Another update

So, it’s the end of June, late and I have just finished my first big wedding, but lets forget all that now and go back to March when I should have posted about the Wedding workshop that I went on and how I found it with some examples and stuff.

Well it all started when I was asked by a friend if I would photograph their wedding in 2012, I had plenty of time to think about it and I thought to myself that I should just go for it and say yes and see what happens. I have until this point always turned weddings down as I was always worried that I would ruin the Bride's day by leaving the lens cap on or something ridiculous like that.

With that in mind I started searching online for some wedding courses or workshops in Plymouth and there was nothing, so I widened my search to Devon and I have a search result, yep just one so I clicked on the link and I was taken to Bangwallop's homepage. I navigated round the courses to see what workshops were on offer and they had a 2 day wedding workshop with Lorna Yabsley. After speaking with Bangwallop I booked myself in to the course and found a nice little hotel in Salcombe to stay at so that I didn't have to drive their and back every morning. 

The course was really interesting and Lorna covered loads of subjects and senarios that may occur and how she deals with them, we drew knowledge from her experiences as we sat in the studio listening to her talk about her experiences as a wedding photographer. Shortly after a break the Model arrived and we started setting up taking detail pictures of the dress and getting ready before we stopped for lunch.

After lunch we set off in to the town with Bride and Groom taking pictures as they headed down towards the jetty to catch the ferry to the beach on the other side of the river. Their we spent the rest of the afternoon taking pictures of the couple in different situations taking advantage of the beautiful scenery that Salcombe has to offer. After a few hours on the beack we headed back to the Studio where we downloaded our cards and reviewed our images with Lorna and her team giving up advice on the shots we had taken.

The Second day we spent mostly in the Studio talking about the business from the initial meeting, planning the wedding timetable up to the delivery of the album. It was all very interesting and I feel that now I have the confidence to be able to go out and photograph a wedding for my friends.

Thanks to Bangwallop for all the help.

june already?

Hello and welcome back,

I think its safe to say that the new years resolution has gone out the window! As I'm still very new to the world of blogging, I am still finding it difficult to get in to a routine and sit down and write something. Its not like I don’t have anything to write about either! catching up on my posts I can see that I have haven't mentioned the Wedding workshop that I attended in Salcombe or what I have been up to with the new kit that I brought, also and probably most importantly how I got on with the Plymouth Half Marathon :)

Well lets start with the 13 mile 'stroll' I did on the 29th May, I have mentioned that I was going to be talking part in an effort to get some level of fitness back. So I stopped training about 3 weeks before the race, as I couldn’t find the time to get out and run, not running the distance before I thought it was going to be tough but reflecting on it now it didn’t seem to bad and would almost describe it as pleasurable. I had no goal other than to finish the run and not to walk sections like others were doing. Going from my usual pace I was averaging on other runs it was about 10 minutes a mile which gave me a rough guide of 2 hours and 15 minutes. I paced myself very well and managed to get in a better time of 2 hours and 10 minutes :)

I know this doesn't have much to do with photography but what the hell I spend a load of time out running in the countryside.

So back to Photography, I have been asked to do a few weddings and in the past have always turned them down as I did not feel I have the experience to be able to do them. That’s why I went to Bangwallop Studios in Salcombe for a 2 day wedding workshop with Lorna Yabsley, had a really good weekend and chatting to an experienced wedding photographer about weddings they have attended and how things have gone wrong and how they have become stronger from those experiences. 

Gotta shoot off now, but I will do another few posts talking about it all I promise!