how they would mark the day. Some made an effort, others didn't.

St Andrews left the entertainment to The Last Post and that is where I headed. A tradition has been established by the Pub to promote a lineup of live acts on May 9th and this has proved to be a popular draw for music lovers.

The 2023 edition featured some of the recent new local favorites.

It was a shame the weather was dull and at times damp but the hardcore of the local music scene are not easily put off!

I've added a small gallery featuring some of the performances:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2023 LIBERATION DAY BANDS

Once again Ronez opened Les Vardes Quarry for a charity event titled 'MTB Mayhem'. What a great name!

The guys had certainly been busy laying out multiple features in the Quarry including the biggest berm I've ever seen, huge piles of gravel, twisting routes through piles of boulders and much more!

I came away from the event impressed and pleased that such a thing can still be organized in this Health and Safety dominated world.

It was satisfying and a pleasure to see - predominantly young (and many young at heart) people having fun in what was certainly a potentially dangerous environment. I saw a couple of people 'stack it' but they got up, dusted themselves off (there was a lot of dust!) and carried on!

Some of the features were definitely a bit risky but the youngsters were trusted to know their own limits and supervision was minimal.

I realized that this event offered a look back to how things used to be for people of my generation (born in the fifties). Back then as kids we jumped on our bikes and explored our limitations. Of course we sometimes got home with blooded knees and elbows but our parents just accepted it as something that happens.

They trusted us to know how far we pushed our luck... and it was fun and character building. It's nice to know that the youth of today, when given the chance, haven't changed a bit!

Thank you Ronez... you make the best playgrounds ever!!
I captured some of the fun. Take a look here:
CLICK TO VIEW RONEZ MAYHEM 2023

I've been catching up with the edit of a couple of photo-shoots.

The latest update features the Guernsey Velo Club's Summer Cross Country event last weekend at L'Ancresse over the Island Games course.

This was a great chance to recce the route... for competitors and photographers too!

There was a good variety of features to challenge riders combining some tight and technical sections then moving on to open sections of the Common. All this was with a beautiful backdrop of L'Ancresse Common and Pembroke Bay.

We have fingers crossed that the day of the Island Games race is bright and sunny as it will be a fantastic setting for a large crowd of spectators. See you all then.... in the sun?!

My pics are online here:
CLICK TO VIEW THE L'ANCRESSE ISLAND GAMES XC COURSE

I think the edit of the Lock-in 7 pics rate amongst the biggest that I've done.

The numbers probably rival how many shots I have taken at a three-day music festival covering different stages, a couple of dozen bands together with shots of the atmosphere all spread over many days/hours!

During the Lock-in edit I wondered why I took quite so many pics (over a thousand)... but then when I looked at them the action really was non-stop.... even though the contests only lasted for a maximum of three two minute rounds. Total six minutes!!

But at the end of the day I'm really pleased that I was able to give such a complete coverage.

Also I must say that I really appreciate the amazing support shown by the fighters who have purchased Digital files, prints and Canvases. Thank you.

The final bouts together with the Ring Girls and the Atmosphere have new Galleries here:
CLICK TO VIEW THE COMPLETED LOCK-IN 7 GALLERIES

Cage & Stage Productions returned to Beau Sejour after a few years break with another Lock-in event. This one was No.7 and the best yet!

The evening consisted of fourteen bouts in front of a capacity - and noisy crowd.

The action was non-stop and I was as fatigued as the boxers after chasing the best action shots all night - both up the ladder and through the cage. This was both a challenge and great fun!

These Galleries feature all the Bouts and a feel for the atmosphere. I hope you like them.

PLEASE NOTE that these pics are here for you to LOOK AT - NOT copy/steal for your profiles.

There are options to purchase Digital files which will be higher resolution than the Gallery pics and without the big watermark.

Another way to remember the night is with a print or an amazing Canvas!

Photography is my only income. Please respect that, thanks.

Follow this link to view the very best of Lock-in 7.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PICS OF LOCK-IN 7

I popped over to Jersey to photograph the School of Popular Music Easter Elementary Gig at Chambers followed the next day by the students Busking in St Helier.

Whilst this was a new venture for the Jersey branch of SoPM it was soon clear to me that the ethos and ambitions are exactly like the longer established Guernsey School. The teaching is led by a talented and enthusiastic team who encourage the students to try hard and fulfill their ambitions.

There was the same excitement in the young performers and they all felt a great sense of achievement after performing on a 'real' stage and then out on the streets of St Helier.

I can highly recommend SoPM to all parents. You will see your children's confidence grow and it is a great way for them to make new friends and develop new skills.

This Gallery features some of the performances:
CLICK TO VIEW THE NEW SoPM JERSEY EASTER EVENTS