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Sunday 20 December 2009

and now we interrupt the normal proceedings...

... although I'm not entirely sure I can can claim to be interrupting them when I haven't posted in so long anyway! But still, due to the website undergoing a total (and long overdue)overhaul very soon this blog is going to have to play host to some customer previews. and so without any further waffle I present one rather cute family :)...
































and in other news the 'little pumpkin' from the last post did arrive, so more on that soon! watch this space! :)...

Monday 26 October 2009

So this little pumpkin...

was due out at weekend.



He clearly didn't agree with that ;)

Thursday 22 October 2009

Hey you in there!...

time to come out, we've waited long enough!...



Eh? what's that you say??



not today?!?!

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Still in there....

and I'm a little too busy to be decisive so here's both!



Tuesday 20 October 2009

The shape of things to come...

geuss who's due in town this week? :)



Thursday 15 October 2009

I sometimes forget to remember...

that the same hands that made me, made all of this...



and sometimes, in the midst of all the rush, and lists of things to be done, I sometimes forget to remember just what that means.

Saturday 19 September 2009

my hero...

so when it comes to weddings, being a 2 photographer outfit DEFINITELY has its advantages! And I am incredibly lucky to have such an able assistant that I can rely on...

I had done all the preparation. I had the list on paper and in my head, I knew exactly what I wanted. We paused for a few shots before entering the building, all was quiet as the guests were already seated in the chapel. The perfect opportunity to catch mother and daughter alone. I knew just what I was looking for, what I wanted to show and yet when I opened the file to view the shots later it just wasn't quite right. Instead of seeing a sweet image of those last few moments together before the service began, I saw an awkwardness. It was frustrating but i realised it totally figured. The guests were inside waiting, and, I'm sure there were nerves that were somehow magnified by having to stop and pose when so much lay ahead just inside the building. I figured that was that.

That was until I opened his file...



and saw just the quiet moment I had been looking for! Thank-you David Burgess! You are my hero!

Friday 18 September 2009

what happens...

when one of your bridesmaids goes flat on her face?...



loving this pic. It is not one of the technically good ones for SO many reasons. But I totally love what it says.
Tired! more tomorrow... :)

Wednesday 9 September 2009

Pressure....

... thats all it feels like. working a full time contract and then trying to do what I love to do on top. I guess I do it because I know it will all be worth it if I can build a healthy business which will allow me to work from home one day and give time to my family. Have been working like crazy. I am pretty determined to meet the deadline I set for myself with the release of the images I am working on, so I'm afraid the poor blog has found the bottom of the pile again! fortunately, this picture needs no words...




more soon...

Wednesday 2 September 2009

Privileged...


before anyone else points out that this image is, shall we say, soft focus (or out of focus as Dave put it) let me explain why I love it so much. The focusing on the car door, rather than Becky is deliberate (thats right and no - the whole batch doesn't look like that! - and no I haven't gone crazy either). The thing is, for quite some time now, I have searched for the words to express why I love what I do. And then, finally, along came this image to explain it all so beautifully to me. Because, through the blur, you can see that smile as Becky, the bride, shuffles into the car and adjusts her dress. It is a private smile, a joyful smile as she faces the first few steps of the exciting adventure of the rest of her life. In the last 10 years or so I have met a few brides :) and been one once. It has become clear to me that for each the feeling of joy, happiness and anticipation is a very unique one. I am sure no two of us feel it in exactly the same way as we each have our own story, our own path that has led us to that point and our own adventure unfolding ahead of us. And so, through the frame of the car door, I believe I was privileged to glimpse just a tiny bit of the heaven in her heart. I am glad that the focus was soft because it wasn't my heaven to take in its entirety. instead I am grateful for that tiny part, just enough to remind me of the humbling opportunity I have when I am invited by others to look through my lens into their lives and see, for just a moment, their hearts.

Saturday 29 August 2009

Dah-Dah-Dadaaaaa Dah-Dah-Dadaaaaaa

(to the tune of Here Comes The Bride)


sooooooo, busy busy day today. THE BIG DAY is finally here for the couple from the engagement shoot video clip a few posts back. and I AM SO EXCITED. got a feeling the bride is going to look amazing - I SO love my job! :) in honor of their special day, here are just a few stills from the engagement collection...











Friday 28 August 2009

Pasta.....DISASTA!

so a while back we watched jamie oliver make pasta on tv and decided to have a go. It looked so easy, so on monday night...



after a couple of hours or so (and a sliced finger for dave)...



we had lovely, yummy, pretty...



shop bought pasta!

there will probably be a part 2 to this story but not for quite a while!

Thursday 27 August 2009

soooooo....

what has been going on around here? well, I've been starving myself with intent for starters (intent to shrink that is!) i have been looking around for days for this fabby little pic to post here. It was taken a few months back in the studio as we were setting the lighting for a shoot. it is of me checking out my protruding belly (looks like a baby bump without the baby!). well unfortunately we aren't so careful cataloguing and backing up our personal shots as we are with customer images and so it appears to have run away! So instead I will leave you with a pic of little Rae. she sits on my desk and uses her weight, oh so creatively, to keep my papers from blowing away...

Wednesday 29 July 2009

pictures, pictures, pictures!

So I haven't had much to say for a few weeks now. My WIP (thats 'work in progress') folder is bursting with images that need my attention and it seems all I do is work, sleep and feed my family! one day it will be empty(er), I'm sure. But whilst I am ploughing through, here's some images from that family shoot a few weeks back. We climbed trees, played twister in the park, laughed (probably more than healthy) and I call this work?! :o)...














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