Busy week Teaching and taking bookings

This week, as I mentioned in my previous blog post has seen me Teaching photography at Tonbridge School, we have so far covered Film photography, Creating contact sheets with various exposures to each film strip to decide the best time for the prints, and today we will be printing some 8x10's, in addition we have also shot to Digital SLR's and printed on Dye Sub printers and included some Photoshop work.

I have also taken a new instruction from a product supplier for handbags and luggage, more from Lecente, another wedding, a family portrait shoot, a pre wedding shoot, and a maternity shoot, and tonight I will be covering an event for the University of Kent in Gillingham.

All in all a busy week concluded by a rehearsal with my Band on Sunday night after a wedding fair at Salomons in Tunbridge Wells, so I think I may turn up to 11! 

View fullsize

Teaching photography at Tonbridge School

This week I am teaching photography - film, dark room, digital, photo shop and all sorts of fun things to a group of 14.

Everyone entered the classes a little unsure of what to expect and after just one day they have all gone away excited about the next day and what we are going to do next, we covered shooting to film, how to develop your film and using the darkroom, but tomorrow we will be using the chemicals and getting started on some prints, also we shot to several DSLR's using the natural light and depth of filed to create some great nature shots.

you can see the courses and the link below.

http://www.sportscentre.tonbridge-school.co.uk/recre8/courses/

It's been some time since I last shot to film and I think it's just as exciting for me as it is for the students.

Must admit though being called 'Sir' takes a little getting used to.

View fullsize

Bambini & Me - Bamboo baby products

Above is a trial layout for Bambini & Me, Bambini & Me produce the softest baby products and I am lucky enough to be able to shoot and produce the images for commercial use.

The book layout above is for a 'look book' and as mentioned previously I still have to add some explanatory text to some of the pages but this gives my client an idea of what it may look like.

In additiona because I cant help myself is a little video slideshow presentation. 

Wonderful same sex wedding album

This was a wedding I shot for a same sex couple, it was the most amazing day with the evening finishing up with #Shed disco from Glastonbury, during the speeches BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood popped up on screen with a special bulletin , The weather over (secret venue) today is going to be heavy with love and later on a heavy amount of dancing and fun is due to arrive on the dance floor! Great!   

Wedding album example

Hopefully you can see a sample wedding album here, if not then try looking on a computer rather than an ipad or phone :-)