Hard, harsh midday sun is not normally a good thing especially when shooting on a roof. You can see how hard the light is by the shadow but in this instance I think we got away with it.
Of course it helps to have a beautiful model wearing an original Ossie Clark styled by the Queen of Vintage - Madam Popoff and hair and make-up by Emma Smissen.
Hard light - sometimes I like it
A press job today covering the Margate carnival. I wanted something a little different so shot wide, this meant getting in close to the action but I have some cracking frames.As a child the summer holidays usually meant a trip to Dreamland - I still remember the smell the sound and the excitement. Let's hope they restore it to its former glory.
Today's picture is from a recent press job, taken at the Whitstable Oyster Festival. At weddings I always look out for people wearing reflective sunglasses as you can get some cool reflections. When this guy walked up the beach the cross reflections in his glasses were too good to miss. On reflecion (groan!!) I wish that a I had taken the time to centralise the cross in both glasses.
You wait, you hope, sometimes it pays off sometimes it doesn't. It was late in the day at a wedding at Solton Manor and this little fella was on a mission but he needed to get through the wretched lavender. As he broke free he gave me this momentary look. The satisfaction clear on his face - the goal the bouncy castle behind me!
I would like to think the look was for me but it wasn't I was just a spectator lucky enough to be perfectly placed to watch the escape.
I love a trip to the zoo. We are passport holders at Howletts wildlife park and are pretty regular visitors. On Sunday we were lucky enough to see Damian Aspinall in the enclosure with a couple of Gorillas. The interaction and trust between him and the animals was incredible to watch.
Thatched Barn Wedding Fair
Unfortunately I am unable to attend this year's Thatched Barn Wedding Fair. I do however have a special offer on my wedding photography packages so please contact me for more details.
If you are looking to book a professional wedding photography please take a few moments to look at my weddings page.
You can also see me at the Howfield Manor Wedding Fayre on 6th April 2014 and the Solton Manor Wedding Fayre on 13th April 2014
This morning I had a little wonder around the St James' Street area of Dover. Specifically the site of the old MFI shop. The shop was demolished years ago and the plot fenced off. The fences have come down which enabled me to access the site.
I have a thing for reflections in puddles at the moment - possibly due to the wettest winter in living history. As usual for me these are just rough and ready handheld shots - or documentary landscapes as I like to call them. I used my normal walkabout camera - the humble Nikon D90. I shot RAW and processed in Lightroom. You can see a screen shot of my Lightroom settings which also shows before and after.
