We're off to Paris again for our second year running. I loved the last experience and created several series of images whilst I was there. I'm hoping to improve on these during this visit.
Paris Photo is on whilst we're there, so that's a must do on the huge list of great places for photography. Friends, Coffee, Red Wine, Croissants and probably a good few miles of walking!
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Click here to see more from my last trip to Paris.
So I shot my first full wedding on Friday and really surprised myself. I felt like I commanded the day really well and got some awesome shots too. I started the day inspecting and shooting the table decorations at the Halloween themed event at 11am and then rushed round to the Brides house. She didn't turn up until 12:30pm which left me with very little time to create some great images at that point. I managed to get some candid images of everyone getting ready before I had to shoot off to the pub to photograph the Groom and his party. Then I had to rush back to photograph the bride having her dress done up, the rush back to the Church. The Bride turned up 35 minutes late and much to the displeasure of the Vicar. Everything went quite well from there. The church shots I created look really good and then I managed to get some creative shots with the B&G at their wedding venue. Then I had the massive task of trying to organise 100 guests in to a group shot, I shouted at them a few times and it worked. Then I spent the rest of the evening collecting candid images of all the guests having loads of fun throughout the night until I left for bed at about midnight, shattered! Here's just a couple of my favourite images from the day.
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We're almost finished and ready to begin creating some amazing memories and beautiful portraits in our new studio. It's been a long road with an incredible amount of work put in to it. We want our clients to really settle in and love the experience of our creative environment. Whilst we're just adding the delicate finishing touches to the aesthetics, we're also working on the branding, marketing and pricing structure. This will be different to many other studios locally because of the time and effort we put in to our craft. This is our art and we want you to be part of it. Don't do anything now, just have a look at the photograph of our studio and pencil in the idea of getting professional portraits of you and your family. We'll let you know when we're ready for our first shoot.
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Well we're really excited now. Our studio is almost ready to open to the public. Lisa will be specialising in Maternity photo shoots, Newborn photography and Children's portraits. I will be looking after Family photo shoots and Adult portraiture. Between us we will be conducting Engagement photo shoots for our wedding photography clients as well.
Personally, I need to start working on my branding and price structure now and then I will be able to begin my marketing campaigns.
The nice thing is that Lisa is all ready to rock n roll! She has her branding and pricing structure in place already and can now start taking bookings for her side of the business. So if you want to get in touch with Lisa for her portraiture, then please click here.
If you would like to talk to us about our wedding photography, then please drop me a line by clicking here.
If you're thinking of getting some family portraits done or are interested in having a portfolio created, please click here.
Please keep an eye on our websites and Facebook pages for the announcement of our open day, where we'll be inviting guests to come and view our studio, may'be have a little drink with us and get a free digital portrait. Our announcements will come on the following pages on Facebook:
Hinckley Photographed, Hands On Photography, Paul Hands Photography, Little Hands Photography or my Google + page
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Work on our new photography studio is coming along very well thanks to my Wife Lisa's efforts at the weekend at building the furniture. Also thanks to my Brother Simon helping me to lay the flooring down. It's actually starting to look like a studio now. Soon we will be able to announce a launch date where we will be taking bookings for Engagement, Maternity, Newborn, Child, Families and Adult portraiture. If this is something you could be interested in, then please drop me a line here.
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For a uni project
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Hi again, well it's been a little while since posting on my blog. I've been rather busy. Me and my wife Lisa have been very hard at work with designing and building our new photography studio, which is now almost ready for an announcement of our open day. Please keep an eye for this because it's gonna be a great day where we'll be giving free portraits to anyone that comes along.
We've also been very hard at it with our photography studies and producing awesome commercial photography projects. I've been working on Guinness, my favourite beer of course! Here's a little teaser, showing the style of portraits being used in my Guinness advert (using my wife as a model)!
I've also been tinkering with my commercial photography brand and pricing structure. I've managed to keep it simple and the nice thing is my prices and commercial photography have already been proven to be exactly what my clients want and are happy to pay for. You can have a look at the structure here, believe me it's very easy to grasp.
I'm already taking lot's of bookings for 2015 and it seems like it's going to be a very busy year. A challenge that I'm ready for and really excited about. So I'll finish with a hook, let me know if you need any photography asap. If you like my style, then please do get in touch quite quickly because there is only one of me.
I'm creating a commercial project for a printed Guinness advert as part of my HND in Photography and I'm looking for 10 male and female models. The role of the model will be to attend the studio in Hinckley, drink from a pint of Guinness in order to create the largest Guinness moustache possible. I will then photograph the models quickly afterwards, so the moustache is still present and very visible. There is no fee for modelling, you will be paid with the pint of Guinness that I give you for the shoot. This is not associated with Guinness Ltd. and is to help me with my project. You may be required to complete a model release form for future use. My advert will look different to the one shown in the example above.
I would like to ask for your help, please click here to contact me and register your interest in helping me... CONTACT ME
Thank you in advance
I'm searching for people that worked anywhere on the site of the new bus station redevelopment project 'The Crescent'. The art college in Hinckley (NWHC) has received some funding from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council and Bowmers (the contractors) to produce a creative and artistic project to exhibit large scale portraits of people that worked on the site at any point in their lives. This is fantastic news because this will secure the history of this local part of Hinckley for many years to come. So if you have worked here or know anyone that has, please drop me a line with your phone number, email address and preference of a Thursday 1pm - 7:30pm or a Saturday morning between 9am and 1pm. This will be to come in to the studio at Hinckley college to have your portrait created. The photographs will be blown up and placed on billboards surrounding the bus station development along Waterloo Road.