Aidan and Katie

Yey, I finally got to photograph a family member without a cake and some birthday candles inbetween us! This is my brother Aidan and his gorgeous long suffering girlfriend Katie. Katie wanted some cool couple shots of them both and Aidan never shys away from the camera! We did lots of arty shots since I was able to get them lying on the floor, climbing stairs and running around in the cold with high heels on (Katie that is), and they followed all my orders without complaining! My kind of clients. I generally turn over about 150 - 250 shots on a portrait session, and Aidan told me that he would be happy with 50 good ones and 10 REALLY good ones. No pressure then...



I processed some of my black and whites in a new vintagey way for this session. You can't really tell so much on the little blog images but they look great when they're huge!





I wanted this one to look a little bit fairy tale.







I've been wanting to photograph someone infront of this wall for AGES! I love it.



Of course we had to get Max in on the action at some point.







All the lovely daffodils.



Aw, how cute!





Ok, here's the background to the next 2 photos: Aidan has wanted to be a weatherman for as long as I can remember (since he was a little boy, after growing out of the batman phase). He is currently working with the RAF as part of his meteorology training, and will soon be a fully fledged, qualified weatherman. He LOVES clouds. So we had to chase some good ones across parts of Cardiff and found a spot where the light was good, only in the middle of some dingy buildings. I framed the shots to keep the buildings out, but I also want to say - these haven't been photoshopped, I just underexposed for the sky element of the photo and used my flash for A & K. Its the same thing a point and shoot camera attempts (sort of!) when you use the 'sunset' mode.


Here is Aidan with his favourite type of cloud(!) - we also did a serious version of this because Aidan didn't want to look like a cloud tourist.



And one of Katie (sans cloud) that shows off her amazing blue eyes:



Not sure if thats 10 or not, but I hope you like them guys! See you soon xx

Flowers and Consumerism

I got these lovely flowers on the weekend from some girls who also made me a fabulous lunch!



Thank you guys, it was very much appreciated. On a sadder note, my lovely 50mm lens decided to die on Sunday afternoon whilst taking photos of Aidan and Katie (images up soon) . Don't worry, I carry around a bag of other lenses with me on photoshoots. Here it is in 2 pieces:



Looks like I'll have to go shopping. The trouble is, like any necessary purchase, the 50mm lens will be surrounded in the shop by lots of other shiny, wonderful, un-necessary purchases all vying for my attention. Like going into a department store full of fancy dresses to buy some socks. Why am I such easy prey for those evil advertising people? Life is never simple.

Portraits of Catherine

Catherine is a student in Cardiff and organised this photoshoot as part of a birthday present for her 21st. She's such a natural infront of the camera it was a pleasure to work with her. Oh and the fact that she's stunning also helps! We did half the shoot in a studio setting and the other half outdoors. I have to say aswel, even though I had Catherine rolling on the floor, climbing into windows and freezing in alleyways, she was cheerful and lovely throughout. Here are just a few little ones as a sample. We managed to fit loads in and the light was perfect!































Thanks for being such a pro Catherine! xx

Portraits of Emily

This is like a day in the life of Emily - we did loads! Emily's mum wanted some natural shots of her and warned me that she would be shy at first. Well that's fine, we played the Bratz board game (I won of course...) had a look at some toys and then got down to the photos. Emily soon warmed up and turned out to be quite the model! She has a great imagination, is full of energy and is inquisitive, giggly and happy, so hopefully the images convey that.

We started off in Emily's bedroom where her dad has painted her a huge mural of Winnie the Pooh. Its lush!







Emily chilling in bed...



I have photos of Emily doing cool tricks on here, but I like this one best because of the look on her face.


So then we played golf, football, and a velcro ball game...





And in the middle we heard an ice cream van somwhere.. this is the look on Emily's face! So cute!





Then it was off to Roath Park to play on the monkey bars and the spider frame.





Through the secret path to look for fairies...







mmmmm.. chocolate...



Back home with mum for some portraits...













My future competition...



Thanks for a fun afternoon guys! I'll have your gallery up in a couple of days. xx