A Day out in London

This week my sister has been down from Scotland. She has been staying with her Brother-in-Law in South London and I arranged to meet up with her in London on Monday. I am not very good at carrying around my professional camera with me because it is too heavy, but I decided I want to take it. I used a Canon 5D, no battery grip and a 50m 1.8 lens. This means the camera was much lighter than normal. Some of the photos below were taken in Starbucks at Victoria and the others were taken in my Uncle's flat in central London. I was quite pleased with the results and would certainly consider using this combination again. And in case you are wondering why I took a photo of sweets, we were brought up in South Africa and my sister has a passion for some of the sweets we used to get there. She always visits the Bok shop in Covent Garden and she was showing me her purchases - not for sharing I might add!!

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Book a Portrait Session & help Cancer Research

On 28th June I will be taking part in Race for Life at Ardingly in Sussex. I was motivated to take part in this amazing event due to the fact that my wonderful father died from Cancer on 9th January 2006. He was only 65 years old. He was a truly amazing person and made a huge impact on my life.

Cancer is a disease that can strike anyone at any stage of their life and it is a truly horrible disease. All sponsorship raised from Race for Life will go to Cancer Research which is a really worthwhile charity. As a business we will be supporting Cancer Research in various initiatives during the following year. During May & June we will be donating £10 from the session fee for any portrait session to my sponsorship for Race for Life. A portrait session costs £80 and from that you will receive an 8" x 12" print, ideal for framing. Below are some images of my Dad (and Mum) and you can see how much he loved life:)

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If you have been thinking about having a portrait session, whether it is to mark a particular time in your family's life, or just for fun, now is the time to book that session. Not only will you have some amazing images but you will also be helping to raise money for a worthwhile charity.

To book a session call Louise on 07595 044252. Below are some images from some previous sessions:

Birthday Party for a 5 Year Old

We went to a birthday party on Bank Holiday Monday for a very cute 5 year old - and 30 of his friends! When we left East Grinstead the sun was shining but by the time we arrived in Oxted the clouds had gathered and it was raining very lightly. Fortunately a marquee was in the garden so at least all the children were kept dry. Entertainment had been laid on and the children were completely engrossed and clearly enjoying it. We managed to get some really nice candid shots of the children and although this is not our normal type of booking we really enjoyed it. Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy!

Here are some of my favourites from the day. I would love to receive any feedback you have.

More fun [blogged by Iain]

As Louise said in her previous post, we're focusing on development in March. Normally, Louise is the one doing the baby photo sessions, so we decided it was time I got some more practice. I would like to thank Russell and Niki for letting me shoot them and their lovely little daughter Yasmin this afternoon. At only seven weeks old, she was a little star and behaved perfectly throughout the session. This is a small selection of the images captured today...





...and a few in colour (although some have been worked a little)

Family Photo Shoot

You may have seen my earlier post about Chloe's 18th Birthday Party. After the party we were asked to do a family photo shoot with all members of one branch of the family. As many of the people involved in the photo shoot are not available during the day it was scheduled to take place in the evening. This is always more challenging because you don't have natural light to work with, but we took along some of our professional lighting equipment. The family were such fun to work with and really got into the spirit of the shoot. We are still processing most of the images but just wanted to put a few up here in the meantime. All comments welcome...

If you are interested in having a family photo shoot, please get in touch with me by email or phone:

Email: louise@pureviewphoto.com
Phone: 07595 044252

18th Birthday Party

On Saturday night we were asked to go along to a very special 18th birthday party. We have known Chloe since she was very little as she went to school with Max, our son. We set up a "mini studio" in one of the bedrooms and we also roamed around taking casual photographs. It was a great opportunity to take some very special family groups in the "studio" and seemed to be quite popular. We are now processing all the images from the evening, but in the meantime I wanted to post a few here and I will also put some on Facebook. It was a great evening and Chloe looked stunning. How quickly they grow up!

Boxing Day 2008

We stayed over at my sister's house on Christmas Day and also spent Boxing Day with her. We had a really lazy day chilling out and it was just lovely. In the evening my cousin, Jax, came to visit and we played some games including a quiz. True to form I was a bad a loser - at least I'm honest and I'm sure it will be no different next year! I managed to persuade Jan and Jax to have a little mini-portraits session which was quite an achievement seeing as neither of them like to have photos taken. They were both pleased with the results afterwards and Jax is convinced that she is only photogenic when I take her picutre! Jan also has a dog called Fitz. I am not really a "dog" person as I am actually quite scared of them. However, I think Fitz is starting to win me over. He looks really fierce but is actually quite a softie. Here are some of the pictures from the day. I couldn't resist adding a few of the decorations. Hope you like them...

Christmas in Scotland

We went up to Scotland this year to visit Mum and to spend Christmas day with my sister, Jan, and her family. I love going up to Scotland at any time of the year, but Christmas is even more special and Jan always puts so much effort into the preparations. She is also an amazing cook so the meal is always delicious - and this year was no exception. It is great to spend time with my nephews as we don't really get to see them very often. We had a fantastic time and, as usual, there was lots and lots of laughter. Here are just a few images from the day. I will be putting a larger selection on Facebook. All comments are welcome.