Some of the most difficult flowers to photography in the UK are the blue bells that have just been out. Here in the Chiltern’s they fill the beech woods with their sent and colour and look like vast carpets of blue. Why then are they so difficult to photograph? I believe that this is due...
Category: Piers Photography
Another busy month – Training, 1 day events, and lambing days
Event Photography, Piers Photography
Photography offers so many different opportunities to develop your skills and try new things. This month has been no exception, I have been asked to photography a model railway set up, which is amazing and all in a loft the detail is superb and I can't wait to start properly. I was then able to...
Piers Photo gains more awards in Feb Guild Competition
Event Photography, Piers Photography, Portrait Photography, Wedding Photography
Another good result from the February competition with even a silver award, which I am really pleased about. My wedding images again all won Bronze and in the open I had a silver Bronze and a commended. Hope I can keep this up in March!
I had an interesting conversation with an organisation that had booked...
Event Photography – My favorite event of the year!
Event Photography, Piers Photography, Portrait Photography
As a photographer there are certain event s that always sit in your mind as great fun and you always look forward to them, for me its the Brinkworth and Earl Danby Spring Ball. This event held in the grounds of a small primary school is a fine example of a complete community pulling together...
Things to see and do in Marrakesh part 2
Piers Photography, Portrait Photography
When travelling to Marrakesh you will also have the opportunity to see the Atlas Mountains and the Berber villages. Our hotel looked over the mountains and the chance to go and see these and how the villages lived was a trip that we had to do. Using the guide who we had used for the Souks...
Things to see and do in Marrakesh
Event Photography, Piers Photography
Having wanted to go to Marrakesh for a number of years we finally got there in March and it was cold and wet but a photographers dream and I would love to go back and spend more time in the Medina and the Souks. A place of high contrast and 12,000 shops in a very...
PiersPhoto gains 6 bronze awards in January Guild Photo Competition
Piers Photography, Portrait Photography, Wedding Photography
Well what a week, not only did I get the emails from Steve Thirsk of the Guild of Photographers www.photoguild.co.uk that the 3 pictures that I had entered for the open section and the 3 for the Wedding Photography section of the Annual Photographer of the Year had all won bronze awards. As this is the first...
Do Photographers need training?
Piers Photography, Portrait Photography
We are all looking for a great job to be done and would not dream of using an unqualified accountant or a lawyer who has not been to law school, why is it that we don’t seem to mind if a photographer has not been to school or is not qualified. I strongly believe that...
What you need to know from your wedding photographer
Piers Photography, Wedding Photography
In today’s age of digital camera and phones with great cameras, it is becoming increasingly easy for anyone to buy a digital camera and then offer their services as a wedding photographer. Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life and so you will to be sure that you are employing...
How to run a ball or event
Event Photography, Piers Photography
I have been asked on numerous occasions, what does one need to think about when, you have said yes I will organise that and suddenly realised that there is more to a ball or charity event than you think. To help I have put together a check list which is by no means complete but...
