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Saturday, August 5th, 2006On your wedding day, remember that the more time you spend shuffling around for shots with long lost cousins and multiple combinations of friends, the less time you’ll have for personal shots of yourselves. We often get asked how long the photography will take and hear plenty of dramas about photographers who’ve taken over on the day and […]
Inspiring people
Friday, August 4th, 2006One of the main… no, probably THE main reason we do what we do at Breathe, and concentrate on people, is that simply, we love meeting, talking, being with and photographing people. When you meet and photograph (as I did today) someone as inspiring as Miriam McCallum, an NLP specialist, it reminds you of that […]
Lord and Lady Carnarvon
Friday, August 4th, 2006The lastest addition to our growing portfolio of portraits for the forthcoming Best of Newbury exhibition took a stately direction yesterday when we photographed the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon at their home. Highclere Castle, makes for a stunning backdrop, although we ventured inside to utilise the sumptuous library for Lord and Lady Carnarvon’s portrait. There are nearly 6,000 historically important […]
Drop in day
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006Tuesday 1st August heralded the latest in a series of ‘drop in days,’ where those that live, work or contribute to Newbury life (Breathe’s home town) are invited to sit for portraits. We captured a real mixture of shots, some serious, some character, some just plain eccentric. The exhibition in November will be hosted primarily […]
Mannequin blues
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006It was like a scene from that late 80s chick flick, Mannequin. I was Andrew McCarthy, sadly the mannequin involved didn’t turn into a youthful Kim Cattrall. I was shooting a portrait of a buying director in a department store. On the edge of the frame, I wanted to sneak in a mannequin. I had no idea those things […]
It gets right down the back of your shirt
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006Confetti… speaking as a photographer now, this can be one of those shots that exudes energy. The dash to the wedding car through a blizzard of confetti needs to be akin to a New York ticker-tape parade if you want this kind of shot to work. It’s worth spending just a few quid to buy […]
Is the Best Man really best?
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006If you don’t have a Master of Ceremonies, make sure your Best Man isn’t a shrinking violet. For sure you want a relaxed atmosphere, but it’s equally vital that the day runs to the plan you both had for it. The Best Man has some important duties and these run further than organising a stag party and […]
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