Special Offer! – Half price studio shoots.

Not long now till Banks’ Mill Open Studios! Come along for a very special offer from me – if you book an hour shoot in the studio with me during Open Studios then you can have it for half price, just £25. This is a great opportunity to have a studio shoot at a great […]

Kerry and Rob’s Vintage Wedding

When Kerry and Rob asked me to photograph their wedding I was, of course, delighted – but when they said they were getting married in the pub at a campsite, were having afternoon tea for their wedding ‘breakfast’ and the whole event was to be ‘vintage’ themed  I just had to say yes! The day […]

f3.3 Photography Workshop announced

Finally I can announce that with Helen Rose and Holly Booth we are going to present our first Photography Workshop in August!  Full details can be found at our f3.3 Facebook page and event but here are the details so far… Are you struggling to get to grips with portrait photography? Want to learn more […]

Another photo in f2 Freelance Photographer Magazine!

Well another month and another mention and photograph in f2 Freelance Photographer magazine!  This time I was interviewed about the photography web hosting service Clikpic, who I have been using for number of years now.  Clikpic are currently using a screenshot of my site in their national advertising campaign in the photography press – so […]

Alternative Fashion Week Collection for Derby University

Derby University Fashion department go each year to the Alternative Fashion Week in London with a selection of garments made by their students.  This years theme was ‘Blue’. Holly Booth and I were asked to photograph the collection for a long line up shot. This time Holly took the photos and I have done the editing […]

Nikon D800 – how is it going so far?

Having acquired a Nikon D800 36 mega pixel camera recently I have been constantly asked – how is it performing?!  Well here are a few first thoughts – I LOVE IT!! It even makes a lovely sound when I press the shutter.  I just feels right and I have had to do nothing about changing […]

Wanda Brookes – Fine Artist

Another artist I have worked with recently is the painter Wanda Brookes.  She has just launched her new website, designed by Katherine Cory Design, with the photographs of her work taken by me.  Many of Wanda’s pieces are large so I went to her studio in Banks’ Mill Studios – just along the corridor from […]

Photographing Fine Art Sculptor Shyama Perera

Something that I have done quite a bit of is photographing the work of 2D and 3D artists; painters and sculptors for example.  One of these is Shyama Perera and her bone china collection, “Unus Multorum”.  The idea was to capture these delicate pieces so that they could be used for business cards and postcards […]

How to choose a Wedding Photographer

I thought that I might share with you some tips on choosing a wedding photographer – in case any of you are getting married in the near future!  It is never to early to start looking for a photographer and build up a relationship with them before the wedding day.  I have had several meetings […]

Wedding feature in the Derbyshire Magazine

It has been a great few weeks of free publicity for me and now the Derybshire magazine (April 2012) has a two page spread about a weeding I did last year for Hellen and Lee.  They were a great couple to work with and I am so pleased that their day is now in the […]