The Kiss - Why I love this Picture
As a Documentary Wedding Photographer you have to anticipate the next shot,
they don't always happen the way you think, but this one did. I positioned myself at the front of the Chapel so I could just wait for the shot I wanted. Just after the vows and the exchange of rings Colin and Tez just looked at each other and then the spontaneous KISS.
Technical Details:
ISO 3200
60mm
1/400, f4.8
Lunch is Ready
What am I doing if i'm not photographing?
Well if you ask my friends they will tell you i'm messing about in boats. Every year since 2006 I have been travelling to a place I call; My Island. I very special place for me, the Island of Milos, in Greece. For the last few years I have been helping my good friend , who runs a Sea Kayak business on the Island. We run trips around the Island each day. We have a combination of Day Trippers and Paddlers who have come for the week. Each trip is a circular tour of a particular part of the Island of Milos. We will paddle for about an hour and stop for Cookies and Bananas (sometimes other things as well) then back on the water for another paddle. Then we stop for lunch.
Well Rod is Famous for his Lunches! He will Magic a Table out of nowhere and all at once we have a 5 Star meal in the most idilic of places. Then back on the water to return back to the starting point.
Wow ... For Rod it's 'Just another Day in the Office!'
Umbrella Day in Athens
If it Rains make the most of it! ....
Ok we are in my Favourite City ... Athens. This was last October. I was showing off Athens to a friend of mine, so we went to visit the Acropolis.
It rained.
Most people would put there camera away. But I don't. The people still came to see this Wonder of the world ... with their Umbrellas.
Eye Contact - Why I love this picture.
Eye Contact - Why I love this picture.
To me expression is everything, I stood at the side of the chapel during the wedding of my friends Tez and Colin and I could see this picture about to happen. Grandpa picked up his Grandson to stop him going to Tez and Colin during the vows. And then the shot happened as both Grandma's took notice of what was happening. As a Documentary Wedding Photographer you have to anticipate things that might happen and be ready when they do.
Technical Details
Nikon D300
ISO 3200
1/100 f5.6
Spring Brides in Walsingham
In February we went to visit some friends of ours in Norfolk, UK. On the Saturday we visited Cromer and walked along the seafront, which was very bracing! and as it turned out wet as well and it rained. But the Sunday was completely different. We went to visit the Eleventh Century village of Little Walsingham, which is where the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is to be found.
The grounds of Walsingham Abbey are famous for their Snowdrops. We were amazed at the variety of different snowdrops. You could go through like thinking that all snowdrops are the same ... until you visit here. We found tall ones and short ones. Single ones and double ones.
They reminded me very much of Spring Brides showing off their Beautiful Dresses on their Wedding Day!
The secret to getting exciting snowdrop pictures is to get down low, kneel or lie on the floor, change your camera angle and isolate the flowers from the background. Play with different aperture and speed combinations. Most of all take your camera off Automatic and the 'P' setting and experiment
