tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488519394950183062010-04-29T12:37:47.755+01:00Photography for weddings, business, marketing, PR and anyone that needs good photography to promote their business. My moto: "A good image should stop you and make you ask questions".Keith Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075142045924990480keith@creativephotos.bizBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648851939495018306.post-84387586631665250232010-04-29T12:37:00.001+01:002010-04-29T12:37:42.801+01:00

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Catching up with work after illness is never easy and fun but I am glad to say I am now getting there and everyone is being very helpful. Above is a photo shoot of James who wanted new publicity for his performance venues and his agent put him onto me. The idea was for a simple backdrop and lighting set-up as he wasn't too comfortable having his photographs taken due to previous bad experiences,

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Making the whole photographic experience fun really enables me to create some wonderful photographs for anyone wanting a portrait - whether potential models or just your family members. I always find it is best to create an atmosphere where i will be relaxed and so will the sitter, whether it is on location or in a studio environment, so working together to create the images becomes less of a

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On a crisp winter day in December the guests were gathered outside All Saints Church in Brixham, I had to work quickly to fend off the effects of the cold weather on both my fingers and the guests noses! Two pages from the album can be seen here.

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What a beautiful day for a winter wedding. We just managed to get all the photographs taken between the showers which was fantastic as the venue - Bovey Castle in Devon - is a photographers dream wedding venue. The wedding album has now been created and here you can see two of the pages. The venue organisers have asked for a copy to put on show for future couples to view, which was very

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Today has been very busy, editing a wedding album taken at Bovey castle on Dartmoor National Park, photographing more products for an online company and a family portrait sitting, just in time for Christmas gifts.This image will be mounted onto canvas and presented to family members as a reminder of how special their first granddaughter's first christmas is. Happy days to look back on for many

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Some online retailers find they become so busy or simply do not have the skills to photograph the images they want for their sites, they come to me. This happened with Siiren and Richardson Arcades, and using their products and local models I created some images for them to use on their websites and in an in-house promotional DVD respectively. Working alongside a film crew for the amusement

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Just finished another wedding at Torquay's Imperial Hotel where the weather was fantastic and everyone was in a good mood - always helps with the photography! What a nice couple. This month, off to photograph more weddings including ones at Bovey Castle, portraits for a Pet Bereavement counsellor, family portraits and an amusement arcade along with a film crew - should be interesting.

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September has been a busy month for weddings, especially last minute bookings. Above is a page from the latest wedding album book designed by me but photographed by David Brine, who stood in for me due to family funeral. Everything went well and the couple were very happy with the service supplied. The window light is enhanced by someone else using flash on their camera, which has been

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This was a small and intimate wedding which took place in a boutique hotel called Whitehouse in Chillington. With just close members of the family and a few friends the day raced by. A disk with all their images along with my trade mark style bespoke coffee table wedding book was supplied and arrived approximately 3 weeks after their big day. Black and white wedding photography works extremely

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Married at Cockington Church in Torquay then off to Ilsham Marine Drive for private shots, this really was a wonderful day, both for the couple and myself as the weather was perfect and they were really involved with their photography.

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Last week I performed my first duty as treasurer for the Master Photographers Association meeting here in the South West. A lecture was planned with two highly sought after professional wedding photographers - Gordon McGowan and Mark Seymour - both at opposite ends of the scale when it comes to approaching wedding photography, one likes to be very much in control of the staging of his photography

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My new wedding album design is proving very popular and can be seen here with the cover design of Neil and Claire's wedding which took place at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay, Devon. The sun was shining and family and friends really helped to create a fantastic day for them, which i believe has come across in their wedding album.

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This week i have just finished editing a new publicity portfolio of photographs for the singer Katy Mae, then i travelled to Bristol to see Neil Sedaka perform for 2 hours - just him and his piano. It was amazing how charismatic he was. Listening to his body of work and his stories of working with some of the great stars it makes you realise how much this man has contributed to the world of 20th

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Creating a photograph for publicity and model portfolios can be very challenging at times especially when the "model" is inexperienced and not quite sure how they want to look. This was not the case with Paul, who had studied other images before coming to me to help build his portfolio. After the shoot I experimented with photoshop and created this final image which I am very happy with. It will

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I have now found a supplier for my wedding album books. They look absolutely great and the feed back from clients has been superb. I design the book and send them off to be professionally printed and bound, just like normal everyday books, and they come back with a glossy cover making them look and feel like expensive coffee table books. They are much more practicle and convenient than

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Im celebrating!We have just sold our theatre school franchise, having bought it 14 months ago, built it up from scratch and sold it on at a profit. The kids, aged from 5 to 16, put on an end of term show and impressed me so much, they have all grown not just in talent but also self-confidence over the past year and it has been fantastic to watch. Sara and her team have taught them skills ranging

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What a busy month this has been! Winter weddings, civil ceremonies, model portfolio shoots and product shoots!! Here are a couple of photos taken from a recent model portfolio shoot, dramatic lighting effects and a great location here in Devon all help to make these images really stand out.

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HR Media required photos for one of their clients magazines of Tarot reader Maggie Horton, so I was asked to visit her at home and take some publicity shots. I got more than I bargained for, the moment I walked in, Maggie said she was strange vibrations from me!!! Apparently it was my Grandad watching over me! After a reading telling of my future we then got around to photographing her for the

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Whilst some are snow-bound and feeling miserable about not being able to get to work(!) I thought I would take a trip up onto Dartmoor and take some pictures. It was -3 degrees and the sun kept disappearing behind the snow laden clouds but inbetween times some great images were captured and it was worth the wait in the freezing wind.This week is a busy one, with a winter wedding and a publicity

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Well, what a day! As a nation we love pets, especially our dogs, so to have them photographed then printed and framed can be a real pleasure for some. To me, it can be very challenging but great fun. I was asked to set up a portable studio in someones house and photograph their two dogs which were about a year old and extremely lively. It took about an hour and a half but we eventually came out

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The Exeter Court Hotel were looking for new publicity pictures and I was asked to spend a few hours taking various shots of their interiors, capturing the new decor and facilities they have for conferences and weddings. It can be very difficult to try to create images that are different and eye catching when it comes to hotel interiors because you are at the mercy of the interior designers and

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More and more couples are deciding to get married in the winter months which is fantastic for them as there are obvious cost benefits to take into account, but for the poor photographer it can be a nightmare. Gales, dark skies, rain - oh what a wonderful set of images!! So how do you get around it? Well, for a start, early planning is key. Visit the venue and look for all the sheltered places

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Recently we bought a theatre School franchise called Razzamataz and set it up here in our home town of Newton Abbot in Devon. It's been a great success mainly down to us taking charge of how we want to market it and the content of each lesson. We have arranged with various cabaret acts to come in and lecture for us as well as teaching the children social and talent based skills. Our second term

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I have just finished producing the photography and design for our new Razzamataz Theatre School which opened in May. The school operates as a franchise and was featured on BBC TV's Dragons Den when Scottish Entreprenuer Duncan Bannatyne invested into the business.We are about to finish our first term with over 40 children having already signed up. They learn various skills including dance, drama

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