Celia and Shanes Wedding

I had the great privilege of photographing Celia and Shane's Wedding yesterday, I only actually met them on Tuesday as they flew in from New Zealand, although we had been in touch before obviously.  Thankfully the weather held out for most of the day and that Celia was up for a venture into the Rape Seed field!  Great day, wonderful people.  I wish you all the best for the future.

Wow where did the time go?

As the title says, where did those couple of months go?  I know its been a busy few months working for at my full time job and spending a fair amount of time away, but I never thought it would fly by that quickly.  So just a little flavour of what has been going on outside of the full time job; back in January I popped along to the SWPP convention up in London to take a look at what is going on within the industry and catch up with some old friends which is always a great way to start the year.  I have been along to a number of photography training events and of course helping out The Photographer Academy team at the Photography Show last month up at the NEC which was a great event.

Something new I had never been to before was the Gadget Show held again at the NEC earlier this month where once again I helped out on The Photographer Academy stand.  This was a very different show for us but it was full of surprises, the Beautiful Beast below is a character from a game and she came and had a photo session with us during the show, an outstanding costume and she was just one of many.

I have been working on a new style of signature image for my photography business, a classic Boudoir photography genre but all in Black and White to enhance that classical feel, my name for this beautiful creation is BoudNoir.  Below you will see a couple of images from session I have conducted to date.  The emphasis is Sensual, Seductive Stunning, keeping the images as voyeuristic as possible for that classical look with the black and white approach giving it that timeless appeal.

Into the New Year

Welcome to a belated New Year update, it's been a busy start to the year within my day job as well as my Photography side.  The most prominent event this month was the trip up to London to visit the SWPP convention, in particular the trade show event.  This event is held every year by the SWPP and has a huge training program where new and aspiring photographers, as well as seasoned professionals can meet up and attend various lectures and discussions, as well as just socialising with like minded individuals.  It is the first major event of the year, allowing manufacturers to show there latests gadgets, software, toys and display items as well as informing the future markets of what is available to offer to their customers.  Held over several days, it's a great way to just start the year with new or refreshed ideas of what you can offer your clients.  It's also a great social event for those staying in the area for the duration.  The next big event is The Photography Show held up at the NEC the first weekend in March.  I will be working on The Photographer Academy stand if you are up that way.

Christmas 2013

Where has the year gone?  It doesn't seem that long ago that we were covered in the snow and I was out with my Daughter Tash where she was in her Prom Dress in the snow and here we are knocking on the last advent calendar door!  It's been a busy year both from my day job perspective and from the photography commitments.  I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a great Festive break and a wonderful New Year.  I wish you all the best for the future.

Studio Portrait Experience Week follow up

Back in the October half term I ran a Studio Portrait Experience Week to allow and encourage people to come along to a Professional Portrait studio and have the total Portrait experience.  I am pleased to say that there were many attendees during the week long event, all of whom loved their time with me and left me some beautiful comments in my guest book to reflect on how they felt during this event and the resulting images that I have presented to them.  Below is a small selection that they felt were appropriate.  Thank you to all of those who attended, I do hope you will cherish the memories.

Personal Project

For those of you that have been following my photographic development path, you will know that I owe a lot of what I learnt to The Photographers Academy and in particular being an Apprentice to Mark Cleghorn for a year.  Well I am pleased to announce that we are back filming with them again, as many of the followers wanted to know what we had been up to in the years following the Apprentice year and how we had developed.  This next cycle of training is designed to push our skills to develop new, well new to us, techniques and try new concepts.  Over that past month or 2, I have been working on a personal project where I explored the use of light in the studio to define muscle tone and shape.  These shoots have been on a Male Model, a Russian Hip Hop and Street Dancer and a female Body Builder. Below are a couple of images from the Dancer.

Studio Portrait Experience Week

As we head into the darkness of Winter, bring some brightness to your day, book in for a session during the Studio Portrait Experience Week I am running 27th Oct to 3rd Nov. 

For one week only come and enjoy a complimentary Portrait Experience with JBM Photography, be that a family portrait, Baby/Child session or something personal.

Book early to avoid disappointment!

Chris and Karen Wedding viewing

I have just had Chris and Karen around the studio to view their Wedding image slideshow. Such a great feeling to be part of a couples special day and be able to re-create all those moments, memories and at times fill in the missing pieces of the day. They have left such wonderful comments in my guest book; I wish them well for the future. Here is an abridged version of what they have to cherish.

Chris and Karen pre Wedding shoot

I met up with this lovely couple for their pre-Wedding discussion and photo shoot last month.  For those not aware the purpose of these sessions are so that as the prospective Bride and Groom get to know me as the Photographer and how I go about my business on the day as well as having a bit of fun whilst showing them how to stand, cuddle, pose and generally allow me to make them look even better, so that it is one less stress to be concerned about on the day.  The other part of the visit is to gain as much info about their plans for the day so that I know where and when to be and in some cases what to expect.

Chris and Karen were great, they have a beautiful location for their reception and I look forward to capturing their special day very soon.

Certified Member status

I am pleased to say that following extensive effort and determination, I put forward a panel of over 90 images for review in the Photographer Academy to achieve the Certified Member status.  Whilst the certification is predominately a personal success for me, it reflects the achievement of my Photographic skills to be recognised in 7 key areas of photographic technique.  Now I start the work towards the next level to keep the continuous personal development motivation.