Pippa McHale Photography

Pippa McHale Photography Promoting my love affair with life ... available as a photographer to capture your special moments.

It was 36 degrees plus in the studio last Saturday under the lights so I suggested to Rachelle that we work with a wet c...
07/06/2026

It was 36 degrees plus in the studio last Saturday under the lights so I suggested to Rachelle that we work with a wet coverup..which worked really well to cool her down and then we added the spray bottle of water...OMG... I am so blown away by my images. Such fun...and so glad Rachelle agreed to get her hair wet. The black organza on the lights added to the effect. Excuse the stars...they are there to avoid the nip- police. .summers .

An interesting image from my shootvwith Rachelle Summers .summers last weekend. I draped all the studio lights in black ...
07/06/2026

An interesting image from my shootvwith Rachelle Summers .summers last weekend. I draped all the studio lights in black organza trying to effect black mist...ironically I could have just used the filter in my camera bag..but I like the soft effect of the fabric...excuse the strange border but I did not want to lose any of the letterbox image in the IG crop...and the flower is to deter the nip-police.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of being in the studio with international UK model Rachelle Summers .summers . It was a ...
06/06/2026

Last weekend I had the pleasure of being in the studio with international UK model Rachelle Summers .summers . It was a blast from beginning to end and I am looking forward to working again with her in the future. More images to follow.

A huge compliment today from another respected figure within the photography and publishing industry in response to my b...
26/05/2026

A huge compliment today from another respected figure within the photography and publishing industry in response to my black and white art n**e series of Irida with the paper flowers...Untamed publication editor.

Comments like this matter deeply — not because of validation alone ( yes, that is very good for the soul) , but because they remind me that my work is evolving in the right direction artistically.

The balance of form, texture, symbolism, and emotion is exactly where I want this body of work to sit. Art n**e photography has been a personal journey and challenge over the past year and I would like to thank Irida for her patience when working with me as I try to capture my 'visions'. It is wonderful working with an internationally published model who just gets my way of thinking in the studio.

I would also like to thank my friend Emma, owner of Fine and Dandee Studio in Wokingham who encourages me to 'run riot and create.'

Creating images that resonate beyond the surface has always been my goal. I am quietly grateful that others are now seeing what I am trying to say through the lens.

A huge compliment today from another respected figure within the photography and publishing industry in response to my b...
26/05/2026

A huge compliment today from another respected figure within the photography and publishing industry in response to my black and white art n**e series of Irida with the paper flowers...Elite magazine's publication editor.

Comments like this matter deeply — not because of validation alone ( yes, that is very good for the soul) , but because they remind me that my work is evolving in the right direction artistically.

The balance of form, texture, symbolism, and emotion is exactly where I want this body of work to sit. Art n**e photography has been a personal journey and challenge over the past year and I would like to thank Irida for her patience when working with me as I try to capture my 'visions'. It is wonderful working with an internationally published model who just gets my way of thinking in the studio.

Creating images that resonate beyond the surface has always been my goal. I am quietly grateful that others are now seeing what I am trying to say through the lens.

Among the ox-eye daisies, where summer holds the field in quiet suspension, a thick-legged flower beetle moved slowly fr...
26/05/2026

Among the ox-eye daisies, where summer holds the field in quiet suspension, a thick-legged flower beetle moved slowly from bloom to bloom, carrying grains of pollen like fragments of unseen stories.

Nothing in nature hides what it is. The daisy opens fully to the light. The beetle arrives burdened, imperfect, necessary. Both belong exactly as they are.

Standing there, I realised how different honesty feels from half-truths. Nature does not promise what it cannot give. It does not draw close only to retreat. The daisies simply turn towards the sun, and the beetle keeps moving forward, even carrying the weight of where it has been.

Perhaps that is what heartbreak really is — discovering that love cannot survive in shadows for long. Even the most delicate things need clarity and light.
And yet, among the wildflowers, there is still beauty after disappointment. Still softness after hurt. Still the quiet reminder that broken things are not worthless...like my heart.

I led a photographic walk yesterday for my camera club landscape SIG at Hosehill Lake near Theale. Here are a few images...
25/05/2026

I led a photographic walk yesterday for my camera club landscape SIG at Hosehill Lake near Theale. Here are a few images taken on the trot with my mirrorless in the heat and no tripod. It was a mile wander that ended up in the pub The Fox and Hounds.

The rose pictured is a Rosa rubiginosa, commonly known as the Sweet Briar or Eglantine. Crush the leaves and they smell ...
25/05/2026

The rose pictured is a Rosa rubiginosa, commonly known as the Sweet Briar or Eglantine. Crush the leaves and they smell like apples.

It is the ancestor of the cultivated garden rose and is the national flower of England. It was adopted by King Henry VII to create the "Tudor Rose" emblem. I found it yesterday on my photographic walk around Hosehill Lake.

Celtic mythology tied the plant to the faerie realm. One folk belief claimed that if a faerie ate a rosehip and turned anti-clockwise three times, they could become invisible.

In Ireland, the plant was known as "witches' briar" and believed to hold magical powers over love, luck, and healing.

I wonder if it can cure a broken heart?
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Puzzlewood felt ancient in the truest sense — roots twisting through stone, pathways disappearing into shadow, light bre...
24/05/2026

Puzzlewood felt ancient in the truest sense — roots twisting through stone, pathways disappearing into shadow, light breaking softly through the trees as though the forest itself was guarding secrets.

Walking there, I kept thinking about how easily people lose themselves in half truths. How they begin quietly, almost unnoticed — a missing detail, an avoided sentence, a quick text, a silence where honesty should have been. And yet those small fractures can grow into entire labyrinths.

Among the tangled woodland, it felt as though every path mirrored the human heart: searching for clarity, trying to find the beginning of things before they became complicated. Before trust splintered into uncertainty. Before truth became something partial and hidden beneath layers of fear.

Maybe that is why Puzzlewood lingers in the soul. It reminds us that not all mysteries belong in forests. Some exist between people — in the spaces between what is said, what is withheld, and what we eventually discover for ourselves.

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