Opinion
SMOKE SIGNALS
You would swear it was water...
Just had a fun afternoon with Ollie making smoke signals in the studio. No right or wrong answers just a singed smell of battle and these images. › Continue reading
MOTHERSHIP
I was asked by my friend – the fabulous Lisa Kwei to come and shoot her band at the ACM Guildford Electric Theatre for their finals. I was granted a ‘test shoot’ by the Academy to shoot the band and here are some of the images – reproduced with kind permission of Lisa Kwei and Mothership.
I appreciate the kindness of the Academy for Contemporary Music for letting me shoot the band. Any future work with them will by subject to their copyright and not available here.
WHAT SUNDAY IS FOR
Sunday weddings are a brilliant use of a Sunday. They start the week with a celebration and a happy smile. It was a privilege to take this couples pictures for them and I hope you enjoy them.
Bridesmaids Lanterns
NOT A TOY
I never get much chance these days – not a whinge! – to shoot things that do fascinate me. I am talking about the not every day stuff like snakes, bugs and animals. I am reminded of this by a Tarantula that I shot (sic) yesterday at a school I am working with. I can show you this because the EC has yet to establish model release rights for spiders.
The joy I did not feel! But RESPECT - Oh yeah!
This big hairy ginger girl was a superb shooting challenge in just simple terms – get all the legs in, get the eyes in focus – they are the shiny glittering black lump like a cupola in the centre of a very frightening tank. › Continue reading
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER COWBOY
In the style of Thunder Dome! We are delighted to be advertising in the Gay Wedding Advisor – published by our friends at Pink Weddings. As an accredited supplier to the Civil Partnership community, we have always taken delight in seeing people in love declare their commitment to life.
All you need is Love
We remain firmly on the outside of any form of political judgement, social comment or ’sympathetic’ pigeon-holing. We are human, we have a sense of humour, we value kindness and we share the joy. there is not much more to say other than – Come and talk to us about your celebrations either now on 01483 423209 or at the Gay Wedding Show in Brighton on the 15th of November.
HAVE YOUR WEDDING CAKE AND EAT IT
At last we give you our fantastic wedding prices. These are so much more friendly than almost anything you will find on the market. not only that, we think that you are getting a quality of photography that far exceeds the price you pay – as well as having your photographs taken by REALLY nice people. We shall shortly be adding these details to our website but for now we thought we should give you the blog update. Always the first place to look!
In my humble opinion, this is, allegedy, the best quality wedding photography that you can get at this price anywhere in the world.
To support the gossip and feverish whispering that this extraordinary offer will create, we have taken an advert in WOW Weddings Forever Magazine. The magazine is exclusive to John Lewis, Peter Jones, WOW Wedding shows and all Registry Offices and in Supermarkets, Forever Magazine brings brides up to date immediately with everything that takes the stress from the big day. We are so well placed to save Bride’s money without them compromising on standards. You can go for it or you can have great pictures now on a disc and have an album made when you can affordthe perfect one for you. We believe, that by giving you this flexibility, you can have your cake and eat it!
WOMEN CHANGE THINGS
I shall be writing a lot more about this here and on the website. I am lucky enough to have some very good friends in Marrakech. They are talented, educated women who work in the highest echelons of government and academia. They are committed to changing women’s opportunities.
The traditional face of the past
Much more later….
FRAN’S AWA’
My mate Fran Cacace and family are moving to New Zealand this weekend. He is to become a kept man whilst his wife toils and his children turn into Kiwi’s.
Fran and a Kangaroo
Contains Nudity but only Classic Art
It is only fair to point out that even though it would be verging on the perverse to find these images titillating, if you have an aversion or prohibition, for any reason, concerning the viewing of artistically naked female bodies, then this post is not for you. Before you ask… we have no problem with our children seeing them.
I often drifted back towards the portrait where i know I make sense
I have been interested for many years in addressing some form ideas I have had for taking images of the naked female form. It was inspired by images I fell in love with 30 years ago by Edward Western of Sweet Peppers. The smooth contours and non-geometric shapes that contrast with everything that we humans bring to the world. › Continue reading
WOW
Wow is really how I feel. We posted the new site this afternoon after some pretty intense days and nights of writing, sizing and coding. I did not do the coding. It was the brilliant guys at Evosite who deisgned and built the site. Unless you have a shoot you only see the top of this iceberg. It is when you go inside to order that the details really shows.
Flower Biscuits by Planet Cake
So, unable to contain my excitement › Continue reading