Gemma's Prom

Thursday 2nd July was my Niece Gemma's School Prom. Gemma is a student at Orwell High School in Felixstowe and it was my pleasure to travel the 280 miles from Lancashire to capture the images of her in her refinery. Nowadays the School prom signals the transformation from child to adult and is a very important day for both the student and parents. Gemma looked beautiful in her dress and had a great time. Many thanks to Sarah and Gary Thurlow for the use of the garden for the group shots and of course having 17 teenagers stay over.

A Photoshoot with Laura

Wednesday 1st July I had a photoshoot with Laura Walker, a model and dancer from Manchester. The location was in Bar Red on the outskirts of Manchester. The idea was for me to get some working time in with both a new model and a different location. This was a great shoot. Laura was brilliant to work with and despite both of us finding it not the easiest of conditions with it being one of the hottest days of the year and a radiator being partially stuck on, we got some great images. I have added a few of the images from the shoot and I hope you enjoy viewing them. I will definately work with Laura again and have some projects in the pipeline.

Many thanks Laura.

Wedding Workout 2009

Further development was high on my agenda last week when I was a delegate on the Wedding Workout 2009 training course at the Hotel Cerro De Hijar located in the mountains about an hour from Malaga. The course is run by Martin Grahame-Dunn and the course is designed to really shake us up as both photographers and business people, therefore developing the skills we need to be able to give our clients the service and output quality of the highest standards. Martin was ably assisted by Juli Cialone from New York, John Baikie from Scotland and Michael Gron from Denmark. The course started at a fast pace and took each and everyone of us out of our comfort zones early on. But by the end of the week we were all appreciative of the this and every delegate there can say that they learned not only about their own camera technique and skills, but also a little about themselves. For a start we were shown that we can capture images without the use of artificial light and still get creative, not a single image was created with anything other than natural light. I have now come away totally inspired and now have the tools to capture images to stand out. I can now say I have met and learned from inspiring people and the end of course presentation which showcased all delegates work from the week was of a standard that even the trainers and mentors were given the wow factor. So my thanks not only the trainers, but also the other delegates there that made those few days a fantastic experience. Of course not forgetting those fantastic people the other side of the lens who were very patient despite the heat. So thanks to Nikki & Patricio, Tanje & Kom Laa and also Natalie. Below is just a few of the images from the week and thank you for taking time to read this post.