The Wedding of Ray and Dawn

Last Saturday, 21st July 2012, saw the Wedding of Ray and Dawn at the Broadstone United Reformed Church.  Thankfully following the terrible weather of late, it was at least dry for their special day.  Below is a collage of images to give a flavour of the occasion.  Congratulations to you both and I hope you are currently enjoying your Honeymoon to the Sunshine State?

The Olympic Team Photograph, Team GB

On the day of the Olympic opening ceremony an amazing piece of work is revealed, constructed and shot by a team working for the Daily Mail.  This photography collage is the work of a group of people bringing together all 541 UK Olympic athletes to become the official Team GB Photograph.  The link below shows the image broken down into 3 sections for a better view as well as a short video explaining how it was planned and pieced together by the Daily Mail's Chief Sports Photographer Andy Hooper.  It also lists every athlete, row by row.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2179224/London-2012-Olympics-Giant-picture-541-Team-GB-members.html

Olympic Torch travels through Poole

Well after many miles and numerous cities and towns, the Olympic Torch passed through Poole today on it's way to Bournemouth for the night.  With just 2 weeks to the start of the Olympics and with the weather slightly drier for a change following last nights washed out event in Weymouth, the public were out in force to see the flame go through.  


At the location I took these photos, I believe it was Drew Mcmahon who was holding the flame.  You will see some images of Lady on the top of the Samsung bus, she is a model and friend of mine who I worked with during my time as an apprentice to Mark Cleghorn at PT4U.  As I said the Torch was on it's way to Bournemouth where local residents had tickets to attend the evening event down on the beach, thankfully the rain has stayed away tonight!

MPA Seminar South East Region

I had a very interesting day yesterday, attending the Master Photographers Associations (MPA) seminar for the South East Region.  The seminar was organised and hosted by Claire Hill of Woodland Hill Photography at a location in East Grinstead.  The speaker for this event was Martin Grahame-Dunn who gave a very informative and open seminar on the use of DSLR video footage into a sellable product.  Martin's style of delivery was very effective and is certainly an area I would turn to for future training.  The event continued well into the early evening, with the awards announced for the print competition.  My understanding is that the competition was very well supported and some excellent choices of images from a wide range of photographers.  Well done to all of those who took part.

The Little Princesses

Last Friday I had the pleasure of having 2 little girls in the studio for their photo shoot with their beautiful dresses from a Family event.  Here are the images taken.

Brooke 9 Months

Well I don't know where the time goes, here we are at the 9 Month photo shoot for little Brooke, she is still a little charmer even though her little toothy pegs are giving her grief.  This photo shoot was all done in natural light seeing as we finally had some decent weather to get out in.

Family Shoot

Last month, just before I went away on holiday, I had a family of 8 in the studio, well 9 if you include the dog!  This is the most I have had in for a single shoot so far.  If you look further back through my Blog you will se the pictures of the Octuplets, this was a session I carried out to practice the lighting set up for a large group without actually having that many people in the studio and that was in preparation for this shoot.  The Family concerned have since been back for their viewing and have allowed me to put up their video for others to see.

Final Piece of the Studio Build

Almost a year from the start of construction, the final task to finish the Studio Build Landscaping has been achieved, we have Grass again!  Whilst the actual construction was completed and the majority of the Landscaping done last November, I had to wait to get out of the Winter weather to lay the Turf.  Then with the holiday to Florida last month there was no point in laying the Turf, to then come home and find it had all died, so today was the day, at long last we have a garden ready for the Summer season.  All we need now is some decent weather, well after my Turf has established itself.

Brooke 6 Month Studio Session

Brooke was back for her 6 month photo shoot and the time seems to be flying away.  She was a little angel throughout the session, despite teeth coming through, she was happy and full of smiles.   If you look closely you may catch a glimpse of the front teeth that are already through.

Focus On Imaging 2012

I went up to the NEC a couple of days early to assist the PT4U team to erect their new stand for this years event.  There was quite a lot to do, to get to the final layout/build, not to mention all the preparatory work they had gone before it got to the construction stage, by getting the images designed and printed as well as defining the final layout of the stand.  The stand area they had this year is much larger than previous years, which is just as well judging by the numbers that attended during the 2 days I was there.  To their credit, they had a Sign Linguist for the first day of the show, which proved to be a tremendous success.  Below is a sequence of pictures taken as the stand was built over the 2 days leading up to the show.

 Unpacking the van

 Open the boxes and sort the bits out

 The construction begins

 The main stand area complete

 Outriggers attached

 Lighting goes on during Day 2 as well as sound/video

 Ready for the show

Let the show commence!