Convention Capers

I've been in Harrogate for the last couple of days in the company of a load of vets. Not just any old vets but the exceptional group of people that are Vets Now.

A fantastic gathering of scientific minds and of a group who can let their hair down too. The event had a Moulin Rouge theme and was utterly fantastic.

Thanks to everyone involved and not least the sponsors of photography Woodley Equipment

SDP

Spent yesterday in the company of Ian and Rachel and had a wonderful day. Ian is undertaking our Studio Development Programme, a year long series of one to one and group training, critiques and activities that build your photographic business from the ground up. We examine every aspect of your photographic skill and business acumen and provide a totally bespoke range of sessions and advice.

Yesterday was designed around the very fundamentals of photography and we had a blast.


If you would like to kick start your photography in 2010 then don't hesitate to get in touch and we can discuss exactly what you need to do to create success.

Latest Shoot

Thanks to Jacquie and all her team at Burn Hall for arranging the venue so splendidly for our shoot last week. We'll be using the Hall for our next workshop, Contemporary Couples, on the 16th November and I wanted to have a play around the place and get used to the facilities. I was joined by TamaraMarie, a wonderful local model and we had a great time.

There's one place left on the workshop if you would like to know more about posing and lighting couples then give the studio a call.

One to one sessions for the next couple of days so fingers crossed we get a little good light tomorrow.

Celebrate Good Times!

After surviving the swine flu and then going straight into a week of workshops I was feeling more than a little drained last night.

How nice then to come back from a shoot and find I'd taken not one but two top Golds in the latest Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographer competition!

One was in the category of Traditional Portraiture, the second in the category of Glamour and Beauty. Both will now go forward to the international image competition judged in London next January.

More pictures to come over the weekend from the various shoots and workshops.

Still a place left on the Contemporary Couples workshop on the 16th November in York. If you want to know all the intricacies of posing a couple and using flash to light them in a lifestyle, wedding and fashion setting then this is the one for you.

Thanks to Zoe and Katy who appear in these award winning images.

You ain't nothing without light!

Today was all about light. Even though by 3:30pm all the light was gone and we were shooting in the dark.

Full house of students and a wonderful venue in Bardney Hall. Add into the mix two wonderful models, Katy and Vivienne and you just know good times are going to be had. We floated photons through the air, blasted ambient to oblivion and blended fore light to back light and generally had a great time.


Thanks to everyone involved for being wonderful x

Shooting again tomorrow for a wonderful venue near York so looking forward to posting some fashion images soon.

STOP PRESS - Place Available on Workshop Tomorrow

Due to sickness we have one place available for the lighting workshop tomorrow at Bardney Hall, Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire. Your opportunity to learn the mysteries of off camera flash, video lights and posing with two fantastic model, Vivienne and Katy. First come, first served no reasonable offer refused.

THANKS FOR ALL THE INTEREST, NOW SOLD

Back amongst the Living

What a horrible experience the flu was. Two weeks of feeling absolutely ghastly and not being capable of doing anything. Not pleasant and wouldn't wish it on any of you wonderful people.

Back now though and straight into a training marathon. Spent yesterday with Lisa who is undertaking our year long Studio Development Programme. She is building a fantastic business that will be launching soon. Yesterday we had a day playing with four wonderful models. Baby Molly and super cool Nathan were just wonderful and their Mum's played their support roles well.

A day of business development, branding, marketing and production today, followed by a trip to Bardney on Wednesday for the latest, and last of 2009, Finding the Light workshops. It's sold out this time around but if you want to register an interest for next year then drop us a line.