Siobhan about town.

This is my good friend Siobhan, I dragged her into town for a bit of a chin wag and to take some photies!! Was just trying out some stuff, different poses, and more off camera flash. Struggled a bit at night with the AF and my stupid head got so distracted that when it went to erase a single image, it infact erased them all!! GGrrr , so off we went, back to the starting point, poor Siobhan, it was bloomin' freezing, I tell thee!

The only one.

Almost 5 years ago my brother was asked to shoot a wedding and he asked if I wanted to assist, of course I said "hell yeah!" I was 19 and never had an interest in wedding photography and thus I didn't have a clue about what I was supposed to be doing! My brother said that the bride wanted some shots done on black and white film so that's where I came in! I can't remember their names or where exactly in London it was but I'll tell you what I do remember! They had their wedding at their home, with a marquee in the back garden, they were together about 15 years before they eventually tied the knot, the street was lined with Porsches, the groom was a song writer and sang his bride the most beautful song during the ceremony, we worked from 11am - 11pm and I was terrible. I was asked to use a flash by my brother and although I'd used studio lighting by that point, I didn't have a clue how to use a flash on the camera. I also didn't know how to use the camera as I was given one to use, I get confused with all the buttons, I like things simple!
So here are the images I got from the wedding, 5 years on, I'm embarrassed and waiting for the opportunity to do better! I shot 4 rolls of Kodak T-Max 400 film. Any digital shots I took my brother has!

Lighting Practice!

Tonight I decided and prearranged with my favourite model to do a little shoot in my garage. It was pretty cold, I think her toes are still numb...oops! Hope she knows I love her for it!
I basically borrowed two 580ex11 speedlite flashes with pocket wizard triggers and an orange flash gel. Visitng the SWPP made me decide to have a bit of a practice with off camera flash. Very tricky in the dark to focus so I did get alot of terrible photos, and sometimes one or both of the flashes didn't trigger which I don't understand and need to figure out, even when it flashed my camera didn't register it. As you can see I've tried to do all manner of lighting styles. Feedback would be much appreciated!










This one's just 'cause I caught the facial expression and loved it. I'm weird, I know! :)

Krystal

I decided to take some photos of my best friend Krystal today, I haven't see her for ages, she's one of my favourite models! I've had a bit of trouble with my digital camera today, I think he AF is broken on it, I tried two different lenses but it didn't work on either. Even more annoyingly, I couldn't manually focus it either, all apart from these images are out of focus. Krystal's coming round tomorrow evening for a bit more photography fun so hopefully I can find out the problem, maybe.

SWPP

So I've just back from my first SWPP convention. It was awesome, truely inspiring, I've got so many ideas floating around in my head now. I did take some reportage photos around the hotel where the convention was being held and in Hammersmith but you'll have to wait for them, they're on my Canon-A1! Above is the only photo I took on my digital, the view from our hotel window. :) Photographers I enjoyed the seminars of are. John Denton, Richard P Walton, Brett Harkness, Damian McGillicuddy & The Yerbury's. Check them all out, they're great and I can't believe I'd never heard of them before this weekend! I'm off to bed now as it's been a long weekend, with late nights and I'm now shattered!