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GINA DOVER-JAQUES



Ever immersed in a Walking Food Tour?
I did exactly that yesterday, with tour guides Charla and Matt of Hidden Food Tours, and now I am a little bit hooked! Walking food tours...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 124 min read
 
 
 


A local gem that transports me back to barmy childhood days
An historical, quiet English village, with a water basin, and canal CAPTURED ON ANALOGUE-FILM [KODAK PORTA 400] Hickling Pastures is a...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Mar 111 min read
 
 
 


Bardney Manor, Lincolnshire
A beautiful historical, walled garden.
Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 14, 20241 min read
 
 
 


A Family Affair - The Rutland Gallery, Uppingham
Personal Branding Photography of an art gallery located in the quaint Town of Uppingham, the UK's smallest county of Rutland, in the...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 26, 20242 min read
 
 
 


Jane's Little Slice of Heaven
Beautiful, narrative photography of an allotment grower sat enjoying her squash harvest, chickens and evening light in Staffordshire, UK.
Gina Dover-Jaques
Oct 18, 20244 min read
 
 
 


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 ...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Sep 14, 20241 min read
 
 
 


The Old Vicarage in Whissendine
A Bunny Guinness Garden
Gina Dover-Jaques
Aug 30, 20241 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
May 28, 20241 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Mar 1, 20242 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 29, 20242 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 22, 20242 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Feb 20, 20244 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Jan 13, 20244 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Jan 6, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Gina Dover-Jaques
Jan 3, 20240 min read
 
 
 


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,...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 8, 20232 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Sep 28, 20232 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Aug 26, 20231 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Aug 24, 20232 min read
 
 
 


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...
Gina Dover-Jaques
Nov 11, 20221 min read
 
 
 
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