So what was I to do with two cancelled regattas and five days between them in Wales? I made it a weeks vacation instead, and photographed anything I fancied. Just for me. No editors, no clients, no one. Just for me. So, pretty much a week in Betws-y-coed with pretty good weather and a motorhome stuffed to the gills with gear and no deadlines. I
A bit of a disaster really. Arrived on the evening of the 26th August, and looking forward to photographing the jetskiing and spending time with good friends. Well, the friends were great, the jetskiing was short lived (very!) and the weather was tripe!
Sorry for the absence, but work has been a little busy of late (woohoo!) and the knee has been particularly bad, necessitating assistance from Matt for this shoot. Yesterday entailed an assignment I’d been looking forward to for some time. Lotus Car Hire provide trackday events for corporate clients and individuals. The day includes full tuition from some of the best mentors available with tangible
When I get a Bride and Groom that are confident, and will at least listen to creative ideas without shuddering, I tend to get very excited and all those ideas and visions I’ve had for some time start to bubble forth.
In the middle of working on the previous wedding photographs, I get a frantic call from a mother who wants her son photographed before the hired gown goes back the following day. Hmmm, ok I say and chuck my gear together and head out west. Well, across the valley, anyway.
Saturday proved to be one of the more relaxing weddings I’ve photographed. No rush, no holdups and no complications. Leanne and Scott are both organised people, and it showed on the day. It was a nice sized wedding with close family and friends invited, who were all very warm people.
Funny, isn’t it? You get told everything’s off. There’s no water, no lake, no boats, no people and no fun! Until you speak to one of the guys in charge. “Yes, the water will be low, and we can’t say for sure how low. Cancel? not yet!”
Just been informed that a regatta I was to cover in September near Denbigh, Wales has been cancelled. Apparently the organisers were informed by email within the last day or so. The waterboard are draining the lake to allow maintenance to be carried out on a wall. The lake will be out of use throughout the yacht club’s busiest time, and re-filling isn’t scheduled to
The culmination of several attempts to get this image, each attempt accompanied by cursing and limping. However, I would consider the aggravation and discomfort to be worth it in the end. It was taken at the river mouth at Crammond, on the Firth of Forth.
OK, so it's taken a while. Quite a while. Or as Catherine or Stuart will no doubt point out, a very long while. A while for what? Well, I've said, time and time again, I'll set up a blog and this is finally it. And how long is a while? Oh, about three years. With the ever increasing workload, and ever decreasing free time, it's just been one of those things I was to do tomorrow, and tomorrow seems to have finally arrived.
