Merry Christmas

To all my followers, may I take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2011 saw the building of the studio and the start of a great new future for JBM Photography, 2012 will see the Business develop and grow.  I wish you all well where ever you maybe.

Brooke's 3 Months old

Here is a festive slideshow to show Brooke as she returned for her 3 month photo shoot. The shoot was actually the first photo shoot in the new studio!

Studio Open Event

Saturday the 19th Nov saw the Studio Open Event, after months of hard work, not forgetting the administration and negotiations during the build and before hand, the build is complete. Friends and Family gathered to see the Studio now it is finished and furnished. It was a great event with numerous people stating how wonderful the building has turned out. I was very pleased that so many people had taken the time to make the event a success and I look forward to the future for JBM Photography now that I have a dedicated space to operate from.

Studio Build Sequence Videos

Below are 2 videos to give a time lapse view of the build in the first one, and a more detailed look at items in the second.  These were prepared for the Studio Open Event.

Studio Build Update (construction and decorating complete)

It's been a busy weekend, but finally the last large amounts of rubbish and muck away have been collated and collected, I now have a Garden, Decking area (with furniture) that can be used, not to mention the fact I can park my car on the hard standing at the front of my house for the first time in months.  Whilst the lawn area is level, it will not get Turf until next year as the frost is imminent and it would not be a good time of year to lay it. After many long months of hard work, not to mention hard earned money, the studio build is officially complete.  I do have some preparation work to complete, such as ordering sample images with  frames and general organisation internally, before it can be used for clients, but I am holding an official opening/gathering on the 19th Nov for selected friends and family.

 Final rubbish pile

 All tidy at the rear of the house

Studio Build Update

It has been a while since my last update but I am very pleased to say that the Building Regs inspector was round on Friday and has signed of the construction as complete with no outstanding items, this is great news and whilst there are still many things to complete before I am in a position to open officially, it means the external influences to the build have been satisfied, in fact his comment was that it had been built to a high standard from the out set and he had no concerns, that is a great compliment to my excellent builder, (not to mention superb Brother), GSM Construction.  As you will see in the sequences below, the block paving is now in place, the interior doors are fitted, the flooring has gone down, skirting board and architraves are on, the toilet and sink are fitted and we went live on the electrics after they were thoroughly tested.  You will see in the last couple of pictures that the Sofa is in place, the TV mounted to the wall and the Venetian blinds are up, it is really pleasing to see the end in sight, I can't wait to get some shoots done, although the first Wedding viewing has taken place which was well received.

 Block paving edge stones in place

  Block paving edge stones in place

 Block paving complete

 Interior lighting and sockets in place

 New fencing panels to the left

 Flooring complete

 Almost there, we have electric, Sofa is in

Not forgetting the TV up and the blinds in place

Claire & Dan Wylam

I photographed the Wedding of Claire and Dan a couple of weeks ago at the Copthorne Hotel near Cardiff, it was a great day and here is a taster of their images for the happy couple to remember their day by. I look forward to meeting them soon for them to see the full version.

Baby Brooke

I had the pleasure of photographing Brooke when she was just 6 days old, yes Charlotte's bump has finally arrived, actually it was 4 weeks a go. She is so beautiful and seemed very content, well asleep as you would expect, for most of the shoot. Below are a couple of images taken from the day and a bit of work done to them, below that is a video of the images of the shoot.

Studio Build Update

Here we are one month on from the last update and inside the Studio there is very little difference, once a wall is painted white, another 4 coats of white paint is not going to make it interesting viewing! My Brother has been away on another job for a couple of weeks and in the mean time I have painted the entire exterior of the building applying 3 coats to each surface, including the Garden wall to the right as you look at the Studio. There are many other small jobs that I have completed but nothing significant to see. With my Brother back on site, the attention is turned to getting the soak away in place, which required the Decking to be lifted and a 1.2m square whole being dug to a depth of 2m along with pipes connecting it to the down pipes from the guttering. Then the services connected to the house, (Sewer, Electric, Phone, etc etc), this involved digging the trench from the studio down the side of the house, this occurred on a particularly wet day which just added to the level of mess around the house not to mention inside the house when the Dog brought it in on her paws! It's looking much better now, as following inspection by Building Control, the trench has been filled in and the work started to lay the block paving.

Painting of the exterior complete

No sooner the place is tidy, he's digging the garden up again to lay service connections

The view down the side passage by the conservatory

The view from the conservatory door

Marked out ready for the block paving

Edging stones going in

A much improved view down the side passageway

Baby Bump Finale

Baby Brooke is finally with us and the bump is now a little Gem, Mum and Dad are very proud of their little Girl. Mum and Dad came round to bring Brooke for her first photo shoot when she was only 6 days old, which will be in a separate update. Here is the fusion of the bump sessions into a couple of images. The number of separate images in one frame is more than planned and would be too big to be practically mounted and framed but I am sure you will agree the images certainly portray the journey and the changing dynamics of the bump through the pregnancy. Thank you Charlotte for allowing me to following this great experience and welcome to our world Brooke.