Beautiful Baby Photography

I’ve known Danny for many years, so I was delighted to find out he and Nichola had recently celebrated the birth of a beautiful baby daughter they have called Orla. They wanted some beautiful baby photographs so I suggested that they consider our New Beginnings package for newborn to 2 years. They all came down to the studio back in January and we managed to create some gorgeous images for them.

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Being an animal lover and in particular a lover of dogs (having got two of our own); when Sheryl from Clough End Kennels in Broadbottom asked if I did pet photography, and moreover whether I could photograph her two ‘lovely babies’ Tilly and Talulah, I just jumped at the chance and the pet photographer in me when on overdrive!

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A stark reminder of the pitfalls that can beleaguer both photographer and the bride and groom. In the May 12th edition of Greater Manchester Business Week it ‘s reported that a pair of newlyweds have launched legal action against their photographer and brings mixed news for the business community. According to GM Business Week, the couple were unhappy with their photographer’s images and even sought independent evaluation from the Guild of Photographers as they pursue a 4-figure payout!

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Monty Halls

I stood there at the Aegon 2011 National Conference working as Saville AV’s photographer for this event, talking to this very polite, tall chap who was due to go on stage as a guest speaker. I’d never met Monty Halls. In fact I had never heard of Monty Halls until that day. And as he asks me about my commercial photography I ask him what he does other than guest speaking. He replies “Oh you know a bit of TV, expeditions, exploration, diving, I love writing” It wasn’t until I got home that I found anything out about Monty Halls. But I have to say I have seen some exceptionally good business speakers. From Sir Clive Woodward to Richard Olivier, son of the famous Laurence Olivier and Monty Halls was very good. His delivery and presence on stage was first class and I think the whole audience from Aegon thought so too!

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We have just released an exclusive offer for our Facebook Fans. This is a promotional offer for bride and grooms who are getting married in 2011 and 2012. We are not sure how long this promotion will run for, so if you have been there yet, head on over to our Facebook Page and see what’s on offer.

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Photography Studios Manchester – Now Complete!

Finally! As most of our friends, family, colleagues and clients will know, we started work on converting our large garage/gymnasium into a fantastic photographic studio just before Christmas 2010. My plans were originally to have the whole works complete and have an operational studio by the end of January 2011. My professional photographer friends up and down the country were expecting the invite to a topping out ceremony and giving the studio its first session with a few models and plenty of laughs. However as a great business mentor once said to me, “No plan survives its 1st encounter with reality” And so it goes; the finishing of the studio took a few weeks longer than planned. Five to six weeks to be honest.

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First of all I want to apologise about this extremely long post about wedding photography prices. I’m Sorry! This is a loooooong post and I think it needed to be as it covers an important issue that faces every bride and groom when deciding on the photographer for their wedding. After all the wedding photographer has one of, if not the most important jobs on the day. The wedding day for every bride is the biggest day of their lives and having the confidence that they have chosen the best photographer they can afford is a big stress point for a lot of brides. Over the past few years I have had a number of discussions about wedding photography prices and in fact the whole cost associated with getting married in the UK in the current climate. Some of these discussions at times have got a little heated as I tried to impart my thoughts on the topic of human nature, beliefs and values. I have been meaning to write this article for some time, but was beaten to it by Kat Williams who wrote a fantastic blog post which you can read below or go and view the original post at Kat’s blog, I’ve attached the link at the bottom of this article.

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-Wedding Photography Yorkshire-

I assisted a friend, Andrew Bulloch as a second photographer at a wedding he shot for some friends of his, Adam and Bryony back in September 2010. Bryony was a photographer’s dream when it came to shooting. The wedding ceremony and reception was held at the Black Swan in Helmsley, Yorkshire.

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Here are some of my favourite images from Mark and Dawn’s wedding photography

In October 2010, I was asked by a friend from the Aspire Bespoke Programme if I could shoot a wedding at very short notice. It turned out that Dawn was a close friend of Rebecca Deighton, a model I just happened to have taken a photos of in Cumbria on a great course run by Stuart Cooper at Annabel Williams Studio back in August. I spoke with Rebecca and offered to do their wedding photography on the 16th October 2010. In talking to Rebecca, she mentioned that Dawn was heavily pregnant which would be a great challenge for the day. I had never met, let alone spoken to either Dawn or Mark before the day. The weather could not have been any better. Considering it was mid October the sun shone all day, it was simply beautiful as you will see from the images of their day.

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Our New Photography Studio.

I thought I’d share with everybody, the exciting work involved in building a new photography studio. Hopefully this will be of interest to friends and clients as well as my fellow photographers (many who are good friends) and particularly those photographers who may be thinking of doing similar themselves?

Work started on converting the detached garage and gym into our new photography studio on Wednesday this week. With the new larger shed/workshop installed over the weekend, the garage was emptied on Wednesday in readiness for our contractors to commence with the main works. The main work requires the raising of the internal ceiling, to give enough height for studio lighting. Unfortunately the roof construction consists of trusses and meant that we had to put two large steel beams (6.5m long) to support the rafters and two smaller beams are going in over the doors as well. Once all the steelwork has gone in then the existing ceiling joists can be cut out and new ones installed in a much higher position.

Then its on to plasterboarding, getting my tools out to put the lighting and power back in that I had to strip out earlier. Hopefully the gas boiler that used to heat the Koi pond will be suitable to hang some radiators off, to heat what will be the new photography studio – Fingers crossed.

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