Uppingham job

Had a good day in Uppingham, (apparently Rick Stein went to school there). The Garage Deli have been open for a couple of years but have yet to get themselves a website, so down to me to take some pics so they can get one up and running ...

Hope you can have a look. Please feel free to add comments. TY

My job for the day

Off to the lovely market town of Uppingham today to do a photo-shoot for a new cafe/deli. They are wanting images for their new website. Might just go an hour earlier to see what shots I can get of the town.

Also - Don't forget I'm still looking for 'Thumbs-up' for my competition entry. ;-)

http://uk.news.yahoo.net/essentials-of-photography/view/23080

Weddings are not all about the bride & groom

Weddings are not all about the bride and groom. If you look around there are a lot of other photos worth adding to an album.

Starting all over again with my website ... A lesson

I've always been a VERY keen photographer, but until last year, I've not been in a position to even consider trying to make a career out of it. Lots of people have always liked the shots I took and even asked if I was a professional - I did make an amount of money a l-o-n-g time ago, doing ad-hoc jobs using my Canon AE1 and my Mamiya medium format TLR, but it was only last year that someone who believed in me, gave me the money to buy some equipment that would enable me to offer the physical quality that would be expected of me when photographing their 'life events' ... I already 'had' the 'eye' for a good picture.

I needed a website to get myself 'out there', this would be the very first website I have made and it needed to attract potential clients - I continued to take some shots that people liked and do little jobs by word of mouth work, but nothing was happening via the website. I just had a long hard look at my site and I wouldn't look at it twice if I were a potential customer, so it's time to be brutally honest with myself and redo the whole thing.

It's one thing having a good eye and a decent camera, with some good glass in the front of it, but if I want to attract more business, then I should have spent more effort on the sales and marketing!

The website - www.malcolmwoolfphotography.co.uk - WILL be ripped up and re-done, starting tomorrow.

More Boat pictures from my trip to Lydd-on-Sea

These two abandoned boats are on the beach, a few minutes walk away from where my daughter lives in Lydd-on-Sea, Kent. I can imagine each ones has a thousand stories to tell.

Lydd-onSea

A couple of photos from my trip to Lydd on Sea today .....

Lazy Sunday

Not a lot going on here on Sunday, (just shopping). ..... Monday will be a LOT more busy - 1st grand-daughter to photograph. Might have to have a wander down to the beach and take a few pics there too. Bookmark me here and come back. TY :-)

Just how happy could a bride be?

When I first saw this shot, I wasn't entirely happy with it. But it was the only one I got of my cousin as she was getting out of the car on her wedding day. Then I thought that the expression on her face was better in the reflection, so decided to concentrate on that and just used Picasa to make the rest of the picture B&W and slightly out out of focus. I think I've managed to rescue the picture and most importantly, the bride LOVED it.

One of my grandsons

35mm Film Canisters Salt/Pepper

I often wonder what photographs I took on the film that was once in these canisters - Probably nothing as good as the salt and pepper they now hold!!!

What I miss about film

My first 'serious' camera was a Canon AE1, (couldn't afford the A1). And the thing is ... (and this is what I miss about film) ... I used to accumulate hundreds of the little black film canisters; not always black, some were clear plastic and a couple of film makers used to do canisters in funky colours. Those canisters were so useful; had a toolbox full of them, with different sized nuts, bolts, screws, nails etc.
The VERY best use I found for those little canisters was when I took up camping. and climbing. they were a perfect size to hold about 4 spoons of coffee and/or 4 spoons of sugar, or you could cram 3 tea-bags into one, or put herbs into them -  the PERFECT little air-tight container. Two of those little 35mm canisters are still in use today whenever we go on holiday. I bought 2 LIDS from a camping shop ... salt and pepper lids that fitted on the canisters to make the perfect lightweight condiment set. What can you put into a plastic memory card holder? NOTHING - Well apart from a memory card!

Baby Pics

Cat and Bench