Photography Beyond The Moment
It was a privilege to shoot the wedding day of these two super people. Although the day was a relatively low key affair with only a hand full of guests, it was a lot of fun to say the very least. Laughs and smiles the whole day long.
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This is Victoria.
I love it when children are at first a little shy, then a little inquisitive, and then eventually start striking a pose in front of a camera. This is my friends little girl. She’s roughly the same age as my daughter. Both very strong characters.
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A fabulous couple. Really great fun to be around. These two have a natural enthusiasm for all things good in life and it rubs off on you when you spend time with them. Had a great deal of laughs with them on this shoot.
Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds.
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I’m from Nottingham originally and as much as I love my home city, Yorkshire has stolen my heart. I came to live up in Yorkshire back in 1999. It took me a couple of years to settle in and get my bearings considering the size of this vast county, but I have to say that year in, year out, I fall in love with this place over and over again.
It is such a beautiful county to live in, with its stunning countryside, tremendous characters, awesome pubs (which is always important), and so much to do and see. For lovers of the great outdoors, as we are, Yorkshire just about has it all.
I took these photos a couple of weeks ago. There had been some snowfall, so my family and myself went on a bit of a stomp. This is what’s on our doorstep.
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This is Helen and Evie.
Evie has the most wonderful baby cheeks in the world.
Just for your information, Evie is the small one.
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Just up the road from where I live there is a tiny yet stunning old church in a little place called Hartshead.
St Peter, Hartshead is beautifully placed atop a hill with incredible views of the local Yorkshire countryside. Not only is it old and pretty, it is also steeped heavily in local history. Not least, it boasts connections to Robin Hood and the Bronte family. Patrick Bronte was the vicar here from 1810 to 1815 and Charlotte Bronte (his daughter) wrote her novel “Shirley” which was largely based on the local area.
The church also has connections to the Luddite uprising. It is situated not too far from the ‘Dumb Steeple’ in Cooper Bridge. This is where the Luddites gathered before marching across Hartshead Moor towards William Cartwright’s Mill near Cleckheaton. Their express intention was to smash the looms and break all newly developed labour-replacing machinery.
In the churchyard on this windy hill top there stands an old dead yew tree. Robin hood is said to have cut his last arrow from this tree and local legend has it that this was the very arrow that he fired that came to mark the place where he is now buried.
I was walking with my daughter recently and decided to stop for a rest in the churchyard to eat our picnic and take in the stunning views. I have marvelled at the tree on numerous occasions before and on this particular occasion decided to take a few shots of its wonderfully contorted and gnarly form.
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For a limited time only I am offering my ‘Family Photo Sessions’ packages at half price.
The weather is changing and getting a little colder, nights are starting to draw in, and it’s a little greyer than it was recently, so what could be better than some delightful promotional cheer?
Maybe now is the time to treat yourself to some Beautiful Candid Lifestyle Photographs of you and your family – Fun and Smiles.
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We got around quite a bit this summer. We were at the coast a lot. Such great weather this year in good old Blighty.
I love being by the sea. The quality of the air is different. There is a kind of audible silence. A peaceful ebb and flow! Standing at the edge of that vast expanse of water is always a humbling experience. I think that one day, I’m going to have to get a boat, learn to sail and spend some time with that vast expanse.
Here are a handful of photos from our travels.
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My daughter and I went for a picnic and a stomp around a local Yorkshire beauty spot. The bluebells were out and it was a stunning spring day. Such a beautiful time of year, springtime in England.
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I recently started a photography project using just my iPhone. The idea was simple: to have something creative to do in those in between moments, you know the ones I mean. Waiting for an appointment, killing time before a train, watching the clock while the veg roasts, standing in a supermarket queue or even just taking a quiet moment in the WC.
This project was all about the edit. I used my vast archive of photos, digging out a selection of portrait shots, mostly of friends and acquaintances that I’ve photographed over the past few years, along with a few more random images thrown in for good measure. Some were taken with my Canon DSLRs, others with my Canon G12 and plenty on my iPhone. Once I had a solid batch picked out, I transferred them all to my phone. That’s when the real fun began.
Using a mix of editing apps, my goal was to gradually erode and transform each image, allowing it to evolve slightly with each stage of the process. I aimed to create four distinct versions of every photo, subtle shifts, tweaks and degradations that together told a visual story. I displayed the final results in a four-box layout to highlight the transformation and bring a sense of rhythm and consistency across the series.
There are 100 images in total. The apps I used include Snapseed, Instagram, PhotoToaster, Pixlr-o-matic, Photogene2 and Retouch. Every single edit was made on the iPhone.
It’s been a playful, absorbing little project, proof that creativity really can fit into the smallest pockets of time.
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I really enjoy the technology that is currently available at our fingertips, especially in terms of fun photography. As a photographer my kit and quality of image are things that are extremely important to me. It kind of goes without saying really. Having said that and all seriousness aside I have to admit that I am enjoying taking fun snaps with my phone and using the hands on apps that are available to do the quick and quirky edits like colour correction and texture overlays etc.
Of course with a phone camera you don’t have the same control that you have with an SLR and the quality of image is still vastly different but never the less, it is still a captured moment, a little snapshot of life, a memory frozen in time and I’m finding it rather a lot of fun to be honest!
So, here is a selection of images that were recently taken on my iPhone. All the editing was done on simple editing software apps that are available in the app store. The apps that I have been enjoying so far are, Instagram, PhotoToaster, Pixlr-o-matic, Photogene2 and Retouch.
This post is called ‘clicksnapomatic (one)’. I shall be posting more phone snapping fun soon. So look out for ‘clicksnapomatic (two)’ etc…
If you’ve been having similar photographic fun with your phone, let me know what apps you’re using and enjoying. Happy Snapping! (“,)
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