CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

{ Coming soon }

Something a little different for myself and fellow photographers Christina Savage and Sarah Gardner.

We planned a themed photo shoot back in May.

~ SOMETHING A LITTLE NEW ~

The aim of our themed photoshoot, was to see how planning, and photographing together would work in practice.  

In the very near future we are pleased to be able to offer our own { creative photography workshops }

These workshops will offer delegates a chance to learn and practice, technical and creative techniques to enhance their existing photographic knowledge.  


Watch this space for our exciting new joint venture!  If you would like to be kept up to date or are interested in our workshops please leave your details here.




The photo shoot was designed around two different themes, Lace and Jubilee.  Here are our inspiration boards, Lace here and Jubilee here.

Please take a look at Sarah and Christina's photographs too!  Behind the scenes photography to come, photographed by Jenny Newman.

A huge thank you goes to our suppliers and specialists (whose details are below), we had great support and we all came away with a great day, some good experience, learnings and lots of lovely photographs.

Below are my favourite images from the day, its a different working experience when you are with fellow photographers.  To be able to take the time bouncing ideas, poses and lighting which you simply don't get when photographing a solo wedding or portrait session.  These experiences, I believe are invaluable when trying to progress your skills and style in photography ~ I came away refreshed and with many new inspirations!

Photographers:          

Suzanne Kentish               www.suzannekentishphotography.co.uk

Christina Savage               www.christinasavage.co.uk

Sarah Gardner                  www.sarahgardnerphotography.co.uk

Behind the Scenes Photography: 

Jenny Newman                 www.jennynewmanphotography.com

Models:                            

Jean Rae                          www.modelmayhem.com/1076043

Lauren Stanton                 

Julietta Arden-Taylor       

Calum Carlin

Hair:                                

Rosie Orbell                      www.facebook.com/rosie.orbell

Make up:                          

Rosie Orbell                     www.facebook.com/rosie.orbell

Sian Ryan                         www.facebook.com/xsianryanmua

Florist & Lace Cakes:       

Jill Webb                          www.weddingflowersnorthampton.co.uk

Dresses:                            

Daisy Fleming                   www.fairy-tale-weddings.co.uk

Jubilee Cakes:                   

Ella Toms

Pipewell Hall:                   

Trudie Baker                     www.pipewellhall.com

Cannes Film Festival 2012 { Red Carpet }

I feel so lucky, my Husband works for AB Inbev who sell Stella Artois who happen to be one of the main sponsors of Cannes film festival.

He was taking a group of Greene King customers who had won an incentive and were whisked away to Cannes!  I happen to have been asked a couple of weeks earlier to join him, after sprinting round trying to find an evening dress, we were off to France.

Cannes is amazing anyway but during the festival it takes on a new persona.  You can feel the money in the place, fine dining, fancy cars, you have to keep an eye out all the time for anyone famous who may just happen to be wandering around.

Our hotel was the 5* Majestic which is right opposite the main red carpet entrance, so we had many people staying in the hotel like Kylie, Paris Hilton, Kristen Stewart and Ronan Keating to name but a few.









After the first day wining and dining, with many a glass of Stella Artois and a chance meeting with Alec Baldwin in the S.Pellegrino bar, we decided to go and take in the nights proceedings on the red carpet.  We had tickets for the next nights film so wanted to see what it was all about.








It was Brad Pitts premier of 'Killing Them Softly' and people started filling the 2300 seater cinema from 5ish onwards.  Brad turned up just before 7.15 it was an electric atmosphere.

That evening after a sumptuous 6 course meal at the hotel, we had VIP passes to the 60's themed Stella Artois Cannes Cinema Club.  This is an amazing, intriguing place with lots of funky rooms with Jazz, and dance plus lots of fun artefacts  just laying around to play with, it was a late night.

The day of our red carpet experience started with a huge champagne breakfast followed later by a bistro bar lunch at Le Voilier.  

After Lunch the girls in the party decided we needed to go and start getting ready for the premier and left the men in the Hotel's vodka pier on the beach. 







After a couple of hours to get ready we all headed to the red carpet for the premier of our film which was 'On the Road' at 7.00.  We were all so nervous, its quite intimidating with all the press and everyone in tux and evening dress.

Then we were on the carpet, It was fantastic, an experience I will never forget.  Just behind us was Robert Patterson  and he was sat just below us in the cinema.  Then the cast arrived and we all sat down to the film in the largest, plushest seats I have ever been in for a cinema.


Being a photographer, I had to take my large camera and lenses with me on this trip, how could I not, however for the red carpet I had to be satisfied with my little Panasonic and iphone.  


After the film we had another amazing meal at Hotel Gray D'Albion, with fantastic food and magnificent macaroon dessert!

An amazing experience, totally different to my normal family life but all the same fantastic to be able to be a part of it.