Well done on the award.
Photography by Jackie Wood
Friday 21 June 2013
Tony & Guy
A slightly different request came in recently from my lovely friend Sophie. She asked if I would do some group shots for
all the stylists/juniors at Tony & Guy in Teddington salon as they had won an award. Having never done
anything like before I thought it would be good practice and a new challenge. A lovely bunch of
people who work very hard.
Well done on the award.
Well done on the award.
Sophie & Ali
I had been looking forward to doing this shoot for Sophie and Ali for ages. I
met Sophie a couple of years ago at Toni & Guy in Teddington. Sophie had already done a
photoshoot with Richard and I back in 2011 so knew I was a keen photographer.
Sophie and Ali got engaged last year and are due to get married next month and I just wanted to give them some photos of them both as a present. A beautiful day, a little too much sunshine to be honest. Rob helped me take one of our small settees outside to set up a little backdrop that I had seen in a magazine, great until I walked into a small wall on the patio. Talk about painful, big lump appeared on my leg and a lovely bruise which has only just gone. That will teach me to look where I am going in future.
Anyway, great day, beautiful couple who I wish all the happiness for their future life ahead of them.
Sophie and Ali got engaged last year and are due to get married next month and I just wanted to give them some photos of them both as a present. A beautiful day, a little too much sunshine to be honest. Rob helped me take one of our small settees outside to set up a little backdrop that I had seen in a magazine, great until I walked into a small wall on the patio. Talk about painful, big lump appeared on my leg and a lovely bruise which has only just gone. That will teach me to look where I am going in future.
Anyway, great day, beautiful couple who I wish all the happiness for their future life ahead of them.
Rhinefield House
So we are now in May, we have two lovely bank Holidays this month, we need to do something. I have always wanted to visit Rhinefield House as my friend had said how beautiful it was. So after checking the prices we decided to go for one night (expensive !!)
All I can is that is such a beautiful place. If you are looking for a venue to get married look no further. Situated in the New Forest the place is amazing. A wedding photographers dream, so many places to take photos !
We were lucky to have a beautiful weather ...and I even let Rob use my camera a couple of times, under strict supervision that is !
I could have wandered around this place for ages taking pictures but think Rob was getting a little fed up of me !
I very nervously handed over the camera !! They do need to paint their roof ...
All I can is that is such a beautiful place. If you are looking for a venue to get married look no further. Situated in the New Forest the place is amazing. A wedding photographers dream, so many places to take photos !
We were lucky to have a beautiful weather ...and I even let Rob use my camera a couple of times, under strict supervision that is !
I could have wandered around this place for ages taking pictures but think Rob was getting a little fed up of me !
I very nervously handed over the camera !! They do need to paint their roof ...
Nicola & Tom
So a new year and I needed to get back to some photography. I have to say I
have learnt some valuable lessons along the way on who to work with. I put this down to my lack of experience at
the time and let's just same it won't happen again !
So, I was now looking for some new models. I did put a casting call out on Model Mayhem but really wasn't successful. The people who, did respond were not what I was looking for. I was even beginning to, start stalking people in the supermarket ! Step forward my lovely friend Penny with a name of someone who worked for the same company who might be interested. thank you so much Penny for introducing me Nicola. we arranged to meet at work for a chat, and I wasn't disappointed, Nicola was absolutely gorgeous, and just what I was looking for. At the same time I was in contact with my lovely friend and fellow photographer Richard Danter who I had worked with before, we kept saying we wanted to work together again and it was a chance for him to see my studio and also for me to tap into some of his great knowledge and experience. A few hiccups there though, my stupid studio lights were playing up and misfiring and we were getting random meter readings which was very strange...thankfully the weather was lovely outside so we took advantage of that too.
A lovely couple to photograph ...
We had a great afternoon and the bonus being Nicola bought her equally lovely boyfriend Tom along who was not only very photogenic but tall enough to hold the reflector for us !
Call me a bit strange but I love the 'behind the scenes' shots too ...
Thank you to both Nicola and Tom and of course Richard for driving up from Hampshire !
So, I was now looking for some new models. I did put a casting call out on Model Mayhem but really wasn't successful. The people who, did respond were not what I was looking for. I was even beginning to, start stalking people in the supermarket ! Step forward my lovely friend Penny with a name of someone who worked for the same company who might be interested. thank you so much Penny for introducing me Nicola. we arranged to meet at work for a chat, and I wasn't disappointed, Nicola was absolutely gorgeous, and just what I was looking for. At the same time I was in contact with my lovely friend and fellow photographer Richard Danter who I had worked with before, we kept saying we wanted to work together again and it was a chance for him to see my studio and also for me to tap into some of his great knowledge and experience. A few hiccups there though, my stupid studio lights were playing up and misfiring and we were getting random meter readings which was very strange...thankfully the weather was lovely outside so we took advantage of that too.
A lovely couple to photograph ...
We had a great afternoon and the bonus being Nicola bought her equally lovely boyfriend Tom along who was not only very photogenic but tall enough to hold the reflector for us !
Call me a bit strange but I love the 'behind the scenes' shots too ...
Thank you to both Nicola and Tom and of course Richard for driving up from Hampshire !
I'm Back ....
The last update was October 2012 so what's happened since. Well Christmas for a start. Last year we decided for the first time to go away for Christmas to St Lucia. It was really nice to have some winter sunshine after a terrible and wet summer. Both Rob and I were so tired and really needed to get away from home and re-charge our batteries. I have to say it was a bit strange being on a beach on Christmas Day....it was lovely and relaxing though and just what we both needed. We arrived back home on New Years Eve and somehow felt a bit strange as there was no Christmas tree in the house, that was a first. In a very strange, almost as if we had missed Christmas altogether ! No busy supermarkets where everyone is shopping like it's the end of the world ! Would we go away again over Christmas ? Yes but somewhere cheaper, we travelled to a Sandals resort which was adults only, all I can say was that it was totally overpriced especially when you are travelling from the UK and full of some very noisy people...I will say no more.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)