Christening Photographs

Another of the joys of this wonderfull career I have found myself in is the way that every single day is differant. Like most people I've had several jobs before i finally found my true vocation in life. The worst thing i found with all of those jobs was after about two years they began to get very repetative.

Luckily now i've found every single job makes every day differant, normally in differant parts of the country and occasionally differant countries altogether.

Recently I was commisioned to photograph a Christening very close to my home town. Believe it or not this is highly unusual for me. Most of my work is either in the London area or sometimes further afield so this was a real benefit.

You can see a few of my christening photographs by clicking here. I hope I achieved my aim of exceeding the customers expectations. Does life get any better? People paying you to do something you love doing .... Fantastic!!

If you're interested in photography you may be interested in my free online tips available from my lifestyle photography site. Just go to the tips section and fill in the form. you'll be joining about another 1,000 people who all regul;arl;y receive the tips and get this no cost!! If i can help other people have fun and improve their photographs, I see that as payment.


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Photographers are coming back to film

Shock gasp, here's a write up from a magazine about how professional photographers are turning away from digital cameras back to film ...... I never went away!!

Many photographers are returning to film for medium and large format prints, claims mail-order lab Peak Imaging which has recently upgraded its film processing equipment.
Peak Imaging's managing director Wayne Gledhill told us this morning: 'They are returning to medium and large format film because of the size of print they can get, while retaining quality (20x16in and above). Many fine art, product and landscape photographers are showing signs of preference toward film.' He claimed that many photographers are returning to 120 and 5x4in film for larger format prints.
'Recent upgrades in wet processing equipment have also confirmed Peak's future commitment to the processing of E-6, C-41 and black & white film,' he continued.

How can this be a suprise to anyone who has ever shot film and digital on the same job? Don't get me wrong digital has its place for something that is needed immediately (press for example) but don't try and tell me digital and film are the same quality ...... in another 12 months maybe but not yet.

Colchester Gladiators beaten by Norwich Devils

O.K. so maybe it had to happen. An extremely confident Colchester Gladiators, who were newly crowned champions of Division 2 East went to play their final game of the regular season in Norwich on Sunday.

What started as a brilliant game for Colchester slowly began to fall apart just before half time. Silly mistaked and a no nonsense reffing team caused alot of wasted yardage.

The Norwich Devils put on a great show and proved they are a force to be reckoned with now the play offs are around the corner. This loss means the Colchester Gladiators now have to play another home game (27th August), for there right to play in the next round.

The pictures form the Colchester Gladiators @ Norwich Devils game can be viewed here

For details of the wildcard game on the 27th August check out the Gladiators website here www.colchestergladiators.com. Why not dust of your camera and come and cheer the team on!!

Apologies for allowing a week to go by without updating the blog. I've got a ton of stuff (slideshows etc) to add but i'm waiting to show the clients and get their permission before i put a live link to them for you all to see.


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Plasterers Hall London

Just a quick entry today on the count that I'm pretty tired due to not getting back till gone 1 am last night. The wedding yesterday was at a new venue for me. Its called the plaisterers (yes it is spelt correctly) hall and is located at 1 London Wall in the city.

Completely stunning venue and to top it all an NCP carpark within walking distance ..... do wedding venues get any better?

Seriously though car parking in central London can be a complete knightmare and not having the threat of having your car towed away is a real advantage in my eyes.

On another note the Colchester Gladiators won on Sunday which makes them the Divisional Champions. One more game (this Sunday) at the Norwich devils and then it's play off time. Keep up to date with the Colchester Gladiators here.

Colchester Gladiators v East Midland Saxons (home win)

July 30th saw the return match of the East Midland saxons coming to broad Lane stadium in Wivenhoe to take on the Colchester Gladiators. Just like the previous game it came right down to the wire with the Gladiators managing to hold out in the dieing seconds to gain another win. This means the Gladiators progress to the play offs and are now playing to get homefield advantage. This is a realy important factor as the games start to get further away and the Gladiators home crowd can kick up a noise to wake the dead.

My images from the Gladiators v Saxons are here.

For once I actually appeared in a photograph (as shown here) many thanks to Allen Jackson. Although I was a little busy shooting I did manage to have a quick chat with him. He told me it was his first time shooting American Football and from what I have seen he did a great job. The gladiators next home is this Sunday but unfortunately due to work commitments (wedding) i won't be there but you could be ..... check out the Gladiators website here for timings etc.


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