Put t'kettle on ..

The world's in a right old state at the moment, isn't it? I was watching a thing on telly the other night about tensions in Europe - troops moving across borders, rulers sticking the 'Vs' up at other governments - and I couldn't tell whether I was watching the news or that new drama about the start of the First World War. Gulp! Then we've got that awful Malaysian plane disappearance and all the religious connotations that's bringing up, plus the bad blood between China and Japan, and the never-ending Northern Ireland 'troubles', and Syria, and Israel and, well, pick any bloody country you want in Africa, and ...

It's just as well my blog sticks to more mundane items! So, put the kettle on! Have a cup of tea, breathe deeply of the beautiful early spring and take a moment to enjoy those simpler pleasures.

Life, as the sticker on my fridge says, is too important to be taken seriously!

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Hope you like the 'tea-pot'! It was the cake at a Wedding I photographed last summer. I just realised that if I don't put those bloomin' key-words in then the blog doesn't get out there and do its job! This is a serious business! (Oh, damn!)
Do your job, blog! Do it! ..

 #Wedding #prphotography #bride #worldgonemad ..... 

In the picture ..

I'll admit I was a little disappointed this weekend when I was 'turned down' by a bride who's booked a different photographer to cover her Big Day. More than that, though, I was annoyed! Annoyed at the reason she gave for going with another snapper. She said that, as she was 'only' having a small Wedding, she didn't think my 100 image package was 'realistic', as she didn't think there'd be 100 photographs to take! What? Missed the point, completely! Brides to be .. take heed! The guests at your Wedding are ONE SHOT ! Doesn't matter if you've got 400 guests .. or four! They are one picture, and the rest of the day will generally pan out in exactly the same way at every Wedding, with tons of fantastic photographs to take of you and your husband on what is always a fabulous day.

So .. spend the money! Get those memories! Oh, and to the photographer who got that bride's gig .. Good Luck!

#culchethportraitstudio
www.studiofivefour.com


Stop Press: Well, you get these days sometimes, don't you? I had an enquiry last week about shooting a birthday party, and chased the lady up today to see if she'd made any decision. She had! She'd 'decided to leave it' as she'd only wanted to pay £50 for my services. Fifty Pounds! Fifty Pounds for a professional photographer to cover a 'landmark' birthday party .. on a Saturday night, one-to-two hours' attendance, post-production and all images on CD! I'm sorry, I think she mistook me for a student! Sigh...