I have been photographing birdboxes this week. Strange thing. On Wednesday I was asked to photograph a presentation at a school in Morpeth. Some kids had won a Northern Gas environmental award for making birdboxes and I trooped along in the snow and snapped away at a bunch of shivering kids in a winter wonderland before fighting my aT home through the blizzard. Surreal. At one point ducks were involved.
Now today I'm in a community centre in Gateshead photographing an arts project that at this point anyway involves kids making birdboxes. These ones are very nice and bright and colourful but a theme is beginning to emerge in my photo work and I'm expecting more birdbox jobs to come flooding in.
What better way to spend Valentines Day? Maybe some of the birds will be lovey doveys?
Oh some kids have turned up - I had better photograph them painting birdboxes. Cute or what?
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They remind me of those posh beach huts that sell for hundreds of thousands on the south coast.
Posted by: caroline | February 15, 2009 at 01:50 PM
I was just thinking that too. A nice little brightness to the day.
Posted by: Rebecca | February 15, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Great minds, Rebecca.
Posted by: caroline | February 16, 2009 at 01:09 PM
I think they look great too. I would have a birdbox in my garden but we have too many cats that roam around PLUS my dog chases birds. He caught one in the back garden when he was a puppy and although i made him drop it and it appeared to be alright - I still can't get the squawking sound out of my mind. He's a but too slow now to catch anything ............ but still ........ no bird boxes for me. Shame.
Posted by: christine | February 19, 2009 at 10:13 AM
I think they look great too. I would love a bird box in the garden but there are too many cats around us. Plus my dog likes to chase birds even though he's too slow now to catch them. He caught one in the back garden when he was a puppy and I got him to let it go - it seemed alright but the squawking sound it made was awful. Poor thing. No bird boxes for me.
Posted by: christine | February 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
OOPs thought the first one hadn't posted! SOZ!!!!!
Posted by: christine | February 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM