Photography tips and techniques
Medium wave moments, black and white grit
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009From obsessing about broadcast theory in the 80s to gritty black and white photography in 2010. Neale James, Breathe Pictures on the subject of a good wholesome black and white image. Happy new year for 2010.
Wedding food photography
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Wedding food photography by Neale James, Breathe Pictures – wedding photographer for Newbury, Berkshire and the home counties.
Notley Abbey wedding photography
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Notley Abbey wedding in the rain, Sean and Laura’s amazing wedding day.
Prime lens shooting at weddings
Monday, July 20th, 2009Why at Breathe Pictures we use fast primes lenses for our wedding photography. Shots featured from Canon’s L series 85mm F1.2
Smile for the man?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009Do you have to smile in photos?
What to do with your photo CD!
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Breathe Pictures provides a DVD with all full resolution images from weddings for our customers to enjoy.
Jay and Katy
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009The farm right now (home of Breathe’s studio) feels fabulous. During the winter I rarely use the yard, grounds and fields around us – so it’s great when some kindly weather drops by. Much of my social photography calendar is and will be taken up this year by wedding photography and pre-wedding shoots. A couple [...]
Why I shoot weddings…
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Why I shoot weddings? Natural light photography, the life blood of wedding photography.
And the nominations are…
Thursday, February 12th, 2009I have a dilemma. I am now moderately embarrassed by the fact there is a window etching at our shop which states the phrase ‘award winning.’ I’d like to replace it with ‘yes I’ve won recognition for elements of my work, but please, come in and see what I’m really about, then hire me.’ I’m [...]
Models and portraits
Saturday, February 7th, 2009In a previous post I’d mentioned how the week just gone has been somewhat of a quiet week. The studio has been a tad snow locked. On the flip side of that though, it’s been a great week to finally release a portfolio of my commercial photography through a separate website. It’s been one of [...]
Happy accidents!
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Wedding photography moments, that blast of wind, if you’ll pardon the expression, appearing just at the right time.
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 [...]
Those black and white moments
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Leaving the flash out of photography.
Silchester with The Slatterys
Saturday, May 5th, 2007Silchester House wedding photography.