REVIEW OF 2015
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Toby’s Picks of 2015
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GYMNAST HARRY HARROD, K2 LEISURE CENTRE: This was a challenging shoot as it was held during a very busy gymnastics session at K2. I wanted to make Harry stand out as the subject without any distractions, so I used very powerful lighting and modifiers to overpower the ambient light in the room.
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JANUARY 2015 Of course, January was defined by events in Paris. Two masked gunmen stormed the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in France, killing 12 people. This led to a flurry of ‘Je Suis Charlie’ declarations made around the world on social media in support of freedom of speech. The year would end with Facebook users again ‘standing side-by-side’ with a grieving France by posting hilarious things their children have said with a tinted tricolour flag over their profile picture. Meanwhile, here in Horsham... The University of Brighton revealed plans to build a higher education facility at the vacant Novartis site in Horsham. The biotechnology and biomedicine centre would create 2,250 jobs, bring £1.7 billion of investment to the region and attract 3,500 students. Sadly, the idea was ditched, shortly after May’s general election. We reported on an extraordinary sale at Tooveys Fine Art Auctioneers in Washington. A Chinese famille rose and pea green ground vase dated from the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (17361795) was sold for £520,000, a record for Toovey’s. The AAH meal review came courtesy of the Buenos Aires Steak House in Market Square, Horsham. The restaurant, which had at the time only been open for five months, has proved to be a popular eatery with its Argentinian flavours and delicious lomo (fillet steak).
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