Real people, real moments, real stories; capturing life's most precious moments.Welcome to my blog - hopefully I've updated it recently. If not, it's probably because I'm too busy - sorry! Fun in the sunI'm not exactly rushed off my feet in January with these cold, dark days. It's actually really nice to have time to stop and think about my photography and do some training and planning. Next week I'm off to the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers' annual convention in London with a really interesting trade show with lots of new products and lots of seminars covering every type of photography and every aspect. However, today I've been looking over some of my favourite pictures from last year and I want to share a few with you.
This was taken less than 4 months ago but it seems an age ago now!
A few pictures in the garden and then a walk in Hullavington to enjoy the late afternoon sun.
One day it will be warm and green again! In the meantime a bit of snow would be nice... Drama and dance group photographyThis last week has been a busy one for photographing local dance and theatre groups. Createmovedance in Kington Langley is a dance group for toddlers and older children and a demonstration class is given each December to show the parents a little of what the children can do. Some of these children are so young and so cute! Here is a picture of the youngest ones all dressed up and playing their part in Sleeping Beauty.
The rest of the week was the turn of some slightly older children from Chippenham Youth Theatre, who were performing Aladdin. The shows actually took place at Stonar School last weekend, but I went along to the post show class of each age group to get some relaxed pictures of the children dressed in their costumes and then dressing up in anything they could find in the dressing up box! There was definitely an "end-of-term" atmosphere. They all have so much fun, learning, performing and having a great time with friends. I enjoy taking their pictures and seeing how the youngsters develop year by year.
This is one of the friendship groups asked for.
And this is one of the dressing up pictures I took. Just for fun! Wedding training in the November storms!Do you remember the horrible weather of last Sunday - the 29th November? I was not looking forward to having a wedding photography training day with the prospect of rain and high winds, but in the end we felt we had been very lucky. OK, the veil did blow away and was caught before it got too far, but the rain held off and we managed to take a few pictures outside, taking shelter under trees in the graveyard of the church in Lacock. Inside the church was also a great place to keep warm and to use the beautiful window light coming in. It's always worth persevering with photography in inclement weather as it never looks as bad as it might feel at the time!
Engagement sessionEarlier this month Carl, Beth and I went for a morning walk in nearby Castle Combe to take some engagement pictures of the two of them. As it was a cloudy day I wanted to find some cover of some sort to block out some of the overhead light so we headed for the woods. Of course, there were lots of possiblities on the way there, but we had the luxury of being able to stop when we wanted and make the most of the beautiful countryside and the autumn colours. Here are a few of the images we took:
A wedding by the river ThamesAfter weeks of dry weather the day we were going to photograph a wedding on, and beside the river Thames, it rained! One saving grace was that it was warm. The bridal couple and their guests arrived at the venue in a Dutch barge - so romantic! Champagne and canape were supposed to be consumed enjoying the beautiful views of the river and the Windsor countryside, but unfortunately we were all confined to inside as it poured with rain.
However, rain invariably does not show in pictures (unless it's really heavy) and if pictures avoid showing the bland grey sky then the eye can easily be fooled into thinking it was a nice day. We managed to get outside and take some pictures when the rain stopped and so we could make the most of the lovely surroundings
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