Just read this interesting article by Martin Parr the famous Magnum documentary photographer on how to take better holiday photographs. Not sure I agree with documenting everything including your trip to the supermarket! http://gu.com/p/2j7t8/tw
As well as shooting corporate commercial projects in Cambridge and beyond. I get the opportunity to photograph family portraits. This can be great fun for me and hopefully the recipient families. Working without the pressure of a commercial shoot and the weight of masses of equipment I can often photograph with just the available light. Making for relaxed and natural images. Below are examples of some wonderful families from Bristol and Cambridge. More can be seen here Family and Children’s portraits
Baby Portrait - Cambridge Series
Mother & Baby Portrait - Cambridge Series
Baby Feet
Sleepy Baby
Its always good to have an assistant when taking family portraits.
Fun family portrait with help from assistant
Every year Cambridge District Council’s Sport Development in conjunction with Living Sport host a sports day for children with disability. I volunteered to take photographs of the event. It was great fun!!! As a photographer based in Cambridge I hope to have more opportunities like this!
South Cambridgeshire District Council Sport Development
Prize Winners
Bowling
High Five
Excited
Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue service training day – All images taken illustrate the service in action and methods of search and rescue for the CAMSAR website and other publicity. It was a very wet start to the day with continual rain making the protection of the camera and lens a priority as well creating well composed images. Everyone was in good humour and seemed not to mind being outside in the continual rain. Much of the day was spent following the various training activities culminating in one of the team groups finding a volunteer missing person. I documented event as they happened and also set up and posed key images.
Search & Rescue Team Briefing
Rescue Team Leaders Check Map
Trained volunteer search technicians are assisted by a central control room providing up to date information from the local constabulary and GPS radio tracking technology.
Cambridge Search and Rescue Incident Control Room
Volunteers undergo training to track a persons movements.
Search Technicians examining foot prints
Lighting for the two person portraits below was provided by off camera flash and the ambient daylight. Two flashes were placed behind and to the right/left of the subject and one overhead of camera position with softbox. Sunlight provided intermittent overhead backlight.
Search & Rescue Team find missing person
Alan Johnson MP talking to a patient at the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust Hospital, London. The communications office at the Royal Brompton very kindly booked me to take photographs of Alan Johnson’s visit to the asthma clinic at the Royal Brompton Hospital in June 2009. The visit was well organised and many images were captured of staff and patients talking to the secretary of state.
MP Alan Johnston visits Royal Brompton NHS Hospital