Hope Photography

This morning I met with a future bride who is getting married in November, great start to a great day. I found 10 minutes this morning to flick through some photography magazines this morning, it’s amazing how inspired I can feel from looking at other people’s work and words. I have been a bit distracted lately, I guess I have been thinking about my direction and future plans. The interview I recently wrote was centered around ’style’ and I suppose it got me thinking about how i’d define my style, and then whether I would be content with that definition. If that makes sense. Like in any profession I guess you have to sit down every now and then and ask yourself if you are happy with where you are heading, and if not, why not, and then make the changes accordingly. I am in no way shape or form saying I am unhappy with my profession, just that the photography industry is huge, with many threads, and I want to explore a couple of things. Your style is a lot like your identity, which I don’t want to change, but I do want to evolve. 

I began a new book last night and there was a thought provoking quote on the opening page… thought i’d share it with you. 

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen”

A picture from a recent wedding, even the rain didn’t stop this bride from smiling. 

I won’t pretend I have had a good day because I haven’t. Blunt I know. However as I wrote that all the elements of my day flicked through my brain…. interviewed an American photographer, worked on my new website, chatted to lovely woman who owns a children’s boutique regarding future commercial shoot… okay so actually it wasn’t all bad. But. I can’t figure out the heating and I am cold. I tried to escape walking the dog tonight but she gave me that look… yep you know the one. AND. That film last night was so depressing it was like a shadow hanging over me all day. Moan over. Back to the good… my new website goes live this week… woo hoo. I think you’ll like it. I am sorry this doesn’t include a picture. N x

I am just heading off to shoot a wedding, and my oh my is it raining. I thought I best stay true to my promise to blog everyday-I will be posting today’s wedding over the weekend. And I have a dog shoot tomorrow so will post that too. Have a good weekend, stay dry and warm, N 

So much going on, it’s the busiest time EVER, which brings worry (does the client like the images, album, print, canvas etc etc) and big yawns (sleepless night worrying about the above), but it’s also the most exciting time EVER. I am so lucky to have a job which doesn’t feel at all like a job. Do I sound like I am boasting…?!

Hey look at me… posting everyday, I am doing well aren’t I? Aren’t I?!

So this is more of a personal post, side stepping slightly, but I will share some pictures from today’s shoot later this evening. But for now, this is Kate. We were location scouting recently, it was a bright blue morning, gorgeous light and I had to take her picture. I love the look she is giving me. I have known this girl many years and thought I knew all her looks, but this face is new to me. I think it’s her eyes, I know she is saying something but I am not quite sure what. 

Welcome to my NEW blog. You can expect a whole lot more from now on…I promise to post something, anything daily and to make this a useful resource for any creative professional. Hopefully equal parts professional and personal, as an avid blog reader I find that I prefer to read blogs that are real and the only way to stay real is to be honest-so i’ll try my best. I will throw in industry related interviews, weekly Q&A’s, book reviews and giveaways, and much much more. So, anyway here it is, my new blog. It needs a few tweeks here and there, the header will change and there will be a comments section any day now but I just couldn’t wait to start posting. 

There has been so much going on this past summer, I guess I stopped posting so much on typepad because I was saving it all for the new blog so I will try and fill you in on some recent weddings and news. 

I had a beautiful wedding at Ripley Castle last weekend so that seems like a good place to start but it deserves a post all to itself (to follow). In other news I am having a new website made, for another project I have been working on in the background. I am also having two new galleries added to my main website, the LOVE booth and Dogs, I will let you know when these go live. 

Anyway I think I have written enough for now. Thank you for finding your way to my blog, Nicola