Photographers see the world differently to other people. My sister-in-law said exactly this last night as we were watching my two year old nephew hurl his balance bike from one end of the yard to the other. She was wondering whether he would live long enough to see bath-time…… I was wondering if I’d got…
Continue ReadingA Portrait of Polly
Towards the end of last year Pollys Mum phoned. She told me that they weren’t the kind of family who had a lot a photographs. Photographs just weren’t their ‘thing’. She hadn’t even had a wedding photographer (#sobsquietly) However – 11 year old Polly was growing up. Moreover she had just won a music…
Continue ReadingA Portrait of a Wedding
Just over 12 months ago I was sitting quietly at my desk editing a portrait sitting when the phone rang. On the other end of the line was a frantic female voice who – in the space of about three minutes – and without so much as pausing for breath – told me: She was…
Continue ReadingDo You Believe In Magic (An Aunties Tale – Part II)
(For the story behind this post go to An Aunties Tale) Do you believe in magic?? Do you believe that you can tell your friends, colleagues, neighbours that you are thinking of holding a charity auction for Birmingham Childrens Hospital and they will get behind you 110%? Do you believe that, on a…
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This time last year life was fairly horrendous. I think most of you on my ‘client list’ were getting fairly short shrift and I think you all know that I am eternally grateful that you all cut me some slack. And then there were my friends who picked up the fragments of my life and…
Continue ReadingTales from the Wedding Photographer – Amy and Tom
Sometimes Brides get SO stressed about their weddings that you, as their wedding photographer, want to cry. Because wedding photographers know how QUICKLY the day goes. And we want you to just make the most of every minute! Amy however was NOT one of these brides. Amy was right up there in the top 10…
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