Vintage wedding shoot part 1

This is the 1st of two blogs. Last Sunday I attended a vintage wedding dress photo shoot with Linda Davey of No.9 dresses based in West Yorkshire. It was the 1st time that I had met Linda in person. We had sent several emails and Facebook messages. She seemed very excited about her launch of the new vintage range of wedding dresses.

This 1st blog is to show the work of Sarah Richardson from Leafy Couture. Judging from this selection of bouquets and posies her work is fantastic. She is the florist at a wedding I am covering in a few weeks. I am looking forward to seeing more of her arrangements.

1st Shoot in a recording studio

I was asked by the some of the members of the band Hot Minute for some photos for some promotional work for an up coming  charity cd. The band are hoping raise money for a charity that helps children with brain injuries. The shoot took place at Mayfield Studios in Newport, East Yorks.

I have worked with the Sharon and Dave when they performed with the group Hot Minute. I shot them at Hull City all as part of the Love Music Hate Racism concert and also playing live at Princess Quay in Hull. I was able to hear some of their new stuff been recorded and the final mixes and finishing touches been added.

The shoot was done out side the studio for some images to be used on the cover of the cd. I also managed to get some shots in side the studio was Sharon was recording the final tracks. All shots where taken with a Canon 5d mkII 24-70l lens and Tamron 70-300 zoom. Lighting was done with a 430exII and a reflector umbrella using ETTL and a sync cord. I found that some of the shots I was getting strong shadows on Sharon’s face so changed to on camera flash bounced and diffused on the ceiling. The overall shot I think was a success and hope the band can raise some cash for the charity. 

January 2011 in Photos

First month of the 365 day project year two is now completed. Looking at the gallery all I think I do is eat and work. Photography wise is been a bit of a slow month. I did get to shoot in an actual recording studio and here a few tracks been laid down for a charity disc. There will be a blog to follow.

Testing out a new function I found to embed flickr slideshows. Here is the link.

Tripod Chasing

I have been following a fellow photographers blog for some time now. Neil Holmes is a local free lance photographer, who has been cataloguing and photographing Hull and the local area for the past 30 years. I meet Neil via twitter and have followed him and his blog since then.

Recently he posted some shoots of a green door on a derelict building, the building looked familiar so I asked where the photos where taken. Neil had taken the shoots around Princess Quay in an area ear marked for development.

I told Neil I would be tripod chasing him, the act of following another photographer to copy their work. Hopefully I have given my on touch to the photos.

They are all shot on a Canon 5d mark2 with a 24-70mm-L lens. Post process is with Lightroom and Photomatix 3.

Trying out twitter mosaic

Just adding a little colour to the blog

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