My part time muse.

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This is the person who inspired me to pick up a camera to capture moments to share with others who cannot always be there too.

Another Shoot - every weekend

When I started in this industry, computers weren't used in the studio as they are now. You would create artwork with using tools made by brands such as Rotring, Magic Marker, Swann and Morten, DeVilbiss, not forgetting the trusty Letraset lettering. You had to have an attaché case to keep your kit in. I felt really satisfied with the finished artwork. It was something you could touch and hold, being very careful with it. Almost a lifetime ago.

I'd moved on to Apple Mac, Radius Adobe and Quark. the buzz words were RAM, Megabytes and Syquest.

Today, some of those are still relevant. But the more important ones are now Nikon and Canon. Buzz words now being F stops and iso, noise and bokeh. Photography is my outlet for capturing the feeling of acheivement.

One of my colleagues had produced some very nice illustrations which they had printed onto mugs. Not your cheapo mugs neither, these are really nice, made extra special with their artistry.

They had asked me to take some photos of them, saying 'anything would do, just a nice clear picture of the mugs'. So I tried a shoot style I've been waiting for something that would fit. Nothing super difficult, just something I'd not had the subject to try out on. By the look on their face, I new they were happy. which in turn, made me happy.

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Emmanuel ARK first anniversary

Not great images, but my mum and mia are in them. They'll be a few more to follow.

A photo shoot every weekend

Not bad, managed to snag another shoot, this time a paid one, which is always preferred. It was a Christening, in North Chingford. One of Karen's friends wanted me to capture the day in pictures and actually appreciated that I'm trying to make some kind of income from photography, so was willing to pay for my time.

Now I know one should not mix business with pleasure, so as she was a paying 'client' for the day, thats how I treated the day. I was lucky it was a very nice day, which made me forget that I could not relax and just enjoy myself. I had to be as professional as I would be with someone I did not know who booked me for an event.

I was asked to capture the church ceremony in typical photos, followed by reportagé styled images at the reception/party venue. This was held at a pub near the church. It had a lovely garden with a play area which the other children were able to enjoy. My wife, Karen was invited but I was unable to spend any time with her, fortunately, her work colleagues were there as guests too. Karen understood that I had to be moving around unable to spend any time with her, as this was a paying gig.

Anyway. some six hundred images over 8 hours, I was able to pack up for the evening.

A friend of Karen who also attended had invited us back to there house for a late supper and a drink. Here I was so tired and hungry, I felt glad that I didn't have to go home to cook. We had chicken, mushroom rice, bread and salad and a drink or two before relaxing with them in front of the telly to start watching a nice movie. Half way through we had decided t return home as Mia had fallen asleep.

It was a wonderful day. Karen and Mia had fun. I did two things, one was to keep up with my plan to shoot every weekend and the other was being able to do what I like to do - make pictures.