January 2011

Wherever I have gone around the world beaches always have beach dogs, normally associated with beach restaurants, that seem to have some sort of loose deal where the dogs keep the vermin down and the restaurants feed them scraps, well that’s my take on it. Our beached here are no different and over the years we have built up quite a few relationships with a number of the dogs on the beach, we find them very friendly, my move from the shade of one sun bed to another and are always ready for a fuss. So it came as a  shock to see in the local paper that a few tourist had bitten by the dogs and now the local council wish to clear the beach of them. So I thought I would do my bit for the beach boys (that’s what we call the dogs) and do them some good PR shots, I hope you like them.

long live the beach dogs….say i for one.

As you may or may not know, we over winter with the house martins in Southern India. Here we take it easy, recharge our creativity, enjoy the weather and our 2 lovely dogs.

We were having lunch in a local small restaurant by the sea the other day, the normal beer in the area is Kingfisher but we were very surprise and amused be the name of the beer we were served Knock Out, High Punch, Strong Beer.                                                                                  A shot of the old boy, little wall just covering the mid drift.

Garden are always a nice surprise, you shoot them, sometimes a year or so a head because of flowering times and then one day you open a mag and there it is. Then you start to look at it as the wonderful place it is and because at the time of shoot your head is full of photographic technical things that never really let you see your images for what they really are.

I had the pleasure of spending 3 days on Colonsay and this is the 1st shoot to be publish.

You can see more of my work of Colonsay all of which is 1st world rights at the moment, so if you see something you like please get in contact.  ray@raymain.co.uk

Twizzle is the result of the owner’s vision of high performance, high tech sailing yacht the cruising capability, comfort and luxury of a motor yacht. Designed and built by a team of the worlds finest designers, engineers and craftspeople. Twizzle interiors are designed to the same exacting standards with careful consideration being given to levels, proportion, eye lines, joinery style and materials. this exacting approach has resulted in a elegantly stylish yet comfortable and relaxed interior.

This yacht  was a pleasure to shoot and to work with the owners and the team at Hodhuter-Earle