My photography journey brings me to photographing weddings. Last year I attended another Damien Lovegrove workshop (3 days) covering all aspects of weddings and here are a few frames from the day.
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A Model Wedding
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on March 1, 2011| 5 Comments »
Guernsey
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on February 1, 2011| 2 Comments »
I recently popped over to Guernsey to see a very good friend of mine! The last time we had seen each other was sometime in 2004. We spent 3 wonderful days catching up on what’s been going on in our lives. Obviously photography came up during discussion and here are a few frames from my visit…Â
Milano Manchester
Posted in General Ramblings, Outdoors on December 3, 2010| 6 Comments »
Earlier in November I had the great fortune of going on a Chris Hanley workshop. I’d been with him on a previous Cherish the Dress workshop and the opportunity to do something different screamed out at me! An added bonus was that the model for the day was Valentina Feula (link). Below are the pictures I took with a few comments…

We started the day near the meeting point and Chris encouraged us to 'see' the photographic opportunities around us.

It was time to move on to the next location. I shot this at -0.7 stops metered against the ambient light (in manual mode).

Next up was a portrait taken in New York! Or at least something that might look like it was in New York 😉

The rain was pouring and I placed my camera inside it's Storm Jacket. I originally shot this on a cool White Balance but ended up correcting it in post-production.

What a perfect location for a rainy day!! I got to see how Chris works when it rains and how he finds wonderful locations in such conditions. A true master!

We ducked into a small off-loading bay (under cover from the rain) and shot these wonderful frames with a Lowel-ID as a back light.

Off we go to our last location of the day. I decided to give some of these images the Black & White treatment also...
Georgia’s Portraits
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on October 7, 2010| 2 Comments »
About a month ago I photographed Georgia in Hitchin town center in Hertfordshire. I had done a location scout the day before and had a few good locations lined up for the shoot. The shoot lasted about 2 hours and it was all fun, fun, fun…. I also had a great assistant, Joanne, who helped out throughout the shoot which made Georgia’s special day a real success.

This was shot at a local bank in Hitchin. I loved the markings on the wall and wanted to use them in a nice composition.
Speedlights in Manchester
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on August 22, 2010| 5 Comments »
A short while back I attended a Speedlight Mastery workshop with Damien Lovegrove in Manchester. What a totally awesome day. So much fun and making beautiful pictures all day long. We were fortunate to have the most wonderful Chloe Jasmine Whichello modelling for us and she brings so much fun, energy and excitement to the shoot. Simply put, she is amazing! Anyway, here the photos from the shoot…

A short walk away and few minutes later we were next to an amazing little pub. A single flash went up and we were back in business.

Next up was using natural light as the windows opposite made a wonderful reflection of light against the wall.

I'm sure this building was made specifically for this photo shoot! Because Chloe just looks so amazing against that yellow wall.

I always explore wider angle shots when I'm shooting... After I took this frame, Damien was very keen to take the same shot 😉

Okay, I'll say it again... I love this frame. I know... Every photograph of Chloe simply comes alive! 😉

I had quite a few problems with my 70-200mm lens where I kept hitting its minimum focusing distance. I eventually found a combination that allowed me to get better close up frames of Chloe.
Maunsel House
Posted in Flash, Lightroom, Outdoors on July 19, 2010| 9 Comments »
Back in June I travelled to Somerset to attend a Damien Lovegrove and Chris Hanley photography workshop. Simply put, what an amazing event in an awesome location, Maunsel House. Picking which images to post for this blog was quite a challenge! So many great images to choose from…

Chris had setup a light inside the wardrobe and he really got the group to start thinking outside the box.

Virtually the whole workshop involved Arri lights. Damien discussed how to light scenes like this one.

This workshop was a nice refresher for these kinds of shots which we covered in Amsterdam on the Passion of the Streets workshop.

The last frame before heading outside for a few quick opportunities. The weather just called for it...
Hannah, Colin & Ken Portrait Shoot
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on July 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The last weekend’s portrait shoot was so much fun! Met up again with Hannah and Colin to do another shoot. I used a lot of new techniques which I had learned recently and I’m very pleased with the results.

The same scene from a high view point. Used Photoshop to create a different look and feel to the image.

Before I shot again at this location at 'the wall', I asked if Ken wanted similar images to what he had seen before. He instantly said yes, so we quickly went to work I tried a few other angles.

In the past we had a few issues in getting this location to work properly. But with 3 flashes and a decent amount of ambient light makes all the difference.

Just when we thought the shoot was over... we headed into town and I took the opportunity to take a few more frames before it was really over for the day.
Portraits from France
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on June 29, 2010| 4 Comments »
This last weekend I had a great time visiting Southern France for a 50th Birthday Party. However, this didn’t stop me taking some portraits while I was there! In fact, over the last 10 days, I’ve ended up with about 100GB of images to sort through. I’ve been all over the place…

Still using 2 flashes I managed to light everybody in this frame with an added bit of post-production madness 🙂

I love how the tree top is just visible in frame to encompass Corrine and Bradley in this brother and sister photograph.

A slash of flash to light Corrine. Its amazing how many different shots you can get from a single location.

With the same flash setup as used in the previous image and a slight change of angle gets another shot on these stairs.

I like how the tree branch with the red rose on the left breaks up the texture of the wall to balance the frame with Sarah wearing her red top.

After we were finished with the stairs and surrounding garden features, it was time to move onto new locations.

Okay, now I'm getting quite excited with this wall and using a combination of colour correction and colour effect gels on the flashes together with a colour temperature adjustment on the camera.
Newtown Carnival
Posted in General Ramblings, Outdoors on June 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Last weekend was the annual Newtown Carnival. This was an unexpected surprise for me given I haven’t attended the event for years. However, this year equipped with my camera made the day a wonderful experience… My buddy Graham Law took some really nice close ups and hopefully will be writing a blog post soon on his very own blog!
Passion in Amsterdam – Colour
Posted in Flash, Outdoors on May 22, 2010| 5 Comments »
Earlier I posted the Black & White frames from this shoot (link). These are the colour versions from this exciting day!

This was the very first location of the day. not even 10 meters away from the meeting point at a coffee shop.

I just love this low angle frame. Thankfully I had my Canon 5D mk II camera to be able to take an image like this. I continually got frustrated with the 40D and the 1.6x crop factor of the sensor.

Damien showed a lot of repeatable techniques and stairs is something I've not really taken advantage of in my photography. That will change!