Welcome and Blog Portal page of Rob Boler's photo website, www.RobBolerShootsPeople.com

Young tribal-village girl, north of Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India Thankyou for visiting my photo website, 'Rob Boler Shoots People'.

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Links to blog entries begin at this point, with the most recent entry at the top.

21 Apr 2012. How a broken leg resulted from a model no-show, superb CEWE / Photoworld printing,

'Picturing Democracy' and 'Capture Waltham Forest' competition successes.

02 Apr 2012. Visits to Butlins and heritage steam railways. Using Lidl for photographic printing.

24 Mar 2012. Trip to Bhuj, Jaisalmer, Delhi, Haridwar and Amritsar in India.

03 Dec 2011. Presentation by Antony Penrose about legendary war and fashion photographer Lee Miller,

on 30th November 2011, at Towcester Camera Club.

16 Nov 2011. Review of Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, until 12 Feb 2012.

14 Nov 2011. Thoughts on the World Press Photo Awards, Royal Festival Hall, until 29 Nov 2011.

08 Nov 2011. Review of David Lake's "Leica Postcards" photo exhibition, at The Lowry Hotel, Salford,

until 29 Nov 2011.

08 Nov 2011. A day in the life: visiting museums, exhibitions and pubs in Manchester and Salford,

for the Guardian Camera Club '24 hours' asignment.

01 Nov 2011. French Connection: Taking people photographs in Leyton, drinking Brodie's real ale,

and seeing John Swannell and Sir Roy Strong at the National Portrait Gallery.

31 Oct 2011. The times they are a changing: Canon Pro Solutions day 2011, Business Design Centre,

Islington, London.

28 Oct 2011. They'll never walk alone: the 96 Liverpool FC supporters who died at Hillsborough,

on 15 April 1989.

20 Oct 2011. Physical and mental torture: Taking people photographs in Walthamstow,

drinking Brodie's real ale, and seeing Don McCullin and Kate Adie at the Imperial War Museum.

19 Oct 2011. Free expression? My thoughts, featuring India Against Corruption-GB, John Twomey,

and Blair's Iraq war.

10 Oct 2011. Common culture: Taking people photographs in Clapham, seeing Sir Mark Tully

at the National Portrait Gallery, and the culture that could swamp all others.

02 Oct 2011. Replacement hood / shade for Tokina 12-24mm f4 AT-X Pro lens.

30 Sep 2011. Don't look back in anger: The fall of the West Midlands, and its renaissance as a heritage

hotspot (Black Country Museum, Blists Hill Victorian Town, and the Severn Valley Railway).

19 Sep 2011. Review of Steve McCurry photo exhibition (Chris Beetles Gallery, Swallow Street, London

until 24th September 2011).

19 Sep 2011. Review of 'Women Changing India' photography exhibition. (Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

until 29th September 2011).

18 Sep 2011. The London Olympics, Chris Beetles' Steve McCurry photo exhibition, Saatchi Gallery's

'Women Changing India' photo exhibition, and Proud Chelsea's Rolling Stones

photo exhibition, all in one day.

12 Sep 2011. The 2011 Mayor's Thames Festival, Boris Johnson, Red Ken Livingstone, and,

finally escaping from that four-letter-word thing.

05 Sep 2011. Bucks County Show, Pride Reading, 3G Girls mud wrestling, Anders Ryman's

'Rites of Life' photo exhibition, and Magnum's Ian Berry at Whitechapel Gallery.

30 Aug 2011. The 2011 Notting Hill Carnival, with references to photos of the stabbing incident,

my own photographs, and complaints to London Mayor Boris Johnson about the problems.

30 Aug 2011. The value of street photography. My thoughts on the photographs by Oli Scarff

of the stabbing incident in Ladbroke Grove, at the Notting Hill Carnival, 2011.

28 Aug 2011. Review of 'Living Apart' photography exhibition, by Magnum member Ian Berry,

at the International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool (until 6 November 2011).

22 Aug 2011. Shooting Elvis Presley (photographically that is), at the 2011 'On the Edge' music festival,

Richmond-on-Thames, London.

16 Aug 2011. Where to get a Tokina lens repaired in the UK (eg: out of warranty, or grey import).

16 Aug 2011. Review of Paul Trevor's photography exhibition "Like You've Never Been Away",

at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (until 25 September 2011).

15 Aug 2011. A fair Kop? A day in Liverpool, getting immersed in a bruising fight at Anfield,

visiting the Walker Art Gallery, and drinking real ale at Cains Brewery Tap.

08 Aug 2011. The 2011 CAMRA Great British Beer Festival, and, people photography in South East London.

01 Aug 2011. People photography along the Regents Canal, and trad jazz at Leighton Buzzard / Linslade

and Hackney.

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