Well we have had two portraits today, both went well, however they always say don't work with kids or animals, personally I find animals to be great to work with. Seriously the kids today were just kids, such is the job of the family photographer, its can be hard work when a two year old gets one on them. Perseverance ...and patience are the only ways to ensure you get some good pics. I will upload some of them once they have been developed. It was Alexs' first experience with a portrait session, hopefully it didn't put him off!!! Alex has been working for me for a week now, he is settling in nicely and I hope he sticks with it, because he has really contributed this week and made my life easier.

Some of Shannons work as promised

Well its a week now since Shannon Young came here for work experience, hopefully she learned something, I like to think that I make their week or two weeks training interesting. I promised Shannon that I would upload some of her work so here they are, can I just say that I gave Shannon a few bits of advice but then left her to it in the studio and this is what she managed to produce. WELL DONE !

New Horizons

Good morning everyone, what an awful wet and windy morning, just so glad I haven't any weddings on this weekend. We do have a Portrait session tomorrow and and Christening to photograph on Sunday but that should be relatively easy. Yesterday saw us finalising our plans to have the van sign written up. I'm really excited it will look great, all we have to do is have the invertors and the dual battery system installed and we are ready for the summer ! Currently we have a small portable invertor, but it is limited in what it can supply. This will make us truly self sufficient, we will be able to cover outside events, horse shows, sporting events and have a center of command where customers will be able to come along and view and buy the images on site. We print them and they get to take them away there and then. We obviously do this now but we rely on a power source on site, this way we could set up in a field and be able to offer the same service.

Leanne & Leon

Lean & Leonne were married last year, I really can't wait to get their album back from Graphi it is going to look fantastic. They were married in Pitlochry in Scotland then had an evening reception in Blackpool two weeks later. They have a fantastic family and it was a real pleasure to be a part of their day. we are anxiously awaiting the arrival from Italy, I'll let you know how it looks once I have it at the studio. Designwise the album is perfect, Leanne had one or two changes she wanted to make to get it just right, but hopefully they will both be pleased with the finished product. The album was so big that I can't upload all the pages, but here are a few to give you a taster.

Oh go on then just a couple

Oh well thought I would upload a few now to wet the appetite !

Happy New Year

Hi there, thought it was time to finally update this blog. We had a very nice young lady on work experience last week called Shannon. I promised her I would update this blog and put up some of the pictures she took during her work experience week. I was very impressed with her, I do think she has been one of the best we have had so far, Shannon has definately raised the bar for the future.

So thank you Shannon for working so hard and doing such a good job, you should be really please with yourself and the photographs you have taken.

Well onto the rest of last year, we had a good one, plenty of weddings and a very sharp upturn on the number of portraits, I will upload some more images as I get round to it :-) Too busy at the moment with album designs and portraits to deal with. Our first wedding of the year will be taking place in 17 days, it will be nice to get back into them although we had weddings last year right upto the 4th december so not so much of a break.

Jessica's 18th Birthday bash

I would just like to congratulate Jessica on reaching that magic 18 ! I would also like to thank her for having us along to capture the fun. Jessica had planned a masquerade ball, and when the guests first arrived I thought I had walked into an audition for phantom of the opera !!.

Jessica had a fantastic time, as did all her guests, the party was fantastic, with a big surprise for Jessica when her mum & some friends perfomed an amazing THRILLER dance routine.

The only problem I had, was that I was too close to the chocolate fountain and several marshmallows and cream puffs perished by my hand....Oh the horror !!!!! If you were at the party and want to see all the images taken then click here and enter the password, which is available from Jessica or by emailing me with your contact details and full details of the party. After I have verified you I will email you the password.