Pete and I decided to have our own little coffee morning and share some insight into what great big nerds we are whilst also having a little mutter about Movember and begging for more money.
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Thanks again
TTFN
Rob and Pete
I know I know I dissappear for years then pop back up asking for stuff, well a couple of years ago I told you about my mate Justin who was making a movie/TV show about elves and even showed you some pictures. Well now he’s looking for more money to take his vision forward and we’d both appreciate shares and financial support alike. Please see the link and my very special credit at the end.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/selwyn-lost-prince-of-avalon
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
Greetings to all my loyal friends and followers, I thought that I would take a little time out to share a few things with you.
My new camera (Canon EOS 6D for those of you not paying attention) has finally arrived, I can’t recommend that you stay further away from www.valuebasket.com , yes I got a fantastic deal but their customer service is non existent and their lead times in today’s world are just unacceptable, especially seeing as they felt the need to lie to me about them on a regular basis. I could have dealt with a three week lead time if I’d been told that’s how long it was going to take at the point of order, instead it began at 3-5 days then 7-10 days then 7-10 working days, then in the next few days with none of their staff having the first idea what was actually going on. Still I have my baby and I’ve named him Luke, he is an ugly baby, but boy oh boy does he take some purdy pictures.
As I am now taking my photography more seriously as a business I was having a difficult time explaining the brand behind Mr Bunny Chow, and whilst Mr Bunny Chow is going nowhere I am now going back to my roots as a blogger on these pages and have re-branded  my Facebook page to my real name www.facebook.com/robtwigwood and also launched a very simple professional site www.robtwigwood.com please check them out and let me know what you think.
Since Luke arrived I’ve been lucky enough to go out on two occasions with Lee from Lenses of Croydon and Inner Circle Photography, last weekend we went into London to look at the Taylor Wessing Portrait Exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery followed by a wander around Borough Market. This was definitely a learning process for me, I adore the way that Luke’s depth of field is super shallow in comparison to  my experiences on a crop frame camera, I am not going to get too geeky on you here but I definitely need to be super careful not to over use this. It is also incredible how much clearer photo’s are at much higher ISO’s than my older camera. I am a very happy boy.
see what I mean about the super shallow depth of field
pretty owl biscuits
loved how vibrant these olives looked
mmmm bacon
could this cheese seller be more French?
yummy cheese
pretty meringues
This Saturday Lee and I again ventured into London to go on a photowalk with the internationally infamous Australian Photographer and Youtube celebrity Matt Granger. The walk was pretty fun and it was great to meet so many like minded photographers, although as it was super busy we didn’t get as much time to pick Matt’s brain as we would have liked, just observing the way in which he interacts with people was fascinating. I managed to pick up a few shots that I was really happy with. While I’m here I’d like to highlight the http://www.savethesouthbank.com/ website, as I passionately believe that this park is culturally important to London and would hate for it to disappear.
tracking shot within the South Bank Skate Park, again please sign their petition.
just a candid portrait I liked
Lee being Lee
the winter sun catching St Paul’s Cathederal
Matt Granger (in the middle) being creepy with an Ice Light
could you get a more London shot of London?
So what next for me and Mr Bunny Chow?
I am currently taking bookings for next years wedding season so please do put me in touch with anyone getting married, having babies or doing anything else they might want photographing, I believe my rates are highly competitive and I’ll always do my best to work within any budget.
Hope you are all well
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow (aka Rob)
I’ve continued being useless at sharing with you and for that I apologise, it’s been a busy couple of months, outside of my usual parenting duties, I’ve shot a wedding which I will be sharing some pictures from with you soon as well as been on holiday to Majorca a small Spanish island in the Mediterranean so I thought that today I’d share a couple of holiday pictures and also a couple of my beloved dog and boys.
In other news I have managed to order myself a shiny new camera (Canon EOS 6D for those of you who care) which will hopefully begin paying for itself as I pick up a few more paying jobs. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time because as much as I love my old Canon EOS 10D she’s really just not up to the job of taking quality pictures in anything less than ideal light conditions and as I am marketing myself to shoot weddings and other portraiture I want to be able to deliver the highest quality final product to my customers.
Needless to say I am very excited and promise to share my thoughts on it (I haven’t decided if it will be a boy or girl yet) as soon as it arrives. I went along with ordering from a smaller company knowing it would take longer to get to me because they offered the cheapest deal I could find.
I have also invested in current copies of Lightroom 5 and Photoshop
There is no greater love than that of a small boy and his dog
See how happy she is
 We drove around for ages trying to find this monastery, we’re not even entirely sure that this was it or just the church the monks use but it was most definitely closed to the public.
Another day we decided to drive down to Cala de Sa Calobra, the road is absolutely incredible rising to almost 700 metres and then dropping back down to sea level over a space of just 12 kilometres . I unfortunately was concentrating on the  driving so didn’t get any shots of the road (Mrs BC had her eyes most firmly closed for most of the drive and refused point-blank to take the camera) but watch this video I found of youtube to get an idea of what it’s like.
obviously the video isn’t mine so please respect the owners copy right.
At the bottom it is very beautiful but the restaurants are all very expensive and certainly the one we chose was rubbish. The beach is also very beautiful, but not ideal for kids with large pebbles and a quick drop off as opposed to your typical white sandy beaches.
Well I hope you’ve enjoyed this little update and as I always do I promise to stop being so rubbish at letting you know what’s going on in the world of Mr Bunny Chow and family
Mr Bunny Chow
I was given a fantastic opportunity over the weekend to shoot some test make-up and costumes for a local film project.
I think I must have done a good job because they’ve asked me back to do some more shoots for them in the future and possibly even behind the scenes stuff when they begin filming.
I can’t go into too much detail at the moment as no dates have been finalised and no rates agreed other than that I’m cheap.
I hope you like this selected out take of images from Saturday.
Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
Calling all photographers,
for a long time now I’ve followed a wonderful blog with a huger readership called PhotoBoto’s, they were supporters of this very blog from the very early days and were even kind enough to feature one of my shots http://www.photobotos.com/my-leopard/ a little while back.
They are currently reaching out to their readership to go forth and seek out other photographers to share their shots and their stories with them to feature. So without further ado, I implore you my readers to dig through your archives and submit a photograph to them via this link http://www.photobotos.com/submit-a-photo/
I can’t promise you that your fortune will be made, but a little extra exposure (do you get the pun, do you, do you?) can’t hurt.
I promise I will get around to sharing some of my photography with you again soon, It’s been building up and up so I’ll just chuck in a quick one from our recent holiday.
Landie at Sunset
Take care and TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
A couple of weeks ago I created a post asking for advice from you my dear friends of the blogosphere and in return I offered a print to my favourite comment, we’ll get to the winner in a moment but I just wanted to apologise first for being so quiet of late, I’ve been incredibly busy around the house with the boys. I’ve also been out and about on the town with the wonderful creative partnership that is Lenses of Croydon I’m really excited to have become involved with them and no doubt you will be hearing more from me about them in the coming weeks months and years.
I have decided for the time being not to exhibit my work, this is in the most part due to the cost vs. reward I’m sure you all understand that raising kids is not a cheap exercise and whilst I’m fairly confident that the exhibition would have just about broken even I’m not confident that any real money would have been made and when belts are as tight as mine and Mrs BC’s even the small outlay is beyond the current budget.
I of course reserve the right as always to change my mind in the future when metaphoric belts are loosened.
Thank you all for your feedback I greatly appreciate it.
Back to excuses, I have managed to complete a diploma in photography, I doubt it’s going to make me any money either but I thoroughly enjoyed it and certainly learned a fair bit. Since completing it I’ve enrolled on another course with www.camera-school.co.uk. I’ve picked up a little freelance web design work for a local photographer and am deep within the throes of forcing my eldest to abandon Nappies/Diapers in favour of the big boys toilet. My youngest also stole my mouse and has a habit of switching off the computer in the middle of whatever I am doing so if this post seems disjointed that would be because I’ve abandoned and returned to it several times in fits of rage.
Oh yes, my favourite feedback actually came through Google+ and was made by an old school friend the hugely talented musician Matthew Gair, I’ve written about him before although not for some time so please do take a moment to give him a listen.
I’ve included a few recent pictures below from my adventures with the Lenses of Croydon Family for your perusal and commenting pleasure.
Big Cock
Man in a snakeskin suit
Desire
Smile London
Thank you all again
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
I haven’t forgotten my giveaway guys, winners will be announced soon but I thought I’d share this giveaway to win Either a Nikon D800 or Canon 5D MarkIII. The competition is open worldwide so anyone of my global followers is encouraged to enter.
Just click on the links below.
Big thanks to the SnapKnot wedding photography directory for offering this great camera giveaway!
Good luck and remember me if you win.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
Well the amazing news is that I’ve been offered the opportunity to exhibit some of my photography at a local gallery.  Unfortunately there are costs involved in this honour and I need to weigh them up – the obvious costs being printing and framing, but I also need to hire the wall space (the lowest cost being a  6′ x 6′ area of wall) which has a two-week minimum hire charge.
My ego says hire the whole hall, print hundreds of pictures, leave them for six months and you’ll be a millionaire by then.  The reality is more like hire one 6′ x 6′ area for a month to six weeks and print out six strong images.
But how do I decide which pictures? Am I going to sell any of them? Â How much will people be willing to spend on them? How much do I spend on framing?
This my dear friends of the blogosphere is where I am seeking your help…..
Please look through the pictures and let me have your comments on any or all of the following:
* which six prints I should go with;
* whether you would have them on your wall;
* how much would you be willing to pay for a framed copy of approx 10″x 8″ inches;
* should I go with a theme, wildlife as a whole/owls/big cats/Brighton etc. etc. etc.?
Print 1
Print 2
Print 3
Print 4
Print 5
Print 6
Print 7
Print 8
Print 9
Print 10
Print 11
Print 12
Print 13
Print 14
Print 15
Print 16
Print 17
Print 18
Print 19
Print 20
Print 21
Print 22
Print 23
Print 24
Print 25
Please share this post around your friends – I will be giving away one personalised signed print (of your choice) to whomever writes the most helpful comment (not in the least bit impartial but it’s my competition) wherever in the world you may hail from.
I need to make some decisions in the next fortnight so that’s how long I’ll keep the initial run open for. Don’t forget to mention which print number you’d like as your prize.
Please feel to leave your comments below or you can go through the Facebook page or email them directly to rantingmrbunnychow@gmail.com
You see I am agonising over every aspect – I need your help!
Take care and thank you in advance
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
P.S. I reserve the right to ignore all advice and take more pretty pictures between now and when the exhibition happens.
and to follow on, here come the big cats, well and some meerkats because, well because they’re cute and some jellyfish because they’re pretty.
The light on the day way dire to say the least and my primary focus was ensuring I didn’t lose the kids in the crowds too often, I still came away with a couple of shots that I am over the moon with and several hundred more for the scrap-heap.
as previously shared
darn sticks
my favourite picture of the day
here kitty kitty
am I regal enough?
ok I’ll move along then
why hello there
it wasn’t us we’re innocent I tell you
we’re not aliens
I hope you like them and please do add your thoughts and comments to the section below, I’m obviously emotionally attached to the pictures and critiques and ideas are always welcome.
Hope you’re having a great day.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
The life and photography of Mr Bunny Chow 