Old meet new (ish)

I had had this thought when I first started collecting the vintage cameras a couple years ago. I then saw someone had done somewhere else and thought I'd give it a go when I had 5 spare minutes.  
 
It took me a while to figure out which camera would fit best. I wanted to use the Butchers No.4 (c.1915 I think - correct me if I'm wrong) to the left but I couldn't get the shutter to stay open also the Butchers' body would have needed mounting further away from the 5d's body to allow me to get it off and on. I finally decided on the Vest Pocket Kodak Model B (c. 1925) from my little collection. Sure, it's worth some money, not a massive amount but the cameras are just sat there in the studio. 

I wondered what it would be like to shoot through a near hundred year old lens...which then led me to thinking about all the things this lens might have shot and bearing in mind what the world has been though in the last hundred years I was sat daydreaming (and cringing) for quite some time...

I'm going to test this out this afternoon so more pics to follow! 

WET WET WET, but BEAUTIFUL WEDDING!

I'm SO SO grateful to Canon that the 5dm2 and my L-Series glass has epic weather sealing. That being said I'm fairly certain Canon didn't design them for use submerged under a storm cloud that had flooded the surrounding area at the aptly named Anchor Inn, Hillfarance (near Taunton) for Hannah & Paul's wedding a couple weeks ago...the Bride & Groom came prepared though... they brought a boat along...no seriously!

 

It had been hammering it down all night and by the morning it was clear. 'BRILLIANT!' I thought. I got the gear ready and jumped in the car for the trek down the M5 with the weather looking sunny.  I pulled off the motorway and the skies began to darken….Uh oh….I got about 2 miles from the wedding venue and the heavens opened.


But this couple and their families were so awesome and never once let the weather dampen their spirits! We had a couple of dry spells which we made use of for the boys photos and luckily by the time Hannah arrived the weather was having another dry session. 

The ceremony was beautiful. Only family and very close friends with lovely readings by the Bridesmaids with the venues wedding rooms elegantly decorated by the family.

As soon as Hannah & Paul's ceremony was over it was all sunny and a mostly clear sky which meant we could do the groups and other photos in brilliant sunshine!

Congratulations again to Hannah & Paul and I'm so happy you guys love the photographs. 











Thankyou to Paul & hannah for the lovely message:


 "They are amazing! Thankyou so much. Was a pleasure having you there. You are one hell of a photographer! The lead up to the ceremony pictures gave us the same feelings we had on our wedding day! Honestly, great job Justin!"

Apologies for the complete lack of posts...

Apologies for the complete lack of posts the last few weeks. We've been utterly flat-out with a couple weddings and LOTS of shoots in the studio in time for Christmas and of course just hangin out with our now 9week (!!!) old baby Matilda. 

Time is seriously flying by!

Myself and a mate, Mark, put up a new backdrop support roller system in the studio last week. 

Apart from looking so much more professional than the previous backdrop support its also means we can roll up the white backdrop and have the black drape in the main shoot area and ALSO have photoshoots up against our bespoke "RUBBADUBDUB" Graffiti artwork (bolted to the wall behind the black drape) painted by a well known southwest street artist. It's a fully awesome, unique piece of art that we commissioned as part of RUBBADUBDUB's 1st Birthday a couple years ago and we're pretty certain no other photography company in the area have a 2.5m sq custom graffiti backdrop in their studio, making us OFFICIALLY "the coolest studio around" haha (one of our customers words, not mine!). Above you can see me being "gangsta" haha !

South West Tweetup!

We are pleased to announce that we are the event photographers for the 5th Southwest Wedding Tweetup! 

Organised by the Marry Me Group it's a chance for wedding suppliers from all around the southwest to come to an informal, social evening giving everyone the chance to mingle, put faces to names and to have some fun at this beautiful Venue.

Photographs from the evening will be on the Marry Me in Somerset Blog after the event.

www.marrymeinsomerset.co.uk

twitter.com/marrymesomerset 

FREE PhotoShoot when in HALLOWEEN Fancy Dress !

This year is just FLYING by !! Since Matilda came along time seems to be vanishing right before our eyes, she's already a month old and it's mad, she's so amazing and I love having her fall asleep on my chest when I'm back from the office but anyway, I digress.

I KNEW it was September and KNEW Christmas was only around the corner, hence getting the Christmas Offers all sorted out, flyer designed and promoted everywhere but I completely forgot about ALL HALLOWS EVE !   Here in the UK Halloween is still nowhere near as massive as it is in the USA but it's getting bigger so why not jump on the marketing bandwagon? So I designed a new flyer, bold and concise and here it is!

Halloween Offer for kids ( or BIG kids ) who want to come in fancy dress with up to 5 friends (more can be accommodated but we need a bit more planning).  

See the Special Offers page on our website for the selected dates. 

Christmas Studio Offers on YouTube !

Is this cheeky or even allowed? I have no idea. I'm sure YouTube will take it down if I'm not allowed to advertise on there... 

Come and celebrate Christmas with us!

Sitting, usually £15.00 NOW £12.00 INCLUDING ONE 9"x6" Print 

Sitting Package, usually £35.00 NOW ONLY £28.00 INCLUDING THREE 9"x6" Prints

PARTY PACKAGES, usually £10 Per Person, NOW £8.00 Per Person INCLUDING one £9"x6" Print Per Person

FULL RESOLUTION IMAGES of your whole shoot on CD (print what you want, when you want) in Colour & Black & White, usually £135.00, NOW £108.00.

Due to the high volume of Photographs I have to edit and the volume of prints that our Printers have to deal with our last date for sittings to get prints in time for Christmas will be Sunday 9th of December.  

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL!
EMAIL US TO BOOK YOUR SHOOT!

Please see below for Postage if required:

UK Special Delivery £6.00 for Prints (Envelopes) & Rolls (Large prints are sent in tough cardboard rolls)
International Signed For™ with Airmail (Europe) £11.00
International Signed For™ with Airmail (rest of the world)  £16.00
nb: International Signed For™ with Airmail delivery, Royal Mail's target time is three working days to Western Europe, five working days to Eastern Europe and seven working days for the rest of the world.