What's your portrait style
When you get some staff portraits done, whether you are updating existing shots, getting some portraits of new starters, or completely re-shooting in conjunction with website updates, there are many options open to you in choosing the background. Whilst many still opt for a plain dark or white background, but there are many options open to you, from taking a blurred office background or using a brick wall, mot even going and taking the shots outside (not today though please for the sake of my fingers).
As you can see from the attached gallery there are many options, so if you know you need to get some shots done, give me a call to make sure that you get exactly what you want.
Icy Backdrop and Cold Weather
No photographer can resist going into picturesque Bushy Park in Hampton to get a few shots of this beautiful snowy weather . . . in honour of this I've temporarily changed my background image and here is a little gallery of images from today's little excursion.
My Photos on new Fabian Society Website
The Fabian Society have redesigned their website, and included a link to details of past events, including to the recent New Year Conference where you can see some of my images from the day.
Advice for any photography shy brides out there
One of my recent brides, Natalie Bridgeman has written a marvellous blog offering encouragement to any camera shy brides to be out there. Oh, and she was nice enough to be kind about how I helped her through it as well. Thanks Natalie!
A little camera history . . .
I've owned several cameras over the years. One of my first was a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. I took hundreds and hundreds of images with with little camera and it is probably where I first really started to expand my own photography skills beyond just pointing and shooting. Even now some of the results look quite delightful, despite the now tiny 6MP resolution. Here's a few favourites to look at.
The smartest parties, the smartest guests
When you have arranged a really great party, make sure that everyone can appreciate the work that has gone into it by making sure that your fabulous arrangements, and your perfectly turned out guests, are in lots of photos for you to share after the event.
Joining in at Fabian Society Annual Conference 2018
Keep your conference delegates coming back each year, and bring new people by making sure that you have lots of strong images of your delegates participating and contributing to your event. The Fabian Society host a really vibrant annual conference each January and I have been photographing it now for 7 years. Each year brings a great mixture of prominent opinion formers, MPs and activists, but the real secret to their success is the passionate involvement of the delegates who make the the event really special.
Lone Taxidermist at The Lexington, King's Cross
Last month I went up to the Lexington in King's Cross to see Lone Taxidermist, whose work I discovered at the start of the month. I realised I could not pass up the chance to see her live when I read some of the reports of their extraordinary live performances. I wasn't disappointed and was lucky enough to get some great images while I was there, a selection of which are here. You can see more of them my Flickr page, along with some other music photography from the last few years.
National Autistic Society - Held Back Campaign
I was present for another exciting event held by the National Autistic Society at the House of Commons, part of their Held Back campaign to encourage schools to provide all the help necessary to help those with autism thrive at school. If you need vibrant images to tell the stories of your campaigns, do get in touch