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Doing Our Bit

Here at Heenan Photography we believe in doing our bit. We will be donating a percentage of our profits to help protect the environment for everyone to enjoy. The natural world is important for many reasons, and of course it is crucial for nature photography too! You can find out a bit more about our donations, and the organisations we are helping to support, on the new Environmental page.

Photos from the 2013 High Beach Festival

Although the start of September has seen a change in the weather, luckily the rain held off for the High Beach Festival on Saturday! Below are some pictures from the Festival, including the Photographic Exhibition in the Church which featured one of the Heenan Photography photos, "Hyggelig Hornbeam".

Red ribbons led visitors through the Forest between Festival sites

Photographic Exhibition in High Beach Church

"Hyggelig Hornbeam" on display as part of the exhibition

The public enjoying the festival at High Beach Church

Festival-goers sit on straw bales on the green

High Beach Exhibition 2013

The Exhibition and Competition

Heenan Photography has been shortlisted for the High Beach Photographic Competition, and will be part of a display for the 2013 Exhibition at High Beach Church. The selected photo will feature at the second annual High Beach Festival, taking place next week in Epping Forest, Essex.

Photos from a range of photographers will go on display in High Beach Church from this afternoon (Sunday 1st September), and will stay on display throughout the following week, as follows:

Monday 2-4pm
Tuesday 2-4pm
Wednesday 2-4pm
Thursday 2-4pm
Friday 2-4pm
Saturday (High Beach Festival Day) 11am-3pm
Sunday 2-4pm

"Hyggelig Hornbeam" will be featured in the Exhibition.

"Hyggelig Hornbeam" has been shortlisted for the 2013 Photographic Competition, and visitors are invited to vote for their favourite photos from the exhibition. Just write down the number of your favourite photo from the exhibition and pop it into the ballot box. People will also be able to make bids to purchase the prints on display, in order to raise money for High Beach Church. So why not go along to see the photos, and vote for your winner?

High Beach Festival -Saturday 7th September

A festival to celebrate and enjoy local heritage, in an excellent forest location. The High Beach Festival takes place from 11am-4pm, with FREE entry. In addition to the Photographic Exhibition, activities include:

• Pond dipping and mini-beast hunts at Epping Forest Field Centre (regular half-hour sessions). 
• Wildlife and sporting activities on High Beach Green, including cricket, golf and riding.
• A dog show, also on High Beach Green (register at 11am, show at 11.30am, judging at noon). £1 per entry. 
• Children's fun races (3pm- 4pm) on High Beach Green. 
• At High Beach Church try playing the bells, brass rubbing, flower arranging (11am-3pm). 
• The City of London and Friends of EF will provide information on cycling, walking, and running in the Forest.
• Lunches, hot and cold drinks, and home-made cakes will be available at High Beach Church.
• Prom in the Forest concert takes place at the Church at 7pm. Tickets are available, priced £10 each, available by ringing 07510 195877 (or on the door) 
• Refreshments will be available at the Church, King's Oak, Duke of Wellington, Forest Tea Huts.

 For more information about the event visit http://highbeachchurch.org.uk/high-beach-festival/

Clothing Launch

Clothing is now available online through the store!

You can now buy the Epping Forest Grid design T-shirts, which were launched at the 2013 Epping Forest "Working Woodland Day" event, by visiting the clothing shop page.

To find out more about buying from Heenan Photography, visit the buying page.

Successful Event

Many thanks to everyone that came to say hello, and showed an interest in the Heenan Photography stall, at the Working Woodland Day event on Saturday 17th August. Tom and Natasha gave out flyers and sweets, talked to visitors about Heenan Photography, and offered both photographic prints and the newly-designed T-shirts for sale at the venue in North Weald in Epping Forest. The event as a whole was very successful, with an estimated 1,250 people attending on the day, which luckily turned out fine in spite of the forecast (which mentioned a chance of rain!).

Heenan Photography are donating 25% of money taken at the Working Woodland Day event to Trees for Cities, a charity that works with local communities on tree planting projects in urban areas.

August News

Well, things may have seemed quiet on the website lately but we have been busy behind the scenes with a few different things.

You may notice that web shopping has arrived! After much coding, recoding and head-scratching by Tom (thanks Tom), ordering your Heenan Photography artwork should now be a doddle. You can browse the shop by clicking here or using the "Shop" option in the top menu, and there is a nifty little shopping cart which should pop up so you can keep track of things. Payment can be completed through the shopping cart using a variety of methods, including Paypal. If you do have any issues with the new system, please get in touch so we can fix any last bugs!

The Working Woodland Day event is tomorrow (read more about it here), and a lot of work has also gone into preparing for the Heenan Photography stall. This includes getting products ready for selling, such as the brand new T-shirts. The "Epping Forest Grid" design is being launched at the Working Woodland Day, which means the event will be an exclusive first chance to buy your very own Heenan Photography T-shirt featuring 25 different images of Epping Forest. Not only this, but to celebrate the launch of this new product the T-shirts will go on sale at a discounted price - £14 (S M L) / £14.50 (XL+) just £12.00 each if you buy them at the event. Bargain!

And, as always, keep an eye out for new pictures on the site, such as the Summer photos in this blog post. Thanks for listening!

Update to the Gallery pages

The Gallery page of the website has been organised into separate pages, of varying themes. So far, there are pages for Winter, Tree, Macro and Monochrome photos.

Please take a look at the new layout, and also spot the photos that have been added to the gallery!

Exhibition Officially Launched

Exhibition Launch: Tom Heenan and Cllr Gavin Chambers

The exhibition in Buckhurst Hill was officially launched last night with an evening event at Buckhurst Hill Parish Council's Information Centre, which went very well indeed. In addition to the photos of Epping Forest featured in the exhibition, there were some additional photos and a slideshow for the event, and flyers with more information about Heenan Photography.

Council chairman Gavin Chambers welcomed the guests and introduced the art project, and then I spoke a little about my photography. It was excellent to see so many people at the event in support of the exhibition, with perhaps 35 to 40 guests in attendance. Many thanks to everyone that came along, and also thanks goes to Everything Epping Forest who covered the event - their article about the launch event is featured at www,everythingeppingforest.co.uk/news.htm. For the evening event, and for the exhibition itself, the final thanks of course go to Buckhurst Hill Parish Council for making it all happen.

The photos will be on display at the Information Centre in Queens Road until June. This won't be the end of the story though; the Council are hoping to build upon the project and give other local artists the chance to exhibit their work. This will make a real difference for artists, encourage more art in the area, and make good use of existing wall space. This could be the start of something beautiful.

Guests at the Exhibition Launch Night

A slideshow of photos plays in the background

Buckhurst Hill Exhibition - Update

 Buckhurst Hill Parish Council's new Community Gallery project is now under way, with a selection of my prints currently up on display in the information centre in Queens Road!
The photography exhibition will run for the next three months, whereupon the Community Gallery will open up to a new phase of artists with links to Buckhurst Hill.

Some of the Photos currently on display, which all feature Epping Forest

I am the first artist to be selected as part of the arts project, and have chosen to grace the wall space with images from Epping Forest, one of our local treasures. Roughly half of the land in Buckhurst Hill is open space (BHPC), and the Forest contributes a large amount to this half; not only is Epping Forest beautiful, but ubiquitous here too. The name even refers to the trees: "Buckhurst"  was called La Bocherste in the 1100's (while England was under Norman control), and this earliest reference to the area means "a hill covered with beech trees" (Wikipedia). Is it any wonder that, growing up in Buckhurst Hill, I developed an abiding interest in trees?

Make it down to the Information Centre in Queens Road in the next three months to see the exhibition, including "The Lambent Pollard" and "Autumn Light and Leaf" (see these two pictures here). If you're an artist or photographer interested in getting involved in the next phase of the project, contact the Parish Council here.


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OPENING TIMES

9.30am - 1.00pm

1.30pm - 4.00pm

Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday and Friday 

Closed Thursday

More info at:
www.essexinfo.net/buckhurst-hill-parish-council/

Community Art Gallery in Buckhurst Hill

A chance to see some of my prints in the flesh! 

I have been invited to take part in a new project with Buckhurst Hill Parish Council, a community art gallery using the lobby wallspace at their offices in Queen's Road. I have submitted a selection of limited edition prints from the Epping Forest area for display, and they should be going up sometime this week. Find out office opening times and more at: www.essexinfo.net/buckhurst-hill-parish-council/

The Parish Council are also planning an Opening Event which will be announced soon, to formally kick off the community gallery. If successful this project will continue to offer a selection of local artists (people with links to Buckhurst Hill) the chance to display their works for a time. This will bring something new to Queen's Road, providing a venue for local people to view local artwork. 

If you know of any artists who might be interested in getting involved in the next phase they would be very welcome to get in touch with Buckhurst Hill Parish Council: 

62 - 64 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9 5BYoffice@buckhursthillpc.gov.uk020 8498 9933

Photography in Epping Forest in Winter

Yesterday was a very enjoyable day; I spent the day at the Epping Forest Field Centre up at High Beach, helping with a photography one-day course "Photography in Epping Forest in Winter". I volunteer at the Field Centre from time to time, and helping out with the course allowed me to also gain some more inspiration for my own photography.

The course was led by a very experienced photographer, John Price, who has worked in publishing, industry, corporate and, for the last ten years, in conservation as a photographer. I am a fan of the Fifty Favourite Trees book that John designed and photographed (a digital version can be found at www.favouritetrees.org), and when helping out on one of his previous photo courses I found him to be very knowledgeable, affable, and full of ideas for taking nature photos beyond the ordinary. Helping John on the course and offering some advice on Wildlife Photography was John Gooday, so all told there was a wealth of photographic knowledge for attendees to tap into.

The weather was fantastic for the morning walk, with snow and sun and a very blue sky indeed. We didn't wander too far from the Field Centre, but some of my favourite trees are in this part of the forest and there were many other things to photograph besides. Lunch was taken at the Kings Oak pub, beside a blazing fire. Things then clouded over somewhat in the afternoon, but by then we had finished taking photos and had returned to the centre to look at some of the images, and to discuss different ideas and techniques. Those attending the course ranged from complete beginners to people that use photography for their work, and yet I think that everyone found the day useful. It was interesting to see the variety of pictures that were captured, and the different perspectives and techniques that people used resulted in some very different images even though they were all walking the same route!

If anyone has the chance to attend one of John Price's photography courses in the future I would highly recommend them (keep an eye on Epping Forest Field Centre courses at www.field-studies-council.org). Particularly useful for beginner and intermediate level, but there are new ideas to be had for many a more experienced photographer.

Some more pictures from High Beach yesterday:

New Year Update

Happy New Year! The Gallery page has been updated with new photos. These are some of my current favourites, and were all taken in local green spaces around Epping Forest. Here are two of the new photos:

Epping Forest is so full of beauty and interest, there is always something to please the eye and inspire the mind. The photo on the left, titled "Autumn Light and Leaf", was taken in a patch of the Forest in Chingford that has some stunning stands of hornbeam trees (including pollard and coppice compartments), and gave a very fine display of colour during the Autumn just passed. The second photo, "The Lambent Pollard", shows a much more robust Beech pollard, a grand veteran with a lot of character in the Forest near High Beach.

 [View the new photos on the Gallery page]

Store update

New items have been added:

deviantArt store:

• "Birch Curl" is now available as a print!
• "Epping Forest Ancients" is now available as a print!

RedBubble store:

•  "Sky Silhouette" is now available as a print!

Buying Photos

I am still researching different options for making my photos available to purchase on-line, but currently have two options for you to look at; please visit the new Buy page to find out more. Any feedback on which photos or photo products you would like to see, or about the store websites, would be gratefully received.

Photography website

Howdy!

I have been getting more serious about my photography; a friend told me they thought my pictures were good enough to sell, and indeed asked for a print for himself. So I have been looking for a place for my photography to call 'home' recently. I would like to share my photos and photo-related happenings with others. I also hope to make it possible for others to get prints of my photos if they desire such. I will start using this blog site to talk about my photography and share photos.

Whilst I am still hunting down that next job in Conservation, this photography concept has captured my imagination and I will try to develop it as well. Please feel free to chime in with any feedback or queries!