C5 Films (Continent 5ive Films)

19/07/2025

Camber Castle lies between Rye and Winchelsea.

This historic castle built by Henry VIII is an unusually unaltered artillery fort designed to guard the port of Rye.

There is no vehicular access to the castle but it is a one-mile walk over rough paths and fields, from Rye.

Thanks to Susan Pilcher & Kolyn Menace, I managed to get there in near pitch blackness without stumbling into the river, d***s, cowpats or actual COWS, and make it out again. It's a lovely castle! (Just go in the daytime!)

16/07/2025

St Thomas à Becket, Fairfield.

Legend has it that the Archbishop was journeying across the dangerous Romney Marsh when he fell into one of the many ditches.

He prayed to St.Thomas, as he came up for the second time, for a miracle to save him from a watery death. Just in time, a farmer arrived to save him, and in gratitude the Archbishop
had the little church built and dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

13/07/2025

Should ET find himself lost out on the vast plains of Dungeness.......

01/07/2025

My interview with the beautiful and gifted ❀ Ｃａｒｏｌｉｎａ Ｌóｐｅｚ Ｍｏｒｅｎｏ ❀ Carolina Lopez Moreno for Operawire on her Royal Opera House Debut, Origins & Living in the Moment.

Carolina López Moreno, Bolivian-Albanian Soprano, born and raised in Germany, is a versatile, award-winning artist, and is regarded as one of the most promising sopranos of her generation

17/06/2025

Hard at work...........many thanks to the amazing Kolyn Menace for a sneaky shot, taken at distance in the dark of night with a rising moon....

17/06/2025

17th June!
PETT LEVEL.
Need to make hay whilst the stars shine!

16/06/2025

Day at the beach.............

Jury's Gap/Camber Sands
15th June 2025

Beautiful place..........not too many beach goers........no noise......no ice-cream! No major incidents for a change, although I DID ruin my shoes.......the tide comes in mighty fast here!

14/06/2025

Winchelsea Beach is a separate village located near the site of Old Winchelsea. It developed later, particularly around the second World War, and offers a shingle beach, coastal walks, and views of Rye Bay. It is distinct from the historic town of Winchelsea, which sits further inland.

The Beach has been used as a filming location for a few productions, most notably the music video for David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes". Additionally, the area near Winchelsea Beach, specifically Cliff End, was used for filming some aerial scenes in the movie "Battle of Britain".

The third image is a very poignant shot of the launch site of the tragic, ill-fated Mary Stanford Lifeboat at the Winchelsea Beach/Rye harbour point. The lifeboat took to the sea on15th November 1928 on a rescue mission. She capsized with the loss of all 17 crewmen, and was to be the biggest loss of life from a single lifeboat in the history of the RNLI.

These images bring great memories for me, as they produce some of the sharpest and cleanest Milky Way shots I have taken, having such dark skies without the lights from the French coast. Incredibly dark, I also fell over five times, where the steep shingle banks collapsed, covering myself in bruises and smashing my camera tripod in the process. Happy times!!

12/06/2025

My interview with the wonderful Laura Helene Hansen who fought off chronic illness and drug addiction to become a prominent Danish soprano!

(Photo: Victoria Elmas) (Warning: this article contains explicit language) Danish soprano Laura Helene Hansen trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen, and the Opera Academy of the Royal Danish Opera, where her roles included Cio-Cio-San, Contessa Almaviva, Manon Lescaut, Die Marschallin an...

12/06/2025

'Watching the skies', 'Milky Way over Sunrise Bay' and 'Watermelon-Tourmaline Bay'
Littlestone-on-Sea, Romney Marsh

Available as Giclée fine art prints or canvases.

12/06/2025

FINALLY!!......managed to catch the beautiful and gifted ❀ Ｃａｒｏｌｉｎａ Ｌóｐｅｚ Ｍｏｒｅｎｏ ❀ at the on her final night of the very successful run of FAUST with Stefan Pop
Awesome Interview for to follow!

09/06/2025

My interview with the delightful and talented Benedetta Torre for Operawire

(Photo: Mattia di Pasquale) Genoese Soprano Benedetta commenced her international career at the age of just twenty. After pursuing piano and vocal studies in her home city, she is now continuing her training and specialization with esteemed soprano Barbara Frittoli.
A recipient of several awards, ...