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Surf's up! Abbey Rapids Freestyle! : OK, this is an unexpected gallery under this Category! We went to Abbey Rapids on Saturday in preparation for me racing on the Sunday. We thought we would watch the Premier races and arrived just as the 1st runs were ending. We then stood on the bank and watched the river level rise between 3 and 4 feet in about 1hour! Upstream gates became actual upstream gates that were impossible to negotiate and the event was cancelled. 

So why the gallery here? Well, a handful of paddlers got on to enjoy the hole that appeared below the main drop and entertain all those on the bank with some impromptu freestyle moves in slalom boats :-) You will not see any slalom poles in this gallery! Many thanks to one and all, you gave us a great photo opportunity as can be seen below. Feel free to comment and maybe identify the showboaters - particularly in the images where they are not actually IN the shot! 

If you wish us to send you any of these images, simply note down the complete image numbers and go to the Sunday slalom gallery where you will find PayPal details etc.

ENJOY!

Peter & Love Mae

Surf's up! Abbey Rapids Freestyle!

OK, this is an unexpected gallery under this Category! We went to Abbe ...

Updated: Oct 05, 2009 5:37pm PST

Chelsea Cruise - October 2009 : Welcome to the 2009 version of the famouse Chelsea Cruise. How I wish I had images from the same Cruise in the late 70's when I last attended! Today's Cruise is a good deal more American based than before. No swarm of radically modified 1930's Pops, Rovers and Austins, instead there were quite a few very nice (and very nice sounding) American variants as seen below. The first half dozen or so have been edited to look a little more pleasing on the eye but the rest are pretty much as shot. I may edit a few more depending on interest of course :-)

The first image is a sample image and is 0.4MB and 1200 pixels wide (just select "original" from the slide out menu to see it the size I uploaded it) but this is greatly reduced. The real original is 5616 pixels wide and around 20MB! If you like what you see, email me at info@clevercaptures.com and we can sort out a disc for you for a small donation to the camera equipment kitty :-)

The owner of the sample image car might wish that he could remove the signs of corrosion as easily as I did! It looks so much better cleaned up don't you think? :-) 

Laterzzzz

Peter

Chelsea Cruise - October 2009

Welcome to the 2009 version of the famouse Chelsea Cruise. How I wish ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2009 6:14pm PST

Fashion Show and Brand Arena : We attended the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show with Kwame (The Snow Leopard), the only ski athlete representing Ghana who will be racing at the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada in February 2010. We are very pleased to have been selected as the Ski Team photographer and, in this capacity, we captured a variety of images from the show. Please note that ALL proceeds from the sale of these images will be going to the Ski Team.

This gallery contains only the images from the Fashion Shown and Brand Arena but there are other galleries from the show too so check them out as you may appear!

Unfortunately, due to the use of copious amounts of smoke that seemed to rather pointlessly obscure clear views of the garments and make photography very difficult, many of these images are dulled by this and some were complete pants as a result! But the models were a very cool looking bunch with some great moves and very athletic actions which all looked great once most of the smoke had disappeared. 

We are hoping that these images may be of interest to both those featured in them and the various companies represented, possibly in the form of advertising material. Where branding appeared, we attempted to incorporate it into the images where possible. However, these models raced around at close to Warp Factor 9 making this quite a challenge! If you would like full size copies of any of the images featured, please contact us at info@clevercaptures.com with your requirements, and maybe an offer of an acceptable donation towards Kwame's attendance at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and we will get a disc off to you. Oh, and if you wish us to come and take some photographs, just ask :-)

ENJOY!

Peter & Love Mae

Fashion Show and Brand Arena

We attended the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show with Kwame (The Snow Leopar ...

Updated: Oct 22, 2009 8:14am PST

Abbey Rapids Div 1 Event Sunday 4th October 2009 : 




These images are from the Division 1 slalom on Sunday, taken of all classes during the 2nd runs. If you order any of these I will be cropping/post producing the ones you get as none of these have been properly cropped other than the first sample image of the second image. Too many images and not enough time!

If you would like any of these images, we can send you a CD containing the images you select of any one competitor (this includes C2 pairs). All we ask is a small donation towards the camera equipment purse as follows:-  For 3 images - £10  For 6 images - £15  For 10 images £20.  Donations include post and packing :-) Please remember to state the gallery title and complete image numbers! Please click on the appropriate PayPal buttons below as appropriate or alternatively email us at info@clevercaptures.com for details of alternative payment. 





















We are keeping our donations as low as possible whilst still bringing you the highest quality images we can achieve. So please support our labours (and our equipment kitty) and we will continue to bring you more! Feel free to leave any comments here as feedback would be very welcome!
ENJOY! 


Peter & Love Mae

Abbey Rapids Div 1 Event Sunday 4th October 2009

These images are from the Division 1 slalom on Sunday, taken ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2009 3:49am PST

Your Bio

We are Peter & Love Mae Parker based in Bedford, England.

We really enjoy capturing "moments in time" in digital images that bring pleasure to those who appear in them, their family, friends and all who see them. This moment in time could be as brief as 1/8000th of a second – fast enough to capture a fraction of the existence of countless drops of water as they fly through the air like diamonds before disappearing back into the thundering white water they were thrown from. Alternatively it could be 64,000 times slower - at 8 seconds – slow enough to capture the entire life of a firework, radiant in the night sky, from its detonation, throughout its spectacular display to a fading ember and its demise. All of this is seen by the eye, as it happens, but we are unable to recall it in such incredible detail and clarity as can be achieved with the awesome Canon technology and equipment that we use.

We have two objectives:- 1.To enjoy our photography! 2. To bring others enjoyment in the form of the high quality images produced.

In fact, the first is wholly dependent upon the second! What pleasure would a chef have if his perfectly prepared meal were not tasted by anyone? The pleasure of preparing the dish is incomplete unless enjoyed also by somebody else and we feel the same way about our visual “dishes”. So welcome to our “feast for the eyes” where you can eat and be merry because here your eyes can be much bigger than your belly yet you will always have room for more!

Many people do not have the equipment to take high quality images and others, such as athletes, competitors and performers, wish to be featured in them but do not have anyone present to take them. It is, therefore, our pleasure to make high quality images available to everyone who is unable to obtain them for whatever reason.

Please note that we enjoy our photography not as a business but, instead, as a self-funding hobby. Accordingly, rather than a fee, we ask only for a small donation towards our photographic equipment fund plus postage costs when you ask us to send you a CD with any of our images on. We shoot at sporting events, community events, group events, festivals, shows etc so have a look through our various categories and galleries and see what we have been doing and where we have been. If you wish to obtain any of the images, please look in each gallery for the specific details of how you can do this. If you do not find them within the gallery that you are interested in, please email us at info@clevercaptures.com with your requirements. Most of the categories and galleries are for public viewing but some are private requiring password access. These tend to be personal images of family gatherings or other private functions where the images would not be available to anyone other than those featured.

Please note we typically only supply digital images on a CD and we do not offer printing of regular size images. However, if you require larger prints, calendars or photobooks, please email us with your requirements. Our 20" x 30" posters on high grade photopaper are awesome! All images supplied will be much larger and much better quality than those seen here online and without any watermarking. Please take a look in our Sample Gallery to see some larger images without watermarking to get a better idea of what you can expect on a CD.

Whatever your reason for viewing our images, we hope you like them! Enjoy!

Suggested Links:-

http://www.canoeslalom.co.uk (Thanks Nick!)
http://www.eastwestpromotions.co.uk (Thanks Mike!)
http://www.galeforce-events.com (Thanks Steve!)
http://www.scamps2009.org.uk (Thanks Liz!)
http://www.youtube.com/slalomvids
http://www.broxbournewhitewatercanoecentre.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/clevercaptures

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