Well another busy wedding season is well and truly upon us.
I was delighted to be approached by An Essex Wedding Magazine to supply this months cover picture. It was a lovely wedding at Boreham Church followed by a rousing reception at Three Rivers Country Club.
The picture is of Erica who married Craig Hubble. Personally it was great to catch up with 4 other couples whose weddings I had previously photographed over the years.
I am also talking to An Essex Wedding Magazine about possibly supplying next months cover image too!
After 8 weeks of complete computer HELL (is it a coincidence that Dell rhymes with hell?) and a new £2,000.00 investment we are fully geared up for this years work. We have ended up with 3 almost brand new machines after almost everything that could be replaced was replaced.
We have new albums in the studio, new software, new lenses and as my staff keep reminding me, still the same old photographer!
I was delighted last week to receive the title of MPA travel and landscape photographer of the year for the Essex region.
Its particularly nice when that is not my regular work and was a labour of love rather than a comissioned job. The winning image is that of an ancient olive grove taken on the outskirts of Lagans in Zakynthos, Greece. No I did not stay at the lager lout infested resort but merely drove past on a trip around the gorgeous pine clad island. The image came second over all out of 132 images to a portrait taken by a friend of mine which was a cracking image. So he got the £100 cash prize and I got a bottle of wine! Many thanks to Len Dance for his kind words and encouragement.
I love this image. It was hardly worked on at all, which somehow makes it even more pleasing as most images nowadays are 'photoshopped to death' before use. There is something lovely about pure photography that the digital age seems to have destroyed. Everyone who owns a mobile phone thinks they are a photographer. Confetti throwing at weddings nowadays is 90% photographers capturing the 10% of confetti throwers. Sky Sports and the 'non-active' armchair sportsman generation has a lot to answer for hey?
This month is 20 years since I photographed my very first wedding. It has been a great ride so far and I am wondering what the next 20 years of photography will bring? One things is for sure ,life is never dull being a photographer! Luv gav x
