Posts tagged ‘photography’
Four holidays and a wedding
Why so little activity on this blog for the past three weeks? (And not much happening either on my blog from my other photographic life ?) The answer is a story of four holidays and a wedding.
For its brochures and website, HF Holidays, an award-winning company for which I lead photography holidays and workshops, commissioned me to photograph a number of its leisure activity holidays as well as the fine buildings, rooms and facilities at two of its network of 17 country house hotels—at Whitby and Brecon.
That was a lot photography, quite a bit of travel and, afterwards, more consecutive hours than I prefer to spend in front of my computer.
But, as usual, it was worth the effort. Elizabeth and Tamsin at HF Holidays’ marketing department are pleased with the results and so am I. Here’s a link to the galleries where you’ll see people enjoying themselves. Worth looking through to cheer yourself up on a rainy day.
What about the wedding?
There’s an HF Holidays connection there too.
Rachel, who does a great job of administering and organising these holidays—as well as keeping the likes of me in line—married Ian just I returned from the assignment. (Yes, she had been planning to do so for a while!) The couple had chosen me as their wedding photographer. They had a great day and so did I. It was one of the most enjoyable weddings I’ve been privileged to photograph.
So, after Rachel and “him indoors” have had the first chance to review the images, I’ll post a link to the pictorial story of a joyful the day.
UPDATE: here’s a link to the wedding gallery.
The start of the season
... when all at once I saw a crowd ...
With weddings and several photography workshops approaching—and returning from leading my first photography holiday of the year—we spent a warm and wonderful family day at Fell Foot Park at the southern end of Windermere in the Lake District. Read more…
A real family wedding
I’ve been so busy with the business of photography during the last couple of months that I’ve had little time for blogging about a few of the lovely weddings I’ve had the privilege of recording.
Sadie and Mike’s—Lancaster, mid-August 2010—really stood out as a fun and informal family celebration. Bride and groom creatively involved their children in the build-up and the ceremony. Mike’s daughter out-performed even the best of Best Men, while Sadie’s boys proved the perfect bridal escorts!
It was one of the most relaxed and fun weddings I’ve photographed. (You can read about what Sadie and Mike thought about their wedding photographer here.)
Click on the image below to see the rest of the happy day.
Happy bride with family escorts
Huge softbox, massive gold reflector
Is this a softbox, Daddy?
Why you might want to open a photography studio in a farmyard
Last weekend was a bank holiday without a wedding to photograph, so we enjoyed family time (my wife’s emphasis!) and a much lighter than work-a-day camera bag to carry around. I did have a speedlight in the bag, but, after surveying the wonderful lighting conditions in the new “playbarn” at Greenlands Farm Village, I gave it the day off too. Read more…
