Wednesday, 15 September 2010
New site.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
38/52 - My driver.
Todays wedding was at a local golf club and I knew we had to get out on the course before dusk for some shots. So enlisting the help of the brides brother and good freind of mine, Barrie was my driver for what was possibly the scariest ride of my life. Not his driving I add, but the fact I had my camera in one hand, lowepro bag and other kit over my shoulder and fully extended light stand with 580exii being held out the golf buggy in the other hand. Have never laughed so hard in ages. Cheers mate and huge congratulations to Debbie and Steve.
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37/52 - Smile, ok jump then!
This weekend saw me a little closer to home, Saunton Sands to be exact. A really fun wedding with a lovely couple. Wishing you all the best guys. This shot was taken as we tried to take a few quiet shots on the beach. Jumping, bride on a surfboard are just a few of what we ended up with. So much fun.
Taken with 3 speedlites, all shot ttl, one camera left, one camera right and the master on camera set to lower power to add fill flash. Works ok, but could have done with more power.
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36/52 - First Dance.
A mamoth trek this weekend all the way up to Angelsey for the wedding of Chris and Emma. 8 1/2 hours to get there on bank holiday weekend. Not pleasent. But the drive up was fun especially along the A5 towards Bangor. The wedding was a fantastic day set against the back drop Snowdonia for the service then onto a stunning country Manor I couldn't pronounce let alone spell! But huge congratualtions to Chris and Emma.
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35/52 - Star fish.
34/52 - Run aground
33/52 - Family time.
Friday, 10 September 2010
My 52 project and mussings.
Other things going on, well after my article in a national photography magazine (Images to follow) it seems everyone is interested in me, with an article on me in local paper next week and image submitions for a bridal magazine. It's all go go go. Just looking forward to being able to share my recent work and goings on with you all.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
32/52 - Uber flash returns.
Another great wedding today, for another great couple, the bride grew up in Woolacombe so a proper village affair for the evening do with lots of old friends and faces saying hi.
The shot today was taken using our soon to be patent protected "uber flash", but this time using a calumet bounce umbrella. The couple had a videographer for the day and we managed to get him to film the beach shoot so keep an eye on my blog for that appearing very soon. Showed the couple this one shot before they went away on honeymoon and they loved it, showing anyone and everyone they could, think that speaks volumes about my work.
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Family entertainment.
We took the family out tonight to the sheepdog trial and falconary display at Borough Farm near Woolacombe, home to the Channel 5 tv stars of Mist and her sheep dog tails. Having lived i Woolacombe all my life I was a little sceptical about the whole thing, thinking it was just another tourist attraction. How wrong I was. First pleasent surprise, the price. £4 per adult kids under 6 go free for a 1 1/2 hour show. Bargain. Second surprise a stand selling homemade cakes. I'm happy. The first half of the show was David Kennard who runs the farm talking about and showing his dogs and the work they do. Despite seeing it all my life I was a still captivated, just as much as my boys were. The second half of the show was a display from Johnathan Marshall and it was amazing. Won't say too much as I strongly recommend you seeing it.
All in all it was a fantastic hour and a half for little money.
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31/52 - Family camping
I must be bonkers, a rare weekend off from shooting weddings and I agreee to take the family camping for the first time. Aghhhhhhhh.
No it was really good, the boys behaved and slept well, the weather held out good and the campsite was a secluded secret hide away in the middle of Exmoor. A great weekend with great freinds. Just what i needed.
Oh forgot to mention this was taken on my iphone using the hisptamatic app.
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30/52 - Beach uber flash
Someone must be looking down on me, the weather all week has been iffy to say the least with heavy downpours and less than summer like temps, but come Saturday it all changes with near perfect conditions for shooitng a wedding, blue skies with some light wispy clouds.
Only downside to shooting a summer wedding is you need a huge amount of flash power to really make the beach shots pop, so this shot was take with 3 flashes, 2 580exii's and one 430 exii taped together, all fired from my cactus v4's through my single flash softbox. Not the perfext solution but it works.
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29/52 - Wedding shoes.
Today was the wedding of David and Charlie at the stunning location of Pickwell Manor. Another great intimate wedding for a another lovely couple.
Spotted this shot as I was doing some detail shots in the morning with the bride.
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28/52 - Jim and Lisa - Woolacombe wedding
Had the immense pleasure today of shooting a lovely intimate wedding at The Woolacombe Bay hotel, for a lovely couple, Jim and Lisa. A great day with some surf in the morning for the groom and a stunning sunset in the evening. Wishing you both all the best in the furture guys.
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Friday, 2 July 2010
Samsung NX10 testing
Won't say too much about it otherwise it will ruin my report and it has only been one outing to test it with. Will be getting out and about more over the coming weeks testing it in all situation but primarily at weddings, not as a main camera but as a second camera for candid shots when the sight of a full size DSLR puts a lot of people off and shots are often missed as they shy away from the main camera pointed in there direction.
The NX10 is from the new generation of hybrid cameras. Small as a compact camera but with interchangeable lenses, full control on image capture like a DSLR, similar sized 14.6mp sensor but all in a handy small lightweight rugid body.
Samsung NX10 review on DP review site.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
27/52 - Fishy bench.
Being laid up with a bad back this week, there was no funky angles or high vantage points to make the image that much more dynamic, just a simple grab whilst on a slow walk along the tarka trail. In an attempt to spice it up a little I pushed the exposure 2 stops above and 2 stops below in lightroom, then run the 5 images through Photomatix HDR software to create this tone mapped version of the original shot.
Very pleased with the final result and had forgotten how good a well done tone mapped image can look. Might have like a bit more contrast on the wood of the bench if I had to be picky, but over all I'm very pleased with the result considering the circumstances.
For full impact of shot - View On Black
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New Moo business cards.
I think the part that attracted me most to Moo was the fact that I could have multiple images on the rear of my cards, so I have tailored this batch of cards to suit my wedding and portrait needs. Next time they will be based on some commercial and event work I do. Every card can be different but I went with just 10 designs, 3 portrait and 7 wedding. Looking forward to dishing a few out at the next wedding.
Well done Moo crew, you just made a new customer for life. Many thanks.
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Saturday, 26 June 2010
26/52 - More of Alice.
Well her friends sent a few of the shots I took into miss teenuk comp and she has been selected for a photoshoot in London next week. So in order to prep her for her 5 mins of fame in the big smoke, we set up another shot to give Alice some more practice, this time we took the shoot outside. Apart from forgetting half her planned wardrobe we managed a great fun little shoot.
Shot on my 7d with my 24-105mm f/4 L and single 580 exii speedlight on light stand fired by cactus v4 camera front left. If memmory serves me correct this was shot with flash at 1/8 power 50mm zoom on head.
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25/52 - Sunset couple.
Shot on my 7D with my 17-40mm f/4 L, single 1/4 power 580exii fired by cactus v4 on VALS to camera left.
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Sunday, 13 June 2010
24/52 - Spring bride?
Shoot a great fun wedding yesterday for Katie and Eugene. Lovely day, stunning weather and so intimate with just 60 guests. Folowing on from a chat with the local bridal magazine looking for a spring bride shot, I jokingly suggested a bride on a trampoline. Katie and Eugene were up for up it, so why not. It's the kind of thing I love to do, something out of the ordinary.
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23/52 - Wedding workshop.
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22/52 - The happy couple.
21/52 - Withypool Bridge.
20/52 - Whitehouse revisted.
19/52 - Moo you looking at?
18/52 - Becky and Tom.
17/52 - Roll of the dice.
Vicky and Dom -22nd August 2009
Coming to the end of my 2009 wedding season review now, with only a few more notable weddings to post. This retro is from Dom and Vicky's wedding. Shocking weather in the run up to it, but on the day someone was smiling upon us. Shame the entrance to field didn't think so. Plenty of mud. But aside from that it was a lovly wedding. Very relaxed with the groom and even the bride taking a few swings with the golf clubs in a pitching comp between the lads. In the evening the marquee was rammed and it created an excellent atmospshere. A great way to start your married life together.
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Monday, 17 May 2010
Goldcoast Oceanfest.

Well that time of year is fast creeping up again and it will be soon time to head down to croyde for this years goldcoast oceanfest. Once again I have been asked to help cover the event and I am pretty stoked to say the least. After last years front stage slot to see Jason Mraz, this year is going to be even better with the Magic Numbers and Joshua Radin ont he Saturday. I can't wait.
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Goldcoast Oceanfest
Maybe see you there.