Someone hand Katie a tissue.

Had a quick practice doing Lizzie's prom make up this afternoon and then some pics.  How beautiful is this girl?
















Katie is Lizzie's mum, she cries for England but most especially at photos of her kids, god love her!

Off camera flash course

Had a brilliant day yesterday on an off camera flash course - it started the day as a studio lighting course, which we got through in the morning so the off camera flash element was added in the afternoon - considering these are usually two seperate courses it was great that Gary, who was taking the course, was flexible - and generous - enough to tailor the day for the two of us taking the course.  And what's more he served as our model all day, poor sod!


This was taken using "proper" studio lighting, a blue gel and a honeycomb to create the "halo" of light effect.  





Still in the studio.


Then the studio went walkabout!  The one above and the rest are all taken with off camera flash - bloody brilliant results given the comparitive cost of the kit used, if you have a flash, some triggers, a tripod and, vitally, a light meter you could take these pictures.  I have now added a light meter to my shopping list.  I have secretly also added a Canon 5d and a 70-200m F4 to that list, but at around £600 for the camera and £400 for the lens I might have to wait some time for those sadly.


These last two are Gary's secret weapon in his wedding photo armoury!  Done well this effect is breathtaking - these photos really, really don't do it justice.  Am going to have to practice this.

Cornwall Holiday

Had a fantastic week in Cornwall. The sun didn't shine all the time but I made the most of it when it did! Warning - very photo heavy!





Ness watching Ash and Connor








Ash & Em







All of these were taken at Godrevy Beach, the light was stunning.

Had a barbecue in the evening and yet more beautiful light.

Portraits

Hi Sarah, these are a selection of portraits just to give you a bit more of an idea - please have a browse around the blog, it'll give you a bit more of an idea of the sort of thing I do. Look forward to meeting you tomorrow evening.

First ever baby shoot

Took 220 pics and ended up with 35 keepers, not too bad! This was much harder than I had expected tiny babies are seriously wobbly and I didn't think I had anything fab at the time, but having put them through lightroom am pretty pleased with the results - how gorgeous are these two, Oliver and Emily?

And now for the nieces!

Love them to pieces!

More from Oldham Library

Now for some kids - this little boy was just beautiful and had a really relaxed thing going on, even with having his face painted in a really noisy library and some strange woman sticking a camera in his face he was just utterly zen. Really pleased with these 2.

Who said blondes have more fun?

Just when I thought she couldn't be any more lovely - she was!