http://duncanraban.co.uk/updates_rss Latest from Duncan Raban Copyright 2010 Duncan Raban Christianity en-uk Duncan Raban no Copyright 2010 Duncan Raban Photos Religion & Spirituality/Christianity Duncan Raban Photos Latest from Duncan Raban Latest from Duncan Raban http://duncanraban.co.uk/updates_rss http://duncanraban.co.uk/images_site/feed.jpg http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-08/Henry-the-Owl Henry the owl Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00_48 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/Chris-the-Artist I took Victor to the seaside today. Like humans, he just loves the English seaside. We went to Whitstable, a wonderful 1930's town on the South coast. I parked Victor up on a boat jetty leading down to the ocean as I thought I would photograph him with the gorgeous sea. As I was taking pictures a man was looking at Victor and he said he loved old Volvo's as his dad had ten of them over the years and he always remembered the huge comfy seats on family outings when he was a... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00_47 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/Ron-and-his-tattoos I was standing on an escalator at Islington tube and standing in front of me was a shaven-headed, tattooed young man. I could only see the back of his head, but the tattoos on his arms and head made me think he was angry inside his body. I could not see his face, but I felt I had to say hello- however would he be friendly... or tell me to F' off? From behind he looked interesting and it made a good picture. I quickly took six pictures of him- as the front of him may not be so... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00_46 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/Muslims-on-the-Promenade Well, here I am with my son Tom at the beach having a coffee at one of my favourite café's- Kassa- a very bohemian place, full of sofas and odd characters. I'm looking out to sea, thinking how lucky I am being able to sit here and have the gift of sight; something we all take for granted. The turquoise sea glittering in front of me behind the railings of St Leonards Promenade, I just love this view. I decided to drive three miles along the cost to Bexhill to the De La... Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:00:00_45 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/John-and-Sylvie-and-their-motorhome- I fancied getting away from the email world, so I took Victor the Volvo to Bexhill, not far from Hastings, for a day out at the English seaside. Bexhill is famous for two things - it's elderly population and its fabulous 1930s De La Warr Pavilion with its sweeps of glass. On a sunny day, this building can be a paradise, a hidden gem that few people know about - see the photographs I've taken from its balcony. The sun was shining when I arrived so I parked Victor and walked to the seafront. The... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00_19 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/Jim-the-lorry-driver Hello there folks. Yesterday i was driving up north in Suffolk, to visit a little boy called Hugo who i had photographed at Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital last year, today he is one year old. Today was one of those very grim typically English February days vast dark grey clouds with a gorgeous swirling rain oh and freezing cold too. I was on a soulless motorway the very glamorous A 14 .... and i needed a cup of english tea so i took a turning off the motorway tolook for a cafe and... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:00:00_35 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-07/Pensioners-morning-swim Every morning i go to my local swimming pool at 7 am and i see so many people i would love to photograph. There are some wonderful oldies at the pool and i am desperate to photograph them all. However nowadays when you say to people you would like to shoot them in their swimming costume they think you are crackers ........... they do not realise some of the best photos of people can be in their swimming costumes as we do not have our masks on that we wear daily at the... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00_43 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/The-day-that-changed-my-life I was asked to come in to meet some directors at gt ormond street childrens hospital, the day i walked through the door to the hospital changed my life forever. One minute i was on my own in a cafe sitting having a cup of tea and a bacon roll, and 5 minutes later i was in the intensive care unit, and here there were children clinging on to life they were all attached to huge grey machines with flashing lights and endless tubes of blood attached to the childrens little bodies. Some of the... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00_41 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/The-fabulous-people-of-Cleethorpes- Hello there from fabulous Cleethorpes. Today, I am 150 miles north of unfriendly London. I am away on photo business stuff. Earlier I arrived in a thrilling, gorgeous town called Grimsby, and oh dear me it's very, very grim indeed. However, the people there are rather extra friendly. When I left exciting Grimsby and saw a sign saying CLEETHORPES, it rang a bell in my head, so I looked on my map and discovered this was the seaside town just across the Humber from Hull. I just love English seaside... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:00:00_15 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/Treasuring-childhood Today i met myRomanianfriend Laurentiu from dracula productions for a coffee at the infamous costa coffee. He brought his 6 year old daughter sophia and i thought wow what a gorgeous little girl, i bought her a mini cappucino and some marsh mellows , hey when did you last eat a marsh mellow they are really yum yum . As she sat opposite me i could see beautiful photographs in front of me, the light was low and as i never use flash i set my camera on i high... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00_34 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/Keith-the-super-super-chef Last week i was photographing Keith Burke of smashing pans cookery school he is a true self taught genius of a chef in the kitchen . He has worked in many of the top restaurants in London and he asked me to photograph him and wanted photographs to capture the fun of a cooking lessons with him he had 6 people as guests and was showing them how to cook thai lobster curry.It was amazing experience to watch the joy on peoples face as everyone was preparing huge... Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00_44 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/Our-incredibly-magnificent-Nurses I have just been photographing a little 5-year-old Irish girl, called Amy. Six weeks ago, she underwent her second heart transplant. That's right - a second new heart - a 3rd chance at life. Can you believe this? It's difficult to imagine everything she must have been through. We all know our nurses are underpaid but it's only when you spend 12 hours alongside them that you realise what a tough day they have. Jessica, Lesley and Denise all work in the cardiac unit, which is full of children... Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:00:00_10 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-06/Day-in-the-life-of-gorgeous-Molly-80 Hi there. I just had a fabulous day today shooting a gorgeous 80 year old ... What fun! And it made me think... there's no time like the present - you got to get photographing the people you love. My pal Beverley, who's 57, was telling me how wonderful her mother is and that her 80th was approaching. I said "you are so lucky to have your mum. Please, please, please have yourself photographed with her doing some shopping, having a cup of tea in a cafe and hugging and kissing her and laughing... Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:00:00_9 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-05/Still-happy-after-sixty-years-of-marriage today i was driving up a country lane and i asked a couple walking some directions 30 minutes later they invited me to their caravan for tea and cakes on their farmeileen and david, are 78 and 85 oh we laughed for hours..i just love the oldies so much wisdom and when they said they have been together 55 years and still so in love, i said it's time for a love shot .........i made them walk and made them giggle ... to capture... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00_33 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-05/Wonderful-Derek-the-boiler-repair-man- Here I am at 7am waking up in the glorious village of Hathersage, a tiny hamlet in the Peak District situated in the middle of England surrounded by miles of absolutely breathtaking scenery, and a hidden gem that I've discovered only recently. This is an American's dream of an English village. Anyway, as I open my eyes, I can see two Hoovers standing at the bottom of my bed. Not the standard upright ones but the ones you have to pull along. And immediately a photograph enters my mind. I have... Fri, 7 May 2010 07:10:00 +0000 Fri, 7 May 2010 07:10:00_16 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/Henry-goes-to-School Hello again, I have been shooting my Henry the Owl project to raise awareness and funds for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital for 3 months now and i have shot over 14,000 pictures of Henry since i met him in my local DIY shop last November 2009. Since Henry started going to Merton Court school in Sidcup Kent in his spare time he did feel odd being the only owl in the classroom. However, he has become a very popular pupil and now he just loves going to school so... Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00_38 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/Henry-meets-Lord-and-Lady-Wallace-for-tea This weekendHenry the owl bought some gorgeous flowers and an orchid as he was visitinghis favourite relations Uncle Dave and Aunt Kassie or as they like to be called Lord and Lady Wallace. Henry insisted of travelling by taxi as usual as he says the buses are smelly. We met his relations in a rather posh cafe in Notting Hill in London and within minutes Henry was sitting on a shelf with his infamous Owl juice brand which he is busy promoting around England.... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00_36 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/Ladies-night-out on friday night i was invited to go to a very glamorous bash and photograph sexy bev and her pals who she's known since school....it is so important to have photos taken with your friends NOW - don't wait for a special occasion...... i know these glam girls will treasure these photos forever.... and we had such a laugh taking them. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00_28 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/The-absolutely-beautiful-Tower-Bridge Today, I had a ‘life in a day' shoot with a family in Hampstead and was driving over Tower Bridge at 6 am to miss the rush hour and... wowee! I just could not believe how beautiful Tower Bridge was against the morning sunrise. I wondered if I should take a few photos and I decided to make the effort. So I parked up on a double yellow in the middle of Tower Bridge, jumped out of the car, grabbed a camera and took around 100 photos in 5 minutes. I ran up and down the bridge looking for... Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:00:00_13 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/Henrys-day-out-in-London I met Henry in a DIY shop. He looked so lonely perched up on the top shelf that i thought i would adopt him. he hadn't been out before so i took him for a day out in london. we caught the train up to town where he ate sushi in soho...then caught a bus to have a suit measured in savile row ...and he was snapped by a fan and then we finished the day with a nice pint with some gorgeous birds.... Tue, 6 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 6 Apr 2010 00:00:00_29 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/A-day-in-the-life-of-Luke Last week i had a call from a wonderful lady called Annette to ask me a big favour to photograph her fantastic son Luke who has suffers from the dreadful condition multiple scherrrMS Annette sadly has Multiple .......S as well this is a condition that seems to be so common nowadays i know of 5 people with this debilitating disease. I do not know Annette that well however she is one of those people you meet in life ............ who have the big very special person factor ............... i do not... Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00_37 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-04/The-great-characters-of-Orpington-Kent Today, after going for my daily morning swim in Orpington, to liven myself up, I went for a thrilling walk to the High Street. Orpington is a small town in Kent, just 15 miles south of London. Perhaps not one of England's most desirable towns but just take a look at some photographs I took. Straightaway, you can see Orpington is a town that is going places. It possesses all those classic English High Street attractions as well as offering plenty to lure the tourists, such as empty shops, a... Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:00:00_17 +0000 http://duncanraban.co.uk/latest-news/2010-01/Blog-Intro Hello there I am Duncan.....hope you like the little video of me with Victor the Volvo ........... my aim in compiling this blog, as a very passionate photographer for 30 years, is to try and inspire people to get their cameras outand photograph the world around them more often ...... especially people, those they feel close to such as best friends and of coursetheir family.......and not just for birthdays, barbecues, weddings and holidays. When... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00_30 +0000