Had a lovely early start for a Sunday morning, photographing the youngsters swimming and running in the CoSTa Aquathlon this morning. Photos are up at www.fullframeevents.co.uk, here's a link to the video we made for them for fun.

Caroline

here's a video I've just finished for Caroline and Sarah. I shot their Civil partnership today and although I only got back at 6pm all the photos are editted and up on the website at www.fullframeevents.co.uk under galleries, and I've made the video as well. Guess this proves that if you get the photos right in the camera you don't need to spend days post proeccesing them :)


Caroline

Naked women covered in food?

Got your attention! We had a cracking day out with Eventwise rewarding the hard working employees of Frank PR. They are the most innovative PR company around with the most amazingly designed website www.frankpr.it, well worth a look.

So when we were asked to do something different to help make their day out memorable we were happy to help. Emily (Frank PR) and Oliver (Eventwise) had organised a Roman themed day with gladiator battles, toga making, a huge feast with the afore-mentioned naked ladies covered in fruit (well, not for long!) and somehow arranged sunshine.

We were there to capture the action, and then in the evening we opened our green screen studio to the Pimmed up workers. Two original swords from Gladiator and a choice of a dozen different themed backdrops soon had the photolab going flat out as we took, editted, printed and framed nearly 200 nine inch by six inch photos.

Ok, here's the naked lady....
if you ever want your employees to get their five a day this would work judging by the speed the guys from Frank undressed her. I shoot at 8 frames a second but by the time I had got there and focussed only the Ivy was left!

So thanks to everyone for a great day out, here's the video we made as a souvenir of the day, just for fun. I'll facebook it so you can share it around.

www.fullframeevents.co.uk

Made a sample video showing what we do. Animoto is great for this kind of thing, easy to use.

Have a look here

www.fullframeevents.co.uk

Bishop Stopford Prom

So straight after Kevin & B's wedding it was off to Bishop Stopford's prom. Had a problem with the Lastolite Hi-Light, whoever put it away last time hadn't folded it properly, so the spring steel inside was twisted! Always carry a Leatherman tool, the pliers did the job much to our relief! Next problem, all the viewing stations had been used at home so had to reset all the IP adresses. Then we realised we hadn't set up the new event in Graham's excellent Event pro software. That only took a couple of minutes as we were only charging £5 a photo mounted with no other options and only one photographer, me! Elaine was running the viewing stations and the Click printing system, plus handling all the sales and mounting the photos.

Then the Click switched itself off! This is an ultra-reliable piece of kit, but it wouldn't reboot. I could hear the fans struggling so decided to give it 30 mins to cool down as the sun had gone in and we were outside. I started shooting the tables and the presentations inside the event. As that drew to a close I went out and checked settings etc and prepared for the rush! I restarted the Click but was swamped by eager year 11's in some magnificent outfits wanting to give it some attitude on the White screen studio. I explained to them as I shot that the pictures would be on the website but not available on the night. When I had a few spare seconds I glanced over at Elaine and could see surrounded 20 deep by eager customers, and clear bags with mounted photos in were being proudly displayed, so I knew it had decided to work!

So from 10 pm til 12am we worked flat out and produced nearly 200 framed photos between 2 of us! That's down to experience, excellent kit, and very willing participants who knew value when they saw it. We get close to Studio quality photos at 9"x 6" in seconds using the same gear as in the Studio, but we work faster,

So thank you everyone at Bishops, and here's your free video as a thank you! Click the link below, then use the HQ button!



Bishop Stopford Prom

Kevin

Ok, I didn't really want to do weddings as I can't bear the thought of something going wrong and letting a couple down on their big day! But Kevin called me and when I explained my concerns he told me not to worry as he had other people with cameras. So I took THREE cameras with me, six memeory cards and six pare batteries, plus spares for the flash guns:) I called the St Albans registry office the day before and cjecked on restrictions for photographers etc.

I arrived almost two hours ahead of the wedding in case my ultra reliable car broke down so I would have time to get a taxi :) I met the Registrar and she was lovely and helpful. I took some practice shots but pretty much nailed the lighting straight away, really easy with the D700 and SB-900 combo. I decide to shoot RAW just in case.

Everything went really well, got Kevin and B arriving, shot reportage style with some artistic shots of the Canon, Rings, Flowers etc to pop in the video. I had agreed a fixed price with Kevin for all the images on DVD as no-one else would. Can't believe one guy asked for over £5k just to cover a one hour civil ceremony! I made this video as a present to Kevin and B for such a pleasant day. I certainly will do weddings now as it was enjoyable and rewarding. They are very happy and that's what counts! Here's the low res version on the video i made for them, there is a high res version being blown onto DVD as we speak.

Kevin

Putney Park School

Great night at Putney Park School. We shot their charity fashion show which was very well organised and all the kids had great fun. then we moved into the green screen studio and put the girls onto various magazine covers. Here's a link to the video we made for them. We raised a lot for their cause, and the girls went home with stunning photos printed instantly and frmaed while they watched. We were flat out but enjoyed the night.


Putney Park School