In between shooting weddings and portraits I like to experiment photographing different subjects. Today was a beautiful day, for once, in England which I wanted to take full advantage of so myself and a friend took ourselves down to Whipsnade Zoo. I just fancied photographing some animals. We had a fun day. Here are some of my favourite pics.
A Happy New 2010 Year to you. We had a fabulous time over Christmas at our friend’s house in the Gascony region of France. For the majority of the time the weather was lovely, blue skies and sunshine but pretty cold. We had a couple days of snow so I thought I would share with you the French version of snowy, wintery landscapes. And, yes, the sky was that colour. Enjoy.
Spent this weekend camping in Lincolnshire with Brian and his brother and wife. As always the weather is the most important thing. We had a scorcher. Fantastic sunshine on Saturday enabled us to spend a very enjoyable and fun day at the Heckington Show. Everything seemed to be happening. Dog shows, animal trophy awards, people showing off their machines, races of different sorts, a fly past by a Lancaster bomber (not official) and eventually a concert with spectacular fireworks. As usual I took it upon myself to practise my photography skills so here are some of my favourites of the day.
Spent the weekend in Morecambe with friends with the aim of walking Morecambe Bay - a 10 miler, open to the elements, wind, rain, sunshine and quicksand! Luckily we were guided by Cedric Robinson MBE who knows the Bay very well. We were a small party compared to the 200 others who decided to join us! Actually, it is a usual occurrence as the walk is free with the guide and open to anyone willing to negotiate the wide expanse. It was very enjoyable with a lot of photo opportunities. Afterwards we relaxed by doing some kite flying in very gusty winds!
Had a fun time yesterday photographing Emily at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, with photographer friends Crash Taylor and Will Pateman. We were blessed with the weather - coats off, cameras at the ready and we got down to creating images.
Check this out. My brother Harry found this photograph of myself and my sister, Jill, amongst the archives. I must have been about 2 or 3 years old. Photography started at a very early age. Just love this image.
I was delighted when I got a call from our local Breeze Magazine to ask me if they could use an image of mine to be displayed on their front cover. Of course, I said ‘yes’.
Elaina Evans from Baroque joined forces with commercial retail expert Justine Cook to expand the business by opening a ready to wear designer bridal gown boutique, The Dressing Room. They approached me to take documentary photographs of the opening. It was a fantastic afternoon with the Mayor of Erewash attending as well as a great number of brides to be. With the opening there was a Great Bridal Giveaway which involved a bride winning a Charlotte Balbier designer wedding dress. The image chosen for the front cover was a capture of the split second emotion that came from the lucky winning bride, Olivia Newton.
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These images were taken a month ago when we returned from Australia. A total difference in temperature. We are very lucky to live close to a nature reserve where there is always ample opportunity to take photographs. These images were taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham. I like to dabble in various types of photography but my main love is wedding photography. This Saturday will be my first wedding of the year. I have just obtained the Canon 5D MarkII and I can’t wait to use it.
