Norty Blogger's Old Photos 1

It's been over a month since my last blog and I honestly don't know where the time has gone. All I've been doing since is the usual job hunting (still no luck) so it's surprising how fast the time flies.

Well, one of my favourite things to do at the moment with all my spare time is read other people's blogs, particularly those of photographers - many of which are wedding photographers. Favourites include Bobby Earle, Jasmine Star and Stephanie Fay among many many others! These people have inspired me to get more into my own photography, and so when my good friend Alex Flahive invited me to help as a second shooter at a wedding he was photographing, I jumped at the chance...

In reality I was more like 3rd shooter as there was an official photographer there already, as well as Alex who was in charge of the natural candid style shots. I thoroughly enjoyed having a go at shooting my first wedding without the pressure of being THE photographer, and I had the luxury of using Alex's kit which was great to experiment with, but I must say, I had no idea how difficult it would be! Hats off to all of you wedding photographers, I have an even deeper respect for you now that I've had a go at it myself. The main thing that struck me was how quick you have to be and how aware of everything that is going on around you. It didn't help that we hadn't been briefed on how the day would pan out, and due to the rain, all the official photos were done in a room with the first photographer and so we missed out on organised time with the bride and groom. I just never realised how quickly you have to adjust to changing situations. One minute you're inside, then you're outside in the sun, then you're in another dark dingy room, then outside in the rain, and all the while you have to think about exposing the photo correctly, framing a nice shot and most importantly catching the special moments of the day. I must admit I was completely exhausted by the end of the day! Saying that, I definitely want to continue practising and improve my skill so I can one day shoot a wedding myself.

I am now starting post production on my photos and should hopefully be ready to post some in the next few days. But for now, as a post is always more interesting with photographs, I've decided to start showing some of my older (Non-cat!) photography work starting with a couple of still photos from a film I worked on in my 2nd year at Uni. I was the cinematographer on this film and we agreed early on that we wanted a very strong red and green theme throughout...