On Friday we were lucky enough to attend the Joe McNally lighting workshop arranged by Kelby training at the Islington Design Centre.
You can see his blog entry about it here:
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2010/07/24/thank-you-london/
Joe is a real natural in front of an audience and it was an informative, entertaining day. I still remain unconvinced about CLS! If you get the chance to attend one of his workshops I would definitely recommend it – we had a great time!!
A few pictures from last nights shoot with Holly and Simeon. For the camera geeks among you these were taken with the Nikon D50 with kit lens. We used two off camera flashes one through a shoot through umbrella and one bare.
There are a few more pictures on my business blog
I feel that I have neglected this blog for a while so it is about time I posted again!
The business is going well and although I would like more bookings for this year next year is looking very promising.
Here are a few pictures from Matt and Cath's Wedding at the Blazing Donkey. The sun shone and we had a great day!
As well as Photography we are also starting to take on some website development. These are for a website we are currently working on. It is more just customisation of Blogger to provide simple, cost effective, easy to update pages for small businesses.
We spent some time in the studio today basically playing with lighting. Our model was the long suffering Marley who has pretty much grown up with cameras.
If you are looking for something really special to complete your wedding outfit I suggest contacting Maureen Speed at Crowned in Crystal. She creates amazing bespoke jewellery with Swarovski crystals and freshwater pearls, enhanced with diamante and tiny seed beads. I was lucky enough to photograph a couple of her recent creations.
We had a great time at Derek and Lydia's Wedding - this was my favourite picture of the day. You can see a few more on my other site. Dover Design Photography - Kent Wedding Photography
Last night we visited Sandwich Boxing Club to take some pictures. I had a few goals for the evening - as always making things difficult!
Out for a bracing walk, the early morning sun lighting the beautiful contryside, mind wandering, planning the day ahead . Two obedient, well behaved dogs by my side - makes you feel good to be alive.
NOT THIS MORNING!
Torrential rain finding every seam in my not so waterproof - mud, huge expanses of mud that will be transferred via the dogs to the house! Dog number one gets himself into a field where he should not be. A David Attenborough expedition, grappling through the wet undergrowth to recover the hound. Now having had enough we need to get back quickly, we head across the playing field and on approaching the footpath I reach for the leads - they are not around my neck. Must have dropped the bloody things so we set off retracing our steps. We bump - not literally into another dog owner who tells me he found my leads in the corner of the field so we head off to pick them up.
Dog number two - who shall remain nameless - gets into the 'no access' field and then seemingly disappears. Another undergrowth expedition ensues but I still can't locate the wayward hound. I soon realise that he has managed to get into a garden that backs onto the field. Through the hedge and fence I see him in the middle of the lawn looking really pleased with himself examining his find - a black rubbish sack. The 'gundog' approved whistle has no effect nor to my calls of 'what's this' - I now know I am going to late for my dentist appointment.
I get on my hands and knees - peering under the fence, this small gap is what he must have got through. A gust of wind blows some of the rubbish from the now torn black bag in my direction, He chases the soiled serviette - I grab and latch on to his collar. The other owners little dogs are now assisting with the rescue mission barking furiously - the little Jack Russell is trying to get thought the gap currently accommodated by my arm. How can I get a Labrador sized lump through such a small gap. I figure he must have managed to get through so should be a able to return. I pull with all my strength unceremoniously dragging the muddy mutt through the gap and the stinging nettles, yep, loads of them. How do they manage to sting through jeans!
Anyway - off home for a coffee? No such luck, dentist appointment for me.....
Update - stings over my hands, arms and left leg. Mouth numb from a filling - still no coffee!
Regular followers will have probably realised that I have stopped doing a picture a day. In retrospect I should have stopped at a year but hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Instead of posting a picture a day I will post when I have something interesting rather than trying to make something of nothing.
Today I have a few pictures from a Birthday party we covered at Dover's fabulous Thatched Barn. The party was Hollywood themed complete with a red carpet entrance. below is a small selection from the many pictures we took.
You can see more pictures on my business blog 
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