Tuesday meant getting up at 4.30am (yes there is a 4.30am as well as pm), to catch the train to London for an Inspirational Learning Experience with top award winning photographer Martin Grahame-Dunn and International award winning photographer Juli Cialone. The day involved being taken out of comfort zones and learn full creativity with the camera by taking photos in a way that was alien to most of us. We went out on location with our models Saranje and Kon and were given the opportunity to capture images using natural light. This was under the watchful eye and guidance of our mentors who were always on hand to give all the advice we could possibly need. The day ended up with Martin and Juli's hospitality and lessons on post production and thorough discussions on the best ways to push our business's forward for the future. By 11.30pm we were tired but buzzing from the day we had. Now I am looking forward to 5 days training in Spain with Martin & Juli and I can only imagine the positive effect it will have on my creativity in the future. Below are just a few of the images from the day. Please enjoy and feel free to comment if you wish.
Well here is a little bit about me. I was born in 1969 in Suffolk and was brought up in Suffolk until I left School in 1986. From there I joined the Royal Air Force as an Airframe Engineer. I was based in Norfolk for 16 years where I travelled to many countries with my job. From January 2004 until December 2009, I was posted to Moray in the North of Scotland. This where my love of photography escalated. Starting with landscape and general photography, I was to discover I had a real love of taking pictures of people especially weddings. The interaction with people of all ages was a breath of fresh air to me. This helped me to make the decision to leave the RAF after 22 years, relocate to be with my partner in Blackburn and spend more time on my passion of photography. Now with the support of Janet and many people in the industry I am striving to continually improve and put a smile on all the faces I ever work with. This blog will hopefully become a little insight into my new life and I hope it will be of interest to many people in the future.
Happy Reading.
Paul
I love your photos. I aspire to be a photographer that can capture a person's story in a photograph.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are awesome Paul - well done!! Love lots of these but especially the one with the girl arching her back against the post.
ReplyDeleteMust make getting up at crazy o'clock just about worth it..!
Hey you
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic, you must be really proud...
In the future when you are famous, I can say...yeh... he second shot at a wedding I did !!! It will be my claim to fame lol x