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Last month I took a trip up to Scotland with the family - visiting Fort William, Glenfinnan and the 'Harry Potter' train. There was a little bit of sheep racing for charity going on in Fort William, a little bit of whisky tasting at the Ben Nevis Distillery. I'd highly recommend the train ride from Fort William up to Malaig. The scenery is stunning and, for the Harry Potter fans, it crosses the viaduct from The Chamber of Secrets as well as passing Dumbledore's island (spoiler-free!). I have a huge amount of respect for landscape photographers (I don't claim that to be my speciality) and the landscape shots are more 'snaps' caught along the way - candid landscape if you will! I think I'm particularly in love with ferns this summer though - maybe I'll specialise in them... Chris Wormald popped in to UCC today for a tour of the school and some hospitality. It was good to meet him and see some of the students perform, but I wanted to share a couple of pictures of the food - doesn't it look amazing! From the UCC Catering team kitchens. It's taken me a few weeks to put these up but I had the immense pleasure of photographing the brand-new baby boy of some good friends. He was only twelve days old and very much a cutie! Here's a couple from the shoot. I'm very excited to be able to announce that we are now offering the gorgeous fair trade products from Nkuku. Having been a big fan of Nkuku for a number of years, it has taken me a long time to realise that I could offer them to photography customers! These albums and frames are truly beautifully made and designed by artisans with a unique feel and look. Just as important is the whole ethos of the company, whose mission is to be 'socially responsible' and to build 'on the principles of fair trade and equal opportunity'. This ethos is something I would like to fully support. Have a look at their website for more information: nkuku.com
Our Nkuku Frame and Album price list is available to view here. To celebrate, we are running a Mother's Day offer of a Sheesham Wood Frame (including the nine 6x4" prints) and a portrait sitting for the reduced price of £40. This voucher is available to buy online or contact us for more information. All vouchers will be valid for a year. Having previously taken shots of her sister, I've recently had a portrait sitting with the beautiful Ellen. Both sittings were to find images for artist David Maiden to paint portraits from. He's very talented - check out his website here: www.davidmaiden.co.uk It was great to spend time playing with lighting to find those few shots for the portrait. Here's a couple of the images from the day. It's rather late in arriving but I've been compiling a 'favourites' folder from 2013 for a while. Looking back and forward is a little luxury at this time of year and I can hardly believe how quickly this year has gone. Sadly I was without a camera for my trip to France in the summer, but other than that I've had a ball! Time with Ullswater Community CollegeI have had the privilege of spending time at UCC photographing many of their events. Once again, I was able to see and shoot the A-Level art exhibition which included the light shell on the magazine page above, which was a particular favourite (you can see the shell in action in the footage we shot in the second part of this mini-film). It's also been a pleasure to photograph productions and devised pieces from the Drama department - much is due to Jane Reardon (pictured), who has left this term. One of the true highlights of the year was the visit of actor John Hurt to the school to launch the Branch Out reading event - what an honour and a truly lovely man. Brilliant work from the students at Eden Boutique Hair SalonIt was almost impossible to choose a few for this blog from the session - a larger selection were put in May. Some travels and wildlifeTime with some wonderful peopleIt's been a great year - thank you to everyone who has been a part of it!The last few of the Eden Boutique Models are up! They were so much fun to do - and wonderful to have such a variety of styles and creative people to work with. To see a few more from each click on the images - thank you Eden Boutique!
A fab use of make-up, wardrobe and hair to compliment each other here. More on facebook. Only a few more posts of Eden Boutique left now.
To brighten up a rainy day! Some more Hollywood glamour, prom night and Avant-Garde! Click on the images below to go to a few more on facebook.
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