Grace & Libby

Another day at the woods with another photogenic family! I like to shoot naturally, no posing or asking people to smile, may be just a bit of coaxing to get people to the right shot.  The McCredie's were naturals, in particular Grace and Libby who had a great time in the woods, not at all bothered by the camera. Here are some of the shots...   

Emma and Ben

Photographing weddings gives me the opportunity visit places I wouldn't normally go to. Emma and Ben got married on the Essex/Suffolk border in what's known as Constable country - I didn't check but believe this is a reference to the artist not the local constabulary! The venue and surrounding countryside was beautiful and close enough to get away for a weekend. I started editing the images from the wedding today and will post more images over the next couple of weeks.

Joel

Joel had a very difficult first few weeks of life so it was a tremendous pleasure to take pictures of a little boy with such energy and character. He squirmed, he wriggled, he smiled a lot and occasionally he let me take a picture!

A Day In The Back Garden...

Of all the photographs that I take my favourite subject is always my own children! We had a lazy day today and with the sun shining I took the opportunity to get some shots of Mollie, Freddie & Raffe. Full of energy, they're not the easiest to keep still but with a bit of coaxing from mum (bribery with chocolate!) they stayed still long enough to get some great shots. 

I've used one of the post processing techniques taken away from the Jeff Ascough Master Class that I recently attended - I'll go into the Master Class in more detail on a future post.  The 2 days left me feeling pretty inspired with many thoughts on how I can improve all aspects of my photography from business elements through to more efficient post processing.