It was a crisp and fresh October afternoon for the Christening of Harriet Hayes. The church was warm and welcoming and the service very enjoyable. Unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to take any shots during the service which was a shame. The moment when the Godparents surrounded the font on one side, with candles in hand in the dim light of the Church, whilst Harriet was baptised, was absolutely gorgeous. Harriet was very quiet during the ceremony, surprisingly quiet I thought. I glanced over and, yes, she was sleeping! Here are the best shots from the afternoon…

Another fine late summer afternoon and we had a BBQ with friends and, as it turned out, some trampoline fun too! This really put the D700 auto focus through its paces and I must say it was mighty impressive. The kids were loving the trampoline and also having their photographs taken and I was loving [...]

So I decided to make the switch back to Nikon for the D700’s awesome performance at high ISO and its excellent AF system. Its quite a step forward from the 5D in almost every area notably the AF speed which is unbelievably fast with the Nikkor 24-70/2.8, the 51 million AF points and the 3D [...]

We had a nice day walking in the countryside of Essex. My mission today was to take photos just using my 50/1.4 lens. Here are the best shots from the day…

Summer (what we have of it) is just perfect for lying in the sun reading, relaxing and twittering…

I’m really pleased with the photos I took in Padstow, so much so, I have some more to show you…

We took a week off and relaxed in the harbour village of Padstow, North Cornwall. Many books were read, many pints of ale drunk and enough food to keep us going for the following week as well. I don’t think I had realised how much of Padstow Rick Stein actually owns but he does make [...]

Madison is now very camera aware. She directs the photo shoots these days! I remember when she was blissfully ignorant of the camera. But now she demands a look at the LCD screen after every frame, “Let I see!”. And she knows she’s being photographed too. At a recent trip to Marwell Zoo, she was [...]

Some new year sillyness

We had a week off this summer and decided to visit Poole. It was a rather pleasant week, warm and sunny. Again, I was taken aback at how beautiful some of the English coastline is and how clear and blue the waters are.