Portraits: Cecilia

I read somewhere that every photographer needs a muse: someone who inspires them to keep shooting. For me, that someone happens to be my beautiful wife! This poor girl. I've lost count of the number of times that my camera has been that awkward '3rd wheel' during our quiet nights at home. Luckily, Cecilia is extremely photogenic AND patient.

I've discovered how difficult it is to take posed portrait photos of people. It's completely different from taking pictures when someone is distracted by an event going on around them. Directing people is particularly hard - you can see where I gave up in these photos and told Cecilia to 'just stand there' because I'd run out of ideas. Good times.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to doing more of these, so sign up now!

Vincents' Baptism

A few weekends ago, I had my first opportunity to try some practical, real-event photography. Some friends of ours were having their son baptized and had asked me to photograph it. I'd taken some pictures of this family before, they were familiar with me and the camera, so I was keen to give it another go.

It was a big learning experience, in particular with being active in taking enough pictures to tell the story of the days' events. The couple themselves were fantastic as always, the weather was perfect, and Vincent was looking sharp, so that really made photographing the day much easier.

Cecilia also sang at the ceremony - she received a ton of compliments for it (of course!). We should really start a business!