After Dark
Informal portraits in the dark
The Singing, Ringing Tree, Burnley
Singing Ringing Tree at Crown Point, Burnley
A Different Angle
It can get to a point where a sense of Deja Vu sets in. Done that, seen this and been there before! I like to vary things with my brides and grooms, for my own sanity as much as anything. It only takes one wedding where I haven’t pushed myself to look for a creative slant for an image, and I feel I’ve let my
THAT Look – Contemporary Portraiture
Portraits. Child portraits. Pretty synonymous with THAT studio. You know the one, with the blown out look and vivid colours and blah blah blah. Not my cup of tea, I have to say. It’s not something I’ve done, and I had no intention of “doing”. ok, so what happened?
An Umbrella Without Rain
Occasionally, I find myself at a venue with reduced options for my bride and groom portraits. One such venue is the Shireburn Arms at Hurst Green. It’s a great hotel, with extremely helpful staff, but rather small gardens at the rear. It’s basically a narrow strip of grass and small trees that runs alongside their patio. Well, you just have to utilise what you have
Outdoor Bride and Groom Portrait
The difference between a good image, and an image that really pops, is quite often down to the light, and how it’s been used. Here, the day was overcast, but the ambient light was fairly bright. The diffusion caused by the clouds caused the colours to look a little flat and detail to be lost in the dress and flowers. So, what was I going
Corporate Head Shot
The image above was set up, tested, shot and then dismantled, all within 15 minutes. The client is an Assistant Director of BNI (Business Networking International). It was taken early afternoon at the Bolton Wanderers Soccer stadium (The Reebok Stadium in Bolton) in a rather large room with the lights off, all ambient light coming from a wall of glass camera right (huge windows overlooking
Bridal Portrait at Higher Trapp
At each wedding, I like to try and give the bride and groom an image that is unique to them and their venue, and this shot is a good example of that, and employs some basic strobist techniques I often use at weddings.
Wedding at Murrayshall House, Perth, Scotland
ok, what do we have here? Seeing as sunsets tend to be in short supply in the UK, I try and make the most of any sunset that coincides with an event I’m photographing, and last Saturday’s wedding was one such event.
Just for me!
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