Pencil Full of Lead

Competition Progress

2010-09-15T22:28:00.003+01:00

So the competition has been running pretty smoothly since it launched and the photos I've had posted have been wonderful!

The first week's theme was action/motion and Dawn Goldsmith-Lamming won with her photograph of her daughters jumping into a swimming pool.

The second week was colourful photographs and Dawn won again but donated her prize to second place Joyce Neale. Dawn's butterfly and Joyce's horse are pictured below.

We're currently voting for the colourLESS photograph theme. You can add your vote by selecting like on the photo/s you like the best.

Week One Winner:

Dawn Goldsmith-Lamming

Week Two Winner:

Dawn Goldsmith-Lamming

Week Two Runner Up:

Joyce Neale

My First Wedding

2010-08-29T17:01:00.013+01:00

So I shot my first wedding yesterday. It was exciting, nervewracking and knackering but I did love every second. I also learnt an awful lot and have a wish list of kit I want right now!!

As promised, here's a sneak preview from the hundreds of photos I still have left to process:

Competition Time on Facebook!

2010-08-25T19:21:00.004+01:00

So, I've launched a competition on my facebook page.

The basic idea is you post one photo each week that matches the theme and at the end of the posting, everyone goes back and likes their favourites. The person with the most likes at the end of the voting period wins a framed 8x10 photograph of their own. At the end of the 4 weeks the person with the highest number of accumulative likes wins a canvas print of their choice! Sounds easy right? Well get over there and get posting a photo then!!

This week's theme is Action & Motion and the deadline for posting is Sunday 29 Aug - 23.59.

So, hello again!

2010-08-20T23:10:00.004+01:00

It's been almost a year since I posted on here. I've been very busy making a baby!! Eloïse was born on 8 May 2010 and motherhood is amazing and tiring and rewarding and emotional but I do love it.
So I had a rubbish pregnancy and I just took a step back from photography for the whole time (I didn't think anyone would appreciate photographs of the toilet!) and it's only the last month or so, since Ellie was born, that I've started picking up the camera and making something of the business again.

Ellie born by emergency c-section at 19:02

Ellie aged 12 weeks

So Pencil Full of Lead are back and open for business!! Contact me for any wedding or lifestyle portrait photography, or visit the website at www.pencilfulloflead.com for details of fees etc.

Business Cards!

2009-08-22T13:00:00.003+01:00

I came third in a photography competiton and won some moo.com business cards and postcards which are simply fantastic.

What have I been up to?

2009-07-26T20:26:00.002+01:00

The weather here has been awful now for a couple of weeks - rain most days which means any portraits have been postponed in hope of a sunny day soon!

So, to tide myself over I've been working on some more fine art photography.

Let me know what you think!

New Born!

2009-07-14T19:38:00.005+01:00

My first new born shoot was short and sweet but really fab!
Congratulations Jenny and Stuart on the birth of little Conall - he's such a cutie!

First Wedding Photos

2009-07-13T19:00:00.004+01:00

On Saturday we attended the wedding of our good friends Liz and Chris. Superb day, really beautiful wedding and delighted not only to be a part of it, but to be allowed to photograph around their professional photog.

It certainly taught me a lot, and there are some photos I'm really pleased with.

You can see the whole lot on my facebook page, by clicking here. Don't forget to become a fan!

Wedding Sneak Peak

2009-07-12T00:37:00.002+01:00

Fantastic wedding day for our good friends Liz and Chris - we wish them all the happiness in the world! And a great opportunity for me to give the 50mm a good trial. Still got to get used to my ISO settings indoors but got some great shots.

Here's the sneak peek! More to follow tomorrow/next week!

Learned some new post-processing tricks tonight

2009-07-08T21:53:00.002+01:00

So fully expect to see them in use in the sneak peeks I'll post this weekend! I've got some informal cover of a wedding (most importantly the speeches and first dance) and at least one (probably two) new born shoots this weekend that I'm really looking forward to!

I don't expect I'll be able to fully process the whole batch before work on Monday but I'll have at least one sneak peak from each shoot up on Sunday so keep an eye out...

Night all x

New Website Address

2009-07-05T16:58:00.005+01:00

This blog can now be accessed by going to www.pencilfulloflead.com. Add it to your favourites and come back often to participate in my weekly poll and benefit from special offers!

First Photoshoot

2009-07-04T13:27:00.007+01:00

Last night was the start of the free summer photo shoots I have planned in order to start building myself a portfolio.

Lots of fun shooting the prom! Covered four locations in three hours and got 356 shots. Really pleased with the final shots (all 123 of them!) and hope the clients are too.