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Hi,

I'm really pushing the social media envelope and I'm now Tweeting, Linking and Facebooking like mad!

So go to:

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@SpecandDiff

and see what I'm up to!

Cheers

David

New Year! Same old lack of blogging....

Hi,

Is it really February already??

So what's happening in the world of Special and Different Photography? I've been busy updating price lists and planning out the year ahead and generally thinking about how I run the business....not very exciting as it doesn't involve a camera at all, but very necessary.

I did manage to do some photos the other day for Karen. Who was very pregnant and due the following day! I had hot water and towels on standby just in case. We created some lovely portraits of her bump for her.

I've also been busy finishing off some albums for the couples I had the pleasure of photographing in December last year. They've been kind enough to give me some praise as well which I'll share with you:

Just an overdue note to say thanks for taking care of the photographs at our wedding on Dec 11th; it was a pleasure to have you on board.
Thanks for all your patience on the day, and for staying on at The Hepworth to capture everyone in more relaxed mood! - Neil

Thank you for your efforts last saturday, we had a wonderful day and many people commented on how good you were. - Rachel

Thanks again for all your work on the day and subsequently, you have provided us with a great set of photos that capture the day perfectly. - Amanda

What a lovely set of comments, I am very proud of all my hard work!

Finally, I was at a wedding fair in aid of Kirklees Hospice last Sunday at Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield. It was a really busy day with loads of interest which will hopefully lead to a few bookings to add to the ones I've already got booked in. Many thanks to all those who came and had a chat. Hope to see you again soon!

That's all for now,

David

Too busy to blog...

It is because I'm too busy, honest. Not that I keep forgetting that I've actually got a blog....well a bit of both actually.

Lets see what i've been up to in the past few months ...

Wedding fairs (or fayres if you're that way inclined)

Pre-wedding shoots

Weddings (of course)

Fashion

Portraits

General admin (boo!!!)

So pictures paint a thousand words and all that so I'll leave you with some sample shots from all of the above.

See you in a few months!

David

More fashion....

Well Easter came and Easter went and thanks to the inventor of chocolate I have taken up jogging again....

But good fun was had at the Jolaby 'Injection Collection' shoot on Monday night. We had two models, Serena and Kelly, a top make up artist, Melanie Lenihan and Jo and Steven from Jolaby to make some great images. We even had Sarah Young from www.sy-models.co.uk come along to see how Kelly (who's one of her 'girls') was getting on.

So we made some great images ready to promote Jolaby's new collection.

All in a days work....

David

Resolutions - meh....

Hi,

Ok so the New Years Resolution went out of the window very early on. No blog posts at all in February! What happened to that month??

So anyway I had a great challenge the other week when Tracey Quinn brought in her two little monkeys (her words not mine!) and said that 'They're quite shy, you probably won't get them doing much'. Well let's see about then....I had them running around like, well, little monkey's in no time. It's not all about being able to use a camera you see....

I also displayed at a wedding fair at Cedar Court Wakefield. It was a good day, lots of people showing interest in my work and i'm now in the middle of organising consultations and taking bookings. I was also due to display at a fair at Tankersley Manor in Sheffield but the snow came down and stopped the fun. However it's been reorganised for May so if you're interested get in touch with them or myself and we'll give you the details!

I'm now getting excited about the Focus on Imaging show next week. It's the countries biggest photography show, where photographers go and drool over really expensive cameras and lenses and lights and frames and albums and studio equipment....well you get the picture. Must leave my credit card at home!

Speak soon

David

Happy New Year

Hi,

Here's the first post of 2010! I will tell you my first resolution. To do more blogging this year!! I'll try anyway.

Despite the snow I've managed to pull off the biggest and best shoot I've done yet. We had three hairdressers, a make up artist, three models and the team from Jolaby (who I was doing the shoot for). Even I had an assistant. Ooh get me! Oh yeah and about £20k of rented lights, cameras and lenses.

So we did some catalogue shots in the studio then went off to sunny Sheffield for some location photography. The models were amazing. It was sub zero and they were wearing summer clothes. As soon as their coats came off they started shivering. And yet they still struck their poses when asked everytime. And how much complaining did I hear. Nothing. Awesome job ladies. Here are some samples. Go to www.jolaby.co.uk and you'll see more when they've put their new seasons clothes up.

Here's to a great 2010, from my point of view it's looking good so far!

David