Mia Matthews

Gary brought his daughter Mia to me on a recommendation from another client. She was bubbly and friendly and we got some great images. Here's a little taster!

As always, feel free to leave a comment!!

Sam Bell

It's been quite a busy time with trying to get the weddings off to the lab, (All done now!!!), and the framing I've got to finish off. I started my Christmas promotion as well and that's looking promising, but adding to the workload. But at least it's working for me. If I could get just a day with no telephones I could make a huge dent in the work. At least half the calls are marketing/ad companies, and they're so rude that it puts you off your stride. One day I'll get an ad call that'll be useful to me.

Anyway, as a follow-on from the shoot with Sam and little Lexi a week or so ago. She's grown loads since the last time I photographed her!

This is a shot of Sam from the same session. She didn't expect to be on any of the photographs so it was a bit of a shock for her!!

As always, any comments are welcome.

Another day in the studio

It's been a week since my last post. I've been trying to get up to date on the last couple of weddings before the Christmas rush starts, as well as trying to complete the portraits and framing. I'm almost there now, so I'll be able to get some work done on my other little project of putting together some art images for the shop that wants to put them on sale.

Here are a couple of images from just one of todays shoots.

As always, any comments are always welcome.

Walking and wotnots!!

The backs getting better, good enough to start walking again. I'm not doing my normal route, I thought I'd start gentle, which is probably just as well as I still get twinges if I twist or bend in the wrong direction. But it's nice to be out early in the morning again!

I'm shooting another wedding this weekend so hopefully the back will fare better than it has of late.

In the meantime, I've finally managed to get a photograph of my son, Justin. It's only taken me about 5 months, but at least I've done it now. And more importantly, he likes it!!

Here's a couple from the session.

As always, any comments are welcome.

Joseph

A quick slideshow of unedited images of Joseph's first cherubs session.

Any comments are always welcome.

Camera Update

The camera I sent flying is sick, over £350 sick!! The lens is the bulk of that. I didn't think it could be repaired myself, but apparently with a new barrel and a few gubbings inside it'll be as right as rain. I should get the camera back towards midweek, but the lens will take longer.

I'm taking one of my other ones out in the morning, but I'll be sure to watch where I'm walking!!.

Here's a couple of images that I've taken on a couple of my walks.

As always, any comments welcome!

Enjoy!!

It's all in a days work!!

It's been a funny sort of year up to now. It's either been quiet and peaceful, or the heavens have opened and dropped the world and his dog on our shoulders!!
This weekend our weddings really start in ernest. We've done a few up to now, but they come thick and fast now. We've had a few changes so it'll be strange to start off with, but when that camera starts clicking away and that "buzz" takes hold we'll be on our merry way! I'll be bringing updates more regularly now, especially as I have someone to keep up to date with all the blogs and sites that I service.

Recently I've been doing a lot of walking. Apart from the fitness aspect, it helps me think. But what I like the most is the beauty of my morning walk. It's quiet and unspoilt before the rest of the town wakens. I'm fortunate to live in a beautiful part of England, where I can at least relax away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Here's an image from one of my morning walks.

Enjoy

It's a family thing!!

Pete and his family have been trying to get into the studio for months now. He'd recently had the dreaded school photo of his daughter, but it was a typical school photo!!
Eventually, we managed to get him and his family into the studio, (not an easy feat!!) Here are a couple of images just as a taster!

It's a birthday

I recently completed a portrait session for Gary, co owner of Counter Act Systems. (If ever you have a problem with your system, or backup issues, or indeed, anything computer related, Gary is your man!!) It was his twins birthday coming up and he thought about a small banner for their party.
As with kids, we couldn't do the twins without juat a little piccy for the smallest one!! 3 girls...he'll suffer for that when they're older!!

Comments welcome as always!

Not so young any more!

It's funny how, as parents, you go through life, keeping house, looking after your kids, and all that sort of thing.
My eldest, Brandon, (Well, of those still at home!), is just going through his exams, and my second eldest, Lauren, is just preparing for her work experience. But still they're just kids.
Then one day when you look at them you think that, well, maybe they arn't so small after all!!
I think Mum has mixed feelings about it. It's nice that they're finding themselves in that big wide world, but then she'll have no-one to "mumsy" over, especially when Justin reaches that moment in time too.
We won't know what to do with ourselves!!

Busy week update!

It's been another busy week. We finished editing the images from another wedding that we had covered and sent the happy couple away more than happy. I've finished one set of images of a set of girls from a 15th birthday portrait party and have got another to do by Wednesday for collection. I'm up to date on all my portrait orders and viewings apart from ordering a couple of frames.
But the most exciting thing to have happened this week is that we have found an outlet for our artwork!! It's always a problem as to how to get the potential clients to see what artwork we have, but with a high street outlet with a good footfall we can at last get our work seen, and hopefully sell some.
All we have to do now is produce the stock of limited edition prints for display and get them to the shop!! It's going to be another busy week!

What's behind the mask?

We all have one, we like to keep that "thing" hidden, and show on the outside only that which we allow others to see.

But what's behind the mask?

From my shoot on Thursday. Comments welcome. Enjoy.

Into the studio!!

I'm fired up! The studio is ready! I'm on the way in for a shoot! I'm excited and can't wait to start!!

Vixen

Vicki contacted me through a friend for a portfolio shoot. She had looked through the friends images and like my style.
She hadn't been in front of a camera before, but as you can see, she soon got into the swing of things!! This is just a teaser from the shoot today.

As always, comments apprieciated!