Why having a professional photographer at an event is a good idea
Headshot Photographer Leicestershire
Headshot photographer Leicester
Charity Fashion Show for LAMP
The models and Kwoklyn Wan
Wow, I've not Blogged in a while!! Time for Cake, and a little personal project
An hour in the life of a professional baker.
Canon CPS Event - Chelsea Football Club
I was lucky enough to be able to attend a recent Canon CPS event about low light photography. This involved two fantastic guest speakers, being able to try out all on the new Canon gear. Then finally a photo shoot of an amazing student band from London.
Here are a few of the images from throughout the day.
Cosby U16 Foxes, Girls Football Team
A friend of mine manages the under 16 girls football team over in Cosby. He asked my advice about taking a group shot with his point and shoot camera, in the dark, on the pitch lit by floodlights.
I knew this would be a little challenging so i put myself forward to do the job. Armed with a couple of small flashguns, stands and umbrella's i started shooting.
Adam Bowler Music
I had the privilege of shooting my good friend Adam recently.
He's a very talented singer, guitarist and songwriter. He had booked out The City Rooms in Leicester to shoot a promotion video, so I went along to grab some stills and make them look a little different to the video.
Our friend Doug was doing the video with his new kit so I also grabbed some photos of him for use on his upcoming website as well.
1st Class Pole Fitness
On Sunday evening I popped over to Melton Mowbray to shoot 1st Class Pole Fitness's show.
Now dance photography was my nemesis way back in the late 1990's. I had done some work (lighting & sound) for a few local dance companies at a college I was working at. I'd seen the photographers there and thought to myself 'I can do this'. So during a tech rehearsal armed with my fathers SLR camera and 10-12 rolls of film (yep, film, iso 400 36 exposures) I began shooting.
Did the entire show.
Then waited a few weeks for the films to be developed and printed at 8x10.
Got the prints back and out of 400 odd photos only 6-8, 10 at a push were any good!
I was horrified at how badly i'd done, and how much it had just cost me! I stopped doing any photography until I purchased my first digital camera at this point!
Looking back i can see where i went wrong.
So photographing this dance show was going to be a challenge for me, a challenge that involved low light (no flash allowed) fast movement and multiple person dance routines..
Overall I feel quite good about it, and had a really great evening doing it. The performers were all excellent. There were times when i simply forgot to shoot as I was engrossed in the performance.
Here are a few shots, the full set can be found on my facebook page.
Surprise 30th wedding anniversary party
I was originally just going to be a guest at this event, then i learned that the couple did not have a photographer at their actual wedding... and it was a big regret of theirs.
So i took my camera and hoped to get a few shots for them.
Was nice to see a couple so happy together after 30 years of marriage, and also nice to see the first dance re-done!
Here's a short clip of the main slide show i put together, so they can see the images before they get printed in the book... which i'm also doing.
Now i'm off to shoot a dance group!
Birthday Party!
Who doesn't love a good birthday party??!
My daughter had an invite to her friends party, so I thought i'd grab a few shots whilst there. It was an amazing fun packed 3 hours, and i'm pretty sure everyone who attended (adults included!) were tired by the end!
