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A Photographer’s Diary, Launching Healing with Photography

Graceful

This last week I have sent www.healingwithphotography.co.uk website live and it has been a real work of love for me and strangely, I didn’t feel any nerves about sending this one live, unlike my photography website a few months ago.

I decided on a blue theme for the site colour, mainly because I like the softness of it and it’s a positive colour without being aggressive or blinding people with loud tones.

The photography of the lily on the banner is one of my own; lilies are my favourite flower and I think they are so beautiful and graceful.  Hopefully it portrays a sense of calm and tranquillity that through taking my courses people can move into.  And oh look at the trap I’ve just fallen into, explaining my photographs!  I think that we all remember the interesting debate a few months ago as to whether we should or shouldn’t do that.  Ultimately though, it’s a photograph of something that I love. Read More→

Go Behind-the-Scenes of a Hot Rod Garage Pinup Girl Photo Shoot: by Boudoir Louisville

Hot Rods and Pinup Girls kinda go hand in hand. What better place to shoot pinups than a great hot rod garage. My buddy Shawn has just this type of garage. It is packed floor to ceiling with really cool vintage stuff. Plenty to look at over here! He also has an old Chevy Gasser in there at this time. I wanted to do a set of pics where the pinup girl was working on an old car. We did a few of those and also shot a few of Bella on his Harley.

We have shot with Bella before. She is kind of a nut and fits right in with the Boudoir Louisville gang! Want proof? Be sure to check out our behind the scenes video from this shoot.

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Scenic Outlook – Preparing for Winter

It doesn’t seem like that long since I did my autumn post but here we are getting into December and the winter months. For a lot of people winter means cold and wet and staying at home all snug and cosy with the fire roaring. Ignore your desire for comfort because if you do you’ll be missing a wealth of opportunity that awaits in the great outdoors.

There are many things that you can get your teeth into during the winter months, with the sunlight remaining fairly low throughout the day you can really make the most of your time. Most of the trees will be bare, which in some cases is when they can look at their best, photographically speaking, especially when there has been a heavy frost or some snowfall as this will really pick out those branches. You could have rolling hills covered in snow, an icy lake, the list goes on and on. Read More→

A Photographer’s Diary, Make 2012 The Best Year Yet!

Signs of a new year

It’s time to look back at what I predicted would happen this year, through writing about the major areas in my life for 2011 as if it had already happened. And it’s now time to start the process again for 2012.

I have to tell you that as I sat here last December and wrote about what I was grateful for happening in 2011; I thought that I was maybe asking for a lot. I didn’t know if it would be possible to have so much come into being so quickly. Yet what I was grateful for having has come about.

From a business point of view, I put together a Mastermind group, where four business people meet every month to share ideas, set goals and support each other. I decided to make more time to spend with friends and I have and made new ones.

I also had many personal things that I listed, all of which are now in my life. I saw myself with a new camera and by the end of August I became a proud owner of my camera.

Most of all that I held dear was to have Healing with Photography up and running by the end of the year and as the year closes so does my first ever course with a group of a people suffering with many different issues ranging from depression to anxiety to low self-esteem. It’s doing just what I set it up to do and I’m so happy with it and see it growing tenfold. Read More→

Go Behind-the-Scenes of a Roadside Grocery Pinup Girl Photo Shoot: by Boudoir Louisville

For years, I have driven past this old time country grocery store. There are not too many of these around these days. Everyone wants to go to the larger chain grocery stores. This little building is packed to the rafters with stuff. They also serve one hell of a lunch!

I knew I wanted to shoot some sort of vintage pinup girl session here, just needed to put together the pieces. Lucky for me, I have some great friends that hook me up with awesome cars for my shoots. The main car in this shoot is a 1958 Brookwood Station Wagon. There is also a Chevy C10 in the background as well. As we were shooting, a totally restored Thunderbird convertible pulled up. What the hell, I told him were to park and fired a few shots off. By the time he arrived, the sun was way past its prime.

Libby was our pinup girl. She is a true Bombshell! This is our third time shooting Libby, and definitely not our last! Be sure to grab the next issue of Retro Lovely Magazine, these will be in issue #8.

FYI, the last pic, other than my logo, is 100% unedited. Straight out of the camera!

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A Photographer’s Diary, How Did That Happen Then?

Zippedy Doo Dah It’s December!

December came in very quietly here with me. I turned on the radio on the 1st December and they were opening advent calendars and I had to wonder where did December creep in from? Last time I looked it was the end of October and I was just getting off a plane from Italy.

The Healing with Photography course is taking a lot of my attention at the moment along with the thought of getting big companies to send their workforce to me. I’m half thinking if I clear the decks and get the course information to HR managers in December, under the influence of drink from their Christmas parties they might sign their staff up without realising what they are doing! I’m going to have to get a wriggle on though.

So as my thoughts turn to Christmas I’m also starting to look back at this beautiful year and all the wonderful things that have come to pass in my career and personal life. All the new projects I’ve started, ones I’ve let go by the wayside and bigger and more exciting ones to come. Read More→