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Rock My Wedding GTG
Every once and a while wedding industry people like to have a bit of a social get together. As most of us run our own businesses it can mean that we don't always get out and about enough. Charlotte & Rebeca of ROCK MY WEDDING fame came down to London specifically for the Designer Wedding Show and thought this would...
Life and Loss
"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you...
Canon 24mm f1.2
Craig: Another on my seemingly ever expanding wish list was the Canon L series 24mm f1.4 lens. I recently promoted this lens from wish list to purchase list. Aesthetically it is once again rather pleasing to the eye and with its chunky features, fits beautifully onto my 1D MK3. Enough with the pleasantries, I was chomping at the bit to...
The Photography Parlour GTG
We spent two nights in Bristol last week which was our first time there. The reason for this was The Photography Parlour photographer's Get Together all thought out by the utterly sweet, giving, professional and organized to the max - drum roll please - Rosie Parsons! This woman is a total saint. How she managed to pull all of this...
Mom
Today is my birthday. I wanted to share a couple of photographs that I took of my Mom last year after she got re-married. Mom, thank-you for always being there for me, thank-you for being supportive without being pushy and thank-you for being my friend. The Prophet: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of...
Brick Lane Photographer’s Meet-Up
Sometimes we have to put the late night editing sessions aside and get out and about with our cameras in order to just enjoy being a photographer and forget about being a business owner once in a while. This is exactly what Craig and I did yesterday in Brick Lane area in the East end of London. This is an...
A Rockin’ get together
A big thank-you to Eliza Claire for taking a few shots on Tuesday night at the Rocknrollbride Get Together. I have known Kat for some time now and it has been fantastic to see how her business has grown over the past two years. You may remember a creative shoot that we did with her a while back at the...
The fairest Cape of them all {Part 3}
Certainly one of the highlights to our visit to Cape Town was the opportunity to meet up with other wedding photographers in the area. A dinner was arranged at a restaurant in the charming suburb of Stellenbosch. Still retaining most of its old school charm, Stellenbosch was like stepping back in time. The suburb is adorned with wonderfully preserved Cape...
South African Travels {Part 2}
No visit to Cape Town is complete without a visit to a vineyard. We managed to pack several in. Kleinmond is situated along the coast roughly half way between Hermanus and Cape Town. It was perfectly located for a visit to the Beaumont Estate in the Botrivier region. The Vineyard was boasting a newly restored working mill whose progress Chanelle’s...
Cape Town… Done {Part 1}
Another feather can be smugly placed in the proverbial cap. Chanelle and I had become so used to the look of bemusement on the faces of fellow South Africans after revealing that we had never visited Cape Town, that I’m sure the contortions upon our own faces upon hearing similar news would make the most ardent Stormers supporter proud. While...
Our wedding featured on Rock My Wedding
The proverbial tables where turned on me a couple months back when the ladies over at Rock My Wedding dropped a bombshell into my inbox - they had seen some of my wedding pictures on Facebook and wanted to feature our actual wedding! Not a wedding that we have shot (as they have featured in the past), but our real...
Canon EOS 1D MK3
After much deliberation, I recently decided to upgrade my EOS 40D to an EOS 1D MK3. I will admit that at the time I was close to packing in my Canon gear and switching over to Nikon with the purchase of the awesome D700. I know upgrading your gear does not necessarily upgrade the photographer, but after having the opportunity...
Merry Chrismas & Happy New year
What happened to this year? I mean, it has literally flown by. Things have moved so fast I just can't believe it. We have been so busy and are so thankful for that. Shooting weddings that have taken us abroad to places like South Africa (our old home), Prague and our firm favourite - Mauritius (so much so that I...
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
I recall the first time I ever saw snow. 18 years old, fresh off the boat nearly 10 years ago when we first moved over to the UK. You see in Durban we just don't get snow. Living in a studio flat in Marleybone (yes it's true we had a W1 post code - no jokes!) we received an early...