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Showsley Estate Shoot 15th December

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Last Saturday I attended a fabulous shoot at the Showsley Estate, near Towcester with some pretty keen shots! We started the day with a brilliant duck drive, followed by five more mixed drives (mainly pheasant) throughout the day stopping for roast lamb in the shooting lodge at lunch time.  A great day for all concerned with a final bag of 373 finished off with homemade cake and tea in the lodge.

I am currently working on an album for each of the guns that the host is giving them as a momento of the day. Here is a selection of my shots from the day…..

Duck Shooting Photography 1

Pheasant Shooting Photography Oxfordshire 2

Informal shoot Photography 2a

Pheasant Shooting Showsley Estate 3

Pheasant Shooting Oxfordshire 4

What’s with the toilet roll you say? I can’t tell you that……

 

Henley Shoot 1st December 2012

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Pheasant shooting loaderFor those that attended the shoot near Henley on Thames on 1st December you will be pleased to know the images are now online to view. The gallery is kept private and is only available to those that attended. The password is the hosts youngest daughter’s christian name.

Please follow this link and enter the password to view the images. http://www.photoboxgallery.com/thesportingpicture

Prints and various other products can be purchased online via the secure shopping cart facility. Should you experience any difficulty please email me thesportingpicture@gmail.com

Thank you.

Mark

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for your countryside lover?

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I may be able to help you out!

I’m a photographer covering everything from portrait sessions to game day photography.

Why not treat your family to a portrait session with the dogs etc in the spring or summer next year. I am offering portrait session vouchers valued at £75 for just £25 until Christmas day. To find out more please email me at info@marklordphotography.com or click here to contact me. Examples of my portrait photography can be found by clicking here.

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Game day vouchers can be  bought (in the form of a letter) for you to give the gun. The cost for me to attend a game day next year will be £200 and albums will start at £250. So a minimum value would be £200 for me to cover the game day. If you could like to give a voucher for me to attend a shoot in 2013 please contact me at info@thesportingpicture@gmail.com

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Fine Art images are availailable in an array of products starting from just £10. products rangfe from Prints, canvases, furnishings and even iPhone covers.  Please click on my Photo Box Gallery here.

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/thesportingpicture

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Finally if I can’t sell you photography, how about a stick? My hobby is stick making and I am proud to make around 100 quality country sticks a year which sell like hot cakes at Christmas. To see the stock I have left and to check out my stick making website please click here www.lordscountrysticks.com

walking-sticks-for-saleThank you!

 

Christmas gifts for the shooting man or lady in your life!

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Stunning countryside images presented in a variety of different ways to suit your home and your wallet!

Please have a look at my PhotoBox gallery by following the link. You never know you may find that perfect gift!

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/thesportingpicture

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Pike Fishing on the Thames with Roger Wyndham Barnes

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A friend of mine who is a shooting instructor recently invited me out for a day’s fishing on a boat with legendary fisherman Roger Wyndham Barnes on the River Thames in Marlow. Those that know me will say, ‘Mark, on a boat?!’ I don’t have the best sea legs in the world but this isn’t the sea so who was I to say ‘No’ to my friend. I’m not much of a fisherman myself but having grown up in Cornwall I have spent a fair few afternoons sea fishing off the rocks and piers with my mates so I was intrigued to go fishing for Pike in one of the most famous rivers of them all.

Our day started at around 8am when I was kindly invited for a full English at the Compleat Angler in Marlow, a venue I have shot many weddings at in the past but I never imagined I would be fishing one day in that stretch of the Thames seeing the hotel from a totally different angle and not a glass of champagne in sight!   After our delightful breakfast we met Roger in his boat aptly named the Compleat Angler on the river bank. We stayed within sight of the Compleat Angler hotel for the day fishing in the weir pools mainly  for the famous Thames Pike. It was not long before we got our first Pike which must have been the largest for the day at around 12lb. Well, with a mixture of expert knowledge from Roger Wyndham Barnes along with some good banter and plenty to eat the three men in a boat had a jolly good day on the Thames catching four Pike by the end of the day, and a few that put up a good fight and got away!

To find out more about Roger Wyndham Barnes please click here for his website or contact the Compleat Angler Hotel for more information or to book your breakfast beforehand!

Here are a few of my favourite images from the day. Oh and my dodgy sea legs? I was fine! 😮

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Official Photographer For The Prince’s Countryside Fund

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I am thrilled to have been asked to be the Official Photographer for The Prince’s Countryside Fund after doing some work for them earlier this year. I will now be photographing the projects they have funded all over the UK and look forward to a long and successful working relationship with them.

I look forward to starting on the projects very soon so please keep a look out on The Sporting Picture as well as http://www.marklordphotography.me for projects I have worked on.

To find out more about The Prince’s Countryside Fund and the worthwhile projects they have helped please click here.

Tittershall shoot pictures now available online

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The pictures from the Tittershall shoot are now available to view or purchase online. Please go to my Photobox gallery by clicking here and enter the password tittershallshootcw. The gallery is password protected so it can only be shared with Sporting Picture viewers.
To the guns who attended the shoot I will be designing an album for Charles soon and will post a preview of the album online. Should you require a copy them please email me or return the form I gave to you.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate in contacting me.

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Here is the proof of the album I have designed for my client.  To all the guns identical copies are available for just £150 + £6.95 p+p. Please let me know as soon as possible if you wish to order one. Thank you.

First shoot of the season teaser pictures now online!

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On Wednesday I was at my first shoot of the season, a partridge day at the fantastic Tittershall shoot in Buckinghamshire. It really was a great day with a lovely bunch of people and fabulous hospitality from the team at Tittershall. Find out more about Tittershall by clicking here.

In the meantime here are some of my favourite images from the day. I will be putting the rest onto a Photobox gallery overnight so keep checking back.

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Please note these images are digitally watermarked and trackable and should not be saved to phones or computers. Thank you for respecting my professional copyright rights.

#Henley Show pictures now online

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The Henley Show pictures are now ready to view. Here is a selection of images to show a flavour of the day . To see the rest or to purchase prints please visit my Photobox gallery  by clicking here

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#Henley Show Photographs Coming Soon…..

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After an amazing day the the wonderful Henley Show with so much to see and photograph I needed a good rest yesterday! I am now busy working on the images which I hope to have online within the week. Please keep checking back, In the meantime here are a few pictures to give you a flavour of the day…..