Category Archives: portraits
My 1st Lookbook With A Safe Mooring
Something totally unexpected has transpired. I seem to have developed an intrest in fashion photography. As a person who would be hard pressed to care less about fashion this development surprised me. I blame the wonderful fashion shoots that are always being posted on Miss Moss. I also think I’ve mentioned the girl crush I’ve developed on Nirrimi Firebrace. Her photography really is amazing. So I wanted to try out a fashion-y shoot of my own, & the most fashionable person that I know – obviously – is Kirsty of A Safe Mooring. Kirsty provided her beautiful self, her very fashionable greyhound Smidgen, and a selection of outfits & locations. I took the pictures. I aslo made nachos after, which doesn’t count for nothing. Here is the result of our collaborative effort. More Pictures
14I Heart Sophie
Sophie of I Heart Flowers came & visited me this weekend & I got to play florist’s assistant. It was very interesting to see a wedding from another perspective. I never had any idea how hard florists work! There were two of us running around non-stop for over six hours & that’s not including all of the work Sophie put in creating her stunning arrangements the day before. It was wonderful to ride around in deliciously fragrant floral van. It was sweet to see Sophie’s bride literally break down into tears when Sophie presented her with the bouquets, and it was incredible to watch Sophie create an enchanting woodland archway & center pieces out of branches, logs, moss, & flowers. I meant to take pictures but I kept pretty busy to-ing & fro-ing, so you’ll just have to keep an eye on Sophie’s blog for these stunning pieces. I cannot tell you how jealous I am of photographers who get to work with Sophie – so clients – if you’re still looking for your florist might I encourage you to peruse Sophie’s site? She truly is a floral genius & all around lovely person to boot! More Pictures
4Eli
A while back I wrote a post about being dyslexic. I mostly wrote it so that the kind readers of my blog would have a little patience with my very poor spelling. Most of the time I’m able to get Aidan to spell check my posts pretty quickly – but sometimes things still slip through the cracks. However, I had a rather large (for me) response to that post and I noticed that I kept getting a lot of hits on it long after I posted it. Then one day I got an e-mail from Eli and her mum saying that they really liked my post, and that it was nice to read about some of the positive aspects of being dyslexic - because Eli is dyslexic too. They asked if I might come round and take some pictures of the family. So I did – and I also asked if Eli might like to participate in my Hasselblad portraits project. More Pictures
25How To Make The Most Of Your Wedding Photography: The Portraits
I love newlywed portraits. I think that they are one of the things that I am best at too, and it’s always such a privilege to capture the first few moments of newlywed bliss. I recommend that couples set aside at least 15-45 minutes for newlywed portraits. Meg always says that your wedding is not a photo shoot, and I entirely agree. However I do think it’s a good idea to invest a little time in some nice portraits, and the more time you spend on portraits the more likely it is that you will have a good number and variety of shots that you like. More Pictures
2Happy Friday
I have lots of pretty pictures to show you next week from this wee shoot that I did with Linsey. I think in this one I got all dramatic and was like “okay – it’s World War II, and you’re climbing to the top of this rubbish heap, hand on heart and looking out at the ruin that is your country….” What? I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately.
Happy Friday Everyone!
3Reading Is Romantic, Or Talhiya In Aberdeen
This is my friend Tally. She is the first friend that I made all by my self in Aberdeen, and she’s wonderful. Tally’s favourite things are reading and being by the sea. So I took pictures of her reading, pictures of her by the sea, and for good measure: pictures of her reading by the sea. Tally and I met over twitter, and we initially bonded over our mutual intrests in Octavia Butler, Zora Neale Hurston, and Angelia Davis (if you’re not familiar with them, all three of these ladies are so so awesome). Basically, this photo shoot was a giant geek-out session for both of us, though it was also an adventure. I’m happy to report that we are already plotting the next one. More Pictures
9The Glorious, Anxious, Anticipation of Film
So I went here and photographed this gorgeous girl last weekend with my Hasselblad. I thought I would have my proper negatives back from the lab by yesterday at the latest, but they still haven’t come, so this is just a picture from my iPhone. I’ve looked into it, and the negatives are on their way to me, just not fast enough for my taste. Tally and I thought up ideas for this shoot, lots of them, then we had a good adventure running around Aberdeen photographing it all, and I’m so excited about the pictures that it’s hard to stay still and just wait for them. Today! I think I will have them today. Fingers crossed. Still I think that’s part of the fun of film: the wait. The delay in immediate gratification. I’m pretty sure that I got the pictures right, but I won’t know for sure, or what the they look like until I get my negatives back. Still I wanted to give you an idea of what you can look forward to next week. This picture shows just one of the many lovely locations around Aberdeen that we used. I for one am very excited to see the rest.
Happy Friday Everyone!
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