Asleep at last

I was asked to take some photos of a 3 week old little girl the other week and didn't anticipate too many issues, after all, babies at this age don't do very much!  However, she refused to go to sleep and i had to return the next day where she still wasn't playing ball.  Eventually she decided to have a snooze and i captured some good photos.

Emma Maternity

A few weeks ago i had the honour of photographing Emma, 37 weeks pregnant.  I thoroughly enjoyed myself as this was only the second time that i have done a shoot like this.

HeaDshOt!

Just before Christmas i had the pleasure of being asked to do some head shots of the very talented Chloe, a local singer songwriter.  Naturally nervous i was expecting a hard time but she warmed to the camera very quickly and the session was over in 30 minutes even though i had allowed 2 hours.

And so it continues!

Since my last post on the 9th January the weather has been relentless, storm after storm , pouring more misery on an already pissed off community. Over the past week we have seen some of the most powerful storms for over a century causing the protective baulks at the entrance to be smashed to pieces - weighing in excess of 2 tonnes each it gives you an idea of the amount of force generated by the incoming waves. After the sinking of 10 boats it was decided to remove the remaining ones. This has not happened in the past 125 years and is a real once in a lifetime event for the village. Having grown up in the village i am both amazed and saddened by this photo.

Storms 2014

Over the past week a huge storm has battered the South West of the UK.  The small fishing village of Porthleven, the place where i grew up, saw waves of up to 28ft test the harbour defences.  I'm pleased to say that once again, they stood firm.  I went out sunrise and sunset for 3 days to capture the images below and thoroughly enjoyed playing the game of "keep the lens dry", an absolute nightmare considering the strength of the wind and the sea spray.

Kids

So after the recent lack of photography, this week has been bloody mental!  Rounds of Xmas baby photos followed by Xmas parties and as usual the adults were worse than the children.  Here are a selection of both.

The Flames

It's all been a bit slow on the photography front recently due to the poor weather but it looks like things are starting to pick up at last as the cold weather starts in earnest.  The photos below were taken tonight and there is a remarkable difference between them both.  The first is a "normal" exposure and the second is a long exposure shot from the same spot but 6 minutes later.  The colour difference created by the longer exposure is quite amazing but i'm struggling to decide which one i prefer.  The stats say the second but it has greater exposure on the net so it's hard to tell.  What i have found out is that the older people prefer the first and people under 40 the second.