Archive for July, 2008
Raging skies
Thursday, July 17th, 2008[photopress:philvickery.jpg,full,alignleft]It’s a work in progress and I’m releasing an early draft here of our work with Phil Vickery. When I mentioned that I was shooting Phil for a series of shots connected with the Raging Bull clothing line to my wife, she couldn’t initially grasp my artistic connection with sinister skies and a range of clothing that is supposed to scream words like ‘rugged’ and ‘power.’ In fairness she was thinking of the Phil that gastronomically whips a thick mango mint yoghurt sauce together in the time it takes me to change channels to something far more intellectually stimulating, like… The Simpsons. I’m not a celeb chef fan to be fair. The Phil Vickery I’m referring to is ‘Raging Bull;’ an England rugby team captain, Wasps prop, a 19st 8lb Lions hero! I may be wrong, but I shouldn’t think Phil has even tasted a thick mango mint yoghurt sauce. And if he has, he probably wouldn’t admit it.
Low light wedding photography
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008[photopress:wasing_park.jpg,full,alignleft]What I sometimes struggle to understand when talking to fellow pros in the wedding photography industry, is why photogs run inside and strap a speedlight (flash) to their camera body the moment the sun makes an exit from the skies above. I’m a relative newbie to the habit of chasing any light that makes itself available to shoot in and I’ll admit to being inspired by some of the Aussie and World market leading wedding shooters like Ghionis and Schembri in that particular field. But I have definately found that the age old cliche of ‘looking for the light,’ has, if you’ll forgive a hideously contrived company pun, ‘breathed’ life into my passion for capturing wedding images. Alongside those more candid moments that fashionably have become labelled as wedding photojournalism, there’s always time to go look for a shot that hopefully won’t appear in nine out of ten albums. The weekend just passed I photographed at a brand new venue called Wasing Park. A fabulous couple, a fabulous venue… and possibly the biggest bridal suite bed I have ever seen. Anyway, by the by, above – a couple of pics from when the sun went down. I know I know, you’re expecting scenes from the venue, perhaps the obligatory stuff, but nestled in hundreds of acres of prime farming countryside, I couldn’t resist an old Fordson tractor that resided down an overgrown lane, and as Wasing has invested in some of the most incredible lighting features – a shot that reflects the attention to detail that’s gone into downlighting parts of the venue. And then finally, below, I kid you not, a completely unarranged moment, when passing by the best man at the end of the wedding banquet, I spied the chap altering his notes.
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Jack is four months old!
Friday, July 11th, 2008[photopress:jack_hoodie.jpg,full,alignleft]Our boy is four months old. How time flies. I suppose next I’ll be waving him off to his first day of work at whichever premier league football outfit stumps up enough cash to keep his old man in shiny iMacs and Canon super zooms for the rest of his given days. I’ve been prompted by a couple of mates for some new Jack stuff, so here’s an ‘ahhh’ moment. Oh, and one with his dad. That was the wife’s idea, not mine.
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