Tuesday, 13 July 2010
My best friend's wedding
So this weekend just gone, I photographed a great friend's wedding party in West Sussex - but it was so hot that it looked more like a farm in Africa than in England! Their lush green lawns were replaced with parched brown grass but I did manage to find a little avenue of green to the side of the house for that quintessential English look. My friend got married in the Caribbean where she lives and ironically, it was hotter on the day of her English wedding than it was on the island of St John! Sadly they couldn't work it into their budget to fly me there but I felt honoured to be so much a part of their day here and to record this family event. Of course I did the 'line ups' as I call them but mostly love doing the candid stuff. Couldn't resist the kids having their picnic, nor a picture of the bride's 87 year old aunty who still travels the world and communicates with her boyfriend happily on text! At the party, we also had a well know cricket commentator, Abramovich's helicopter pilot (my son, being a chelsea supported, was impressed most impressed!) and of course the American groom and his family who were just great, really lovely people....not to mention 'my' English family too!
Monday, 5 July 2010
Friday, 2 July 2010
Waiting......
I love this image not least of all because it is exactly how I feel today in the follow on of my car accident 3 weeks ago......thankfully I'm ok now, but am bored and fed up of waiting, waiting, endless waiting on hold to car insurance, gap insurance (thank god I took that out!), car hire, solicitors, car dealership etc and so forth.
This young girl was actually waiting for me to photograph parents, godparents and baby at a recent christening job - whilst they were working out who was going to be in which photo, I saw this girl and thought to myself what a brilliant image it would make - not only her expression and composure but also the textures of the corrugated iron and wooden bench - I pictured it in black and white as I took it too. Often these sort of images won't come out as you wanted because they are a rushed image, but this one was spot on - well, for me anyway!
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