Elegant Moated Manor House & Grade I Listed Gardens, Suffolk
Home to the Tollemache family and their 500 year history In June, I tagged onto a mini-road trip to Norfolk and Suffolk a visit to ...
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GINA DOVER-JAQUES
PERSONAL BRANDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER, LONDON, UK
Gina Dover-Jaques
May 281 min
Why I use a 50mm lens
The 50mm prime lens is sharper, provides consistency & continuity in my work, and gives a similar view to that our eyes see, so is...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Mar 12 min
Sheffield Botanical Garden
Captured on a 65 year old mechanical camera I have been stuck in doors for days after a relentless chesty cough, so was eager to fill my...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 292 min
Garden Winter Serenity
Kathy Brown's Garden at the Manor House in Stevington takes on a soothing palette of hues and subtle, dewy light during the wintertime. A...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 222 min
Why authenticity?
Close to real life portrayals I am a bit of a purist when it comes to photography. I love to convey the world as close to real life as...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 204 min
The Leica M2
A beautiful piece of engineering first made in the 1950s that makes you want to create images of beauty Today I worked with the classic...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Jan 134 min
Film photography is one of the most beautiful forms of art ...
... I love film photography with all of my heart. These quotes encompass so much about why I choose to be an analogue photographer. "Film...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Jan 61 min
A bold contemporary garden
Redhill Lodge in Barrowden, Rutland. I was kindly invited back by the garden designer and owner, Sue Moffitt and her husband Richard to...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 8, 20232 min
A Naturalistic Garden
So much more than just a 4500m² experimental garden & nursery 8 November 2023 Perched on a hilltop in the heart of the Rivelin Valley,...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Sep 28, 20232 min
For the curious & environmentally connected
Today, I listened to a really interesting podcast by Sarah Wilson, a Horticulturist and founder of 'ROOTS & ALL'. She was joined by...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Aug 26, 20231 min
Attributes of a good garden photographer
Being at the beginning of my garden & flower photography project, I was keen to understand if it is deemed necessary to be an expert...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Aug 24, 20232 min
Analogue photography costs less than digital
​I love film. I'm a HUGE fan for many reasons, and my approach means that I spend considerably less than when I shot digital. Background...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 11, 20221 min
Calke Abbey Orangery
Mid-week I visited Calke Abbey in Derbyshire. I had seen images of couples in front of the house on their wedding day, but had not...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 10, 20221 min
Belton House Orangery & Gardens
Last week I visited the very beautiful gardens and Orangery of Belton House in Lincolnshire, a country estate with formal Italian and...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 4, 20223 min
An English Walled Garden
at Clumber Park Orangery - the longest glasshouse, at 130 metres long, cared for by the National Trust Clumber Park Walled Kitchen Garden...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 28, 20222 min
An Italian Renaissance Garden
I miss Italy with all of my heart, especially Tuscany. Florence is deeply rooted in my veins. I first visited with my husband, and would...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 28, 20222 min
Light captures my eye first
My decision whether to create an image or not comes from my heart, but it is light that first catches my eye, then only when I am moved...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 18, 20222 min
Flowers, wildflower meadows & gardens will be my muse
... early stages of planning I am currently connecting with a small number of flower growers whose stories capture my heart, to ask if...
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Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 1, 20223 min
A day with Brigitte in her garden
Autumn has arrived! Brigitte's garden was quite parched - a muted palette of butterscotch, reminiscent of my days in Tuscany. Three...
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