Carpe Dieum - Seize the day, Seize the light!

On Saturday 16th January 2010, as a very special event, Martin Grahame-Dunn and Kevin Wilson will be holding morning and afternoon Masterclasses at Brook Green Hotel, 170 Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 7PB.

Tickets for the four hour Masterclasses are only £50 and for the party are a measly £25 which includes a buffet and live music. Now here is the really fantastic bit.  The events are being organised to raise money for Help For Heroes and we have set ourselves a target of £1000 to help the Serviceman who are seriously injured in conflict almost on a daily basis.  Having spent 22 years in the RAF, this charity is very close to my heart.  Also Martin's son is also currently serving with the Royal Navy, hence his desire to support this charity.  So all you photographers out there who can attend, we would love you to come and support these superb events (Application details at the end).

So why should we come and get some hands on training with MGD and Kevin Wilson.  Well it's simple, to aspire to be the best we can.  Martin has been in the industry for 30 years next year and his career has taken him all over the World covering most aspects of Professional Photography including Industrial, Commercial, Automotive, Advertising, Fashion, Editorial, Wedding and Portraiture.  Now he is an International Trainer, teaching Photographers not only the skills required but installing his passion for creative imagery in those that he mentors.  Kevin is one of Europe's leading Wedding and Portrait Photographers.  Kevin was the first person to achieve 2 Fellowships with the British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP) in social photography, 1 in Wedding and 1 in Portraiture.  He now has 2 Fellowships the the Master Photographers Association (MPA) also and a Fellowship with the Royal Photographic Society (RPS).

Many of you photographers out there that may be reading this may have noticed that the event is being run the same weekend as the SWPP Conference.  There are logical reasons for this.  Many photographers will be in London for this Conference, including myself and as I was part of the original decision making for this event, it made perfect sense to save on the expense of travelling to London twice.  Also it was agreed to split the training into half days to allow photographers to still attend SWPP run events.

So if you wish to attend the training and/or the Party where there will be great opportunity to Network/drink with some top photographers then either contact me by clicking here, or contact Martin by clicking here.

If you just wish to donate to Help For Heroes please click the link below. It is fast secure and goes straight to the Charity,

Many Thanks for your support
Paul Brown Photography

A new baby and a shoot with Louise & Rob

Last week at short notice I had a call from Andy McDonald of McDonald Photography to see if I could help him out with a shoot, as his wife had gone into labour with their first child.  Of course I duly accepted because as Professional Photographers we do all we can to give the customers the service they expect.  So I had the pleasure of photographing Louise and Rob who are a brother and sister who live in differing parts of the country. They had decided to get together and have images taken together.  So here are just some of the images and I would also Like to Wish Andy, his wife Erika and baby daughter Ava all the very best and that they share much happiness.

A weekend in London

24th and 25th October was the weekend of the Birthday for my partner Jan.  It was good to treat Jan who has helped me so much to get through the transition of being a RAF engineer to full time photographer.  Here a a few images from the weekend away and to Jan - Thank you.

Go to the end of this post for the video slideshow of our weekend.