Nathalie & Graham Engagement Shoot

Also on Sunday I had the great pleasure of taking engagement shots of Nathalie and Graham who are getting married October 2010.  The venue was Whitaker Park in Rawtenstall and the weather was fantastic for an autumn day.  I was honoured to be put in contact with Nathalie & Graham by a business colleague who is the MD of Staff Cars in Blackburn.  So thank you Michael Gater.

Sophia & Richard Engagement Shoot

On Sunday I had the pleasure of taking a few engagement shots of Sophia & Richard at Sunnyhurst Woods in Darwen.  Sophia and Richard are getting married in May next year and I was lucky enough to be put in contact with the lovely couple by a business colleague who is an accountant at Bishop & Partners in Blackburn, so thank you to Simon.

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Visions

In the last few weeks in my spare time I have been organising a workshop for photographers in the Northwest of England.  International Trainer and Mentor Martin Grahame-Dunn has kindly agreed to come to the region and give a workshop free of charge and show us how as Professional Image makers we should visualise images as we work and give the clients cutting edge imagery.  In 2010 Martin will celebrate 30 years in the industry and still maintains the passion for quality image making with both clients and inspiring photographers of all experience levels to do the same.  In his career Martin has covered many aspects of Professional Photography including Industrial, Commercial, Automotive, Advertising, Fashion, Editorial, Weddings & Portraiture and since 2002 he has been almost exclusively teaching and presenting programs for a variety of leading International photographic organisations in more than a dozen countries. So to Martin, we offer you a very warm welcome to the North West.

Martin Grahame-Dunn

SWPP & BPPA Image awards

During the month of September I entered the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers and British Professional Photographers Association (SWPP & BPPA) monthly image competition and was delighted to receive a Gold award in the Fine Art category for my smoke imagery.  What delighted me more was the fact that it was a last minute decision to enter late at night on the final day of the month.  I also entered the Landscape category where I received a Silver award for an image of Wainwright Bridge in Blackburn and the Digital Art category where I received a Bronze award for another smoke image.

The Image above won Gold in the Fine Art Category

The Image above of Wainwright Bridge in Blackburn won Silver in Landscapes

The Image above won Bronze in Digital Art.

Winning the Gold award, which incidentally gets published in the Professional Image Maker Magazine along side other fantastic images and gets put in the pot for judging at the Annual awards, gave me inspiration to revisit my smoke images so here is a little more of them.  Take a look, free open your mind and see what images you can make just by looking at these low resolution versions.