“Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.”
Richard Carlson
It’s been quite some time since I last wrote anything on here and I’d love to say the absence was beneficial but I’d be lying if I did lol.
Photography has taken a back seat lately while i have been dealing with some personal issues. Covid hasn’t exactly helped either but not much we can do about that. In fear of my camera becoming more of an ornament these days I’m looking to take on some new projects, I would love to venture into different genres and capture images that I’ve never tried before. If you follow me, feel free to throw some ideas out there. you can leave comments in the provided space below 🙂
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My most recent shoot was a newborn shoot. If you are a photographer reading this then you will know how unpredictable babies are *head in hands* lol.
Now let me start by saying, I am not a newborn photographer, nor have I taken any newborn courses, so I am basically like a fish out of water here. My first newborn shoot was with my step daughters new baby and there was no pressure. The shoot was basically a favour for family, under familiar circumstances and even at that it wasn’t a walk in the park. I done my research, found some useful tips and learned that to capture the best images the shoot should be done within the first ten days, this is when babies sleep the most (apparently). Well apparently not….. this defo wasn’t the case for this little madam, eight days old and she stayed awake for the whole shoot, well up until the last five minutes (bearing in mind the shoot was 1 and a half hours and 4 outfit changes) lol. I’m not going to lie but I really had to work to capture the money shot and I swore I would never do it again until I’d taken a newborn photography course. Unfortunately covid denied me of any course and put a haul to those plans. Not sure if that was a good thing or bad to be honest, lol.
Anyhoo my recent shoot was also a favour and before the shoot I was already fearing the worst. This little lady was a week old and i swear she could smell my fear *massive sigh*. Two hours and she just wouldn’t settle, I knew I was walking away with nothing as we tried everything to comfort her and send her off to sleep. Lack of knowledge played a massive part in this, and all involved were stressing that there wouldn’t be any pics of this beautiful newborn baby girl. A hot water bottle provided by mum and dad at the very end, placed under the blanket that she lay on soothed her long enough to take a few pics before traumatising everyone. The moral of this story?? Don’t do anybody any favours lol! No but seriously… knowledge and experience is defo the key here and bucket loads of patience.
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I was extremely lucky to get these images and thank my lucky stars that I had something Nice to show mum and dad. Never again! Well, not without proper knowledge lol. I take my hat off to newborn photographers, it’s defo a talent. Probably don’t get the credit and appreciation they deserve.
I would like to take a moment and thank you all for joining me on my photography journey, and listening to me babble on and on, not forgetting my bad grammar lol. I’m taking some time out just now but won’t leave it too long! until the next time 😘
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A few weeks ago, I decided to capture a set of three images that would all tie in with each other, in one way or another. I had a few ideas with the first being of a romantic nature. This idea involved two people, a male and female, a red heart and a fair bit of photoshop work. I managed to organise the two required subjects and organise the photoshoot for a few days later. Unfortunately for various different reasons I was unable to capture what I had envisioned, but unwilling to walk away with nothing decided to create a set of three using a little creativity.
With my set of three images complete I realised that I could make a series and add to the series,bit by bit, using different subjects and other creative touches. I used a quote to name the series, it’s the perfect title for this series….
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect”
Alice Walker
“Deserving of beauty”“Beauty surrounds you““When beauty meets”
All the above images are modelled by the lovely Iga Brola.
This series will continue, becoming my new project among other things 🙈😂… watch this space ☺️
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Well its been a while since I last wrote a blog post. I don’t even have any excuses for not keeping my blog up to date, especially under the current circumstance. I suppose I didn’t have much to write about lol. I will go back to where I left off last April and write a few blog posts this week regarding the last year, bare with me.
Covid 19 has changed life as we know it and not for the better. I can’t speak for everyone, but it has certainly played havoc with my emotions and I’ve spent a whole year being all over the place.
As a photographer I have been unable to interact with others and capture the images I love. This time last year I was just starting out as a professional photographer and trying to establish myself in a world full of various photographers. Feels like I took one step forward and 41 million steps back lol. However, the current situation and worldwide pandemic didn’t stop me from picking up my camera and trying to have some lockdown fun.
The first thing I tried was working with water, never worked with water before and thought it would be fun. was it fun??
Behind the scenes
yes lol. I used my son as my model and I had soo much fun soaking him. Stressful doing it in the smallest space in my house (the bathroom) but still fun. I’ve attached a few of the finished images below…..
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Ive been pretty busy over the last few weeks editing, printing and trying to keep everything up to date between my social media sites to remembering to update my blog.
I love nothing more than a delivery day of prints and it makes my day to see a client happy with my work. My most recent shoot was with the McCluskey family, three beautiful girls who all looked amazing in their images. Working with kids is great fun although if they don’t want to corporate, they won’t lol. In this case it was the youngest of the girls that posed difficult, she is only 11 months old and was going through a clingy stage with her mum. The meant that she was reluctant to leave mum without crying and running away and resulted in only 1or 2 usable images with her sisters. I spent two hours with these girls and I wasn’t leaving until I had at least one.
This post will showcase the images relating to bereavement as stated in my last blog update. These images are taken as part of my own personal project relating to “DEPRESSION” the possible causes and outcomes.
This set of images wasn’t easy, each subject used within this project have zero modelling experience and aren’t 100% comfortable in-front of the camera. This posed its own problems and alongside capturing the images within a natural enviroment hasn’t been a stroll in the park. The first image of this set is a few images merged into one and was captured within a bedroom. Space was limited but I wanted to portray restlessness and this was the best location to do so in this case. here is a wee sneak peak at behind the scenes…
The following Images are taken in relation to depression that stems from bereavement/loss. Each image shows a possibility of the illness. The first image is a possible cause or reason, the second image is a possible release or way out and the third image is a possible result of dealing with depression.
*Please note that each of these images are staged and the subjects being photographed have no relation to the topic being portrayed*
The Cause (Bereavement/Loss)
Subject – Ann Crothers
A way out (overdose)
Subject – Ann Crothers
The result
Subject – Ann Crothers
Bereavement, grief and loss can cause many different symptoms and they can affect people in different ways. Its not always easy to recognise when these issues are the reason a person is acting or feeling differently.
Happy new year! I can’t believe its now 2020, the years are flying by. Photography wise, 2020 is already looking good and I’ve been kept busy over the last few weeks working on both clients shoots and personal projects, I even managed to venture out with the camera in this dreadful weather.
Its been a while since I wrote a blog post so I will take this time to talk about my next set of project images.
So over a period of time I have been participating in my own personal project relating to Depression. The images taken represent different stages/types of depression, a possible cause and outcome. My first set of images previously blogged relates to social bullying and the possible effect this can have on a person. My next set of images will relate to Bereavement and the possible effects this could have.
I have chosen to use an older subject to undertake this set of images and topic.
Subject: Ann Crothers
I worked alongside Ann to cover three stages of this type of depression and will post the results in my next blog post.
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