Esther's Coffee lounge photography....

This week we were shooting some web and marketing images for Esther's coffee lounge, part of the ministry at Bridge Chapel. The project will be on going as they develop their range of products and as the ministry expands. Here is a small selection of the images so far....

Welcome to new commercial client Hotel Indigo Birmingham...

This week, we were pleased to receive a phone call from Hotel Indigo in Birmingham to shoot their marketing, brochure, website  and press release images. Photographer Ian MacMichael will be going to the Hotel next week for the shoot and some sample images will be posted here afterwards......

Vicky and Phil's wedding!

A couple of weeks ago, we had a fabulous day with Phil and Vicky on the hottest October day ever! There we lots of lovely moments, lots a laughter and some poignant times too. Hazel spent the morning with the girls while Ian went for breakfast with the boys and we both followed the day from there. We got some great portrait shots in the bright afternoon sun and also took advantage of a few minutes outside after the sun had set! Here are a few faves from the day.....

Elaine and Jack's pre wedding shoot

Despite of some miserable weather last Sunday, we had a good time shooting Elaine and Jack's pre wedding images. We wandered around the Fairy Glen at Sefton Park. We're looking forward to their wedding this week end and being a part of their special day. Some images from the shoot.....

Michael and Alicia's wedding.....

We had a fantastic day recently with Michael and Alicia celebrating their marriage. Hazel covered the bridal preparations at Alicia's mum and dad's house, while Ian was at the church waiting for the arrival of Michael and his groomsmen. After the ceremony, we headed to the Isla Gladstone Conservatory for the wedding breakfast and the evening reception. We enjoyed great weather all day with only a few spots of rain while we were in the cars on route between venues. We went outside for some portraits of Michael and Alicia in between arriving at the venue and the breakfast, but then had to go out again to make the best of a lovely sunset. For these evening portraits we used an SB900 in a small Photoflex octabox fired with the Pocketwizard flex system of wireless triggers. These are simply brilliant and super reliable, helping us to get the shots we had imagined. Here is a selection of images from the day and evening.....

 

American Crew Face Off 2011

Lat week, we had a great time with Ian and the team at Attitude Men's style salon shooting their competition images for the American Crew Face Off competition 2011.

Face Off is a black and white photographic competition which aims to showcase the latest fashion styles for men and recognises some of the UK’s most talented and up-and-coming stylists. Last year’s competition attracted the attention of the men’s hairdressing industry and a record number of entries so it’s pretty big in the men’s grooming world.

It was a great nigh with lots of laughs and some images the team were really happy with. At the moment, we are not allowed to show any competition images here, but will post news of how they get on when it comes in.

The last couple of years have seen Ian and the team get some success, reaching the 20 winners and 100 finalists in both previous years. This year, we are hoping to go one step further and win it outright!

Graeme, from stylographic design came along for the night and was a great help setting up the shoot and with test shots and teaks to the lighting. he shot some behind the scenes photos and has a great post on his blog. head over there for a quick read. Here are some images we shot of Tom, some of which may be used in the new winter collection at Attitude.

Big thanks also to Duncan from Calumet North West for personally delivering the goods on time, we we're worried at all! We used a Profoto D4 pack and 2 heads, a strip soft box on one head and a couple of grids on the other. We shot with the camera tethered to a Macbook Pro straight in Adobe photoshop Lightroom 3. The camera was a Nikon D3 and the amazing 24-70mm f2.8.

Welcome to new 2013 wedding clients Vicki and Ashley...

Last week, we met with Vicki and Ashley after a few weeks of sending emails back and forth. We instantly got on really well and we were delighted when they got back in touch to let us know they wanted to book us to cover their wedding. It's always exciting to get another booking and we're looking forward to working with and for Vicki and Ashley.....


We are now almost half booked for 2012 and beginning to see a few inquiries coming in for 2013......