A shot for a local hair salon, Becky is a new model with bags of potential. happy christmas to everyone, I really hope Santa brings you all the things you asked for. Me, I haven't asked for much - World Peace and end to debt. Serioulsy I would be happy if we could get through Christmas and the New Year without losing anymore of our troops serving abroad - hope they have a 'quiet' christmas. Anyway more to come Christmas week so the very best to everyone and their loved one

God I'm Hopeless at this

Forgot that this blog thing is meant to be updated regularly, anyway it's not 'belle de jour' but I like it. Will do more to keep things updated and promise an update every week. With a new picture in each. So today's picture is of a little treasure. A truly delightful baby girl, as you can see above. This young model was shot recently and obviously has the world at her feet!!

A family portrait i shot a week or so ago, the original shot was great and actually purchased as a canvas. I thought it could be spiced up a bit to literally give it a bit more angle. So I transformed the picture into a rubik's cube. The client also liked it.

I have been asked a few times about tutorials so have added a page to my website on photoshop tutorials. Hopefully you will find them easy to follow and create some nice artwork of your own.

Check my website http://www.davidbousfield.org/ for the progress of the tutorials

Thanks
Dave

Wedding and Andy

Andy and Wendy were married at 'As you like it' a restaurent in the middle of Newcastle. Friends and family witnessed the event and then enjoyed a reception and band. Good luck to the lovely couple.

Great North Run

Last weekend saw another record breaking crowd pound the streets from Newcastle to South Shields. My wife I am proud to say was one of them and she did extremely well clocking a time of 2hrs and 1min, a personal best. Which seems even stranger to say as it is only her second half marathon. She bettered her last time for the 13.1 mile course by over 20 minutes - an achievement in it's own right. So well done to all those who made the yearly pilgrimage, and see you next year for the 30th anniversary run - it'll be a biggie!!!

Zoe and Damian were married at Matfen Hall, Northumberland. Friends and family witnessed a very personal service and celebrated with a reception afterwards. A truly lovely couple whose family and friends could not speak of highly enough. The rain held off as predicted by the bride, we finished the outdoor shots at 1.30pm and the rain started at 1.35pm. This is one of my favourite shots from the day, although I must admit I got lots of great pictures that day.

A very enjoyable portrait session with Louise, a local model. We had a great laugh and got some fantastic shots, this is one of my favourites. Have just finished processing images from the weekends Weddings, will upload a couple later in the week.

One of my favourite pictures from a shoot with Sam, don't worry she is fully dressed and believe it or not we were in the Library at Durham Cathedral!! Amazing what you can do with a decent flash. Hope you like it, will post more over the next few days.

Great News, one of my pictures helped a client find love. He used it on website and now has a new partner. Hope it lasts just like true love should.

2011

Just took another wedding booking for 2011, where are the decades going. Anyway got some lovely feedback from Carlo and Natasha, they loved the pictures and sent me a lovely thank you card. Hope they have a lovely marriage.

Just finished and sent the images for Graham and Leanne. A lovely couple from Hartlepool way. They had a great day and I am please to say are happy with the service - which is always pleasing.

I couldn't leave out my little girl - her grandad would never forgive me, he may still give me some stick about her shirt!!

People Portrait

A portrait of my son. things were a bit quiet so I made this for his mum. Nice modern style with three pictures for the price of one. Hope you like it.

Model shoot at the weekend in lovely Backworth, a small village near Whitley Bay. The Model, Natasha, was very enthusiastic and professional throughout.The backdrop of a disused factory produced several very good opportunities, here's one of my favourites where she is framed by a broken window. The blurred grafitti in the background shows the decay. These shots will be used by the model for her portfolio. The red gloves were the Model's own personal touch.

Whitley Bay was the venue for a very cold and blustery model shoot. Fortunately she was made of stern stuff and we managed to get some great shots. As you can see the blue sky makes the day look fairly pleasant however just recognise that it is the wind blowing the hair and skirt.

This shot was one of several taken for her portfolio which she now uses to get modelling work across the area.

The history of Whitley Bay is typical of such holiday resorts. There had been a lighthouse at Whitley since medieval times, and in 1861 it was a coastal village with a mere 300 inhabitants. In the following year, however, when the railway station arrived it allowed easy access from Newcastle and further north, and the population began to explode. By 1901, it had reached around 6,800, a number swelled considerably during the summer holidays. By the turn of the century, to avoid confusion with another booming east-coast resort, the fishing port of Whitby in North Yorkshire, it had become known by its present name of Whitley Bay

What's happened?

Well how crap am I? Start a blog and leave everyone hanging. Only can apologise cos I have been so busy - Must do better ;-). So what has happened, well I have had two weddings, a school ball and my daughter dancing at the Sage. Check out this link to see some pictures

http://davidbousfield.org/page20.htm

Also since I last posted I have taken my first wedding for 2011, scary how organised some people are. Also been accepted into Greener Phootography where we are trying to reduce the carbon phoot print associated with photography. Small I know but who knows how significant. Anyway will leave you with an image from the Sage and a promise to post everyday - well maybe every other day.

That's the first wedding of the season completed. Valentine's Day what a romantic time to tie the know. However the British weather was very cold, it managed to stay dry. Anthony and Lauren are a wonderful young couple and both families were happy at the union. Lauren's dad was very comlimentary to his new son-in-law. A good time was had by all at the reception and of course the Bride looked beautiful on her big Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ8xH0eHtdU

Welcome

Hi and welcome to my blog. I have set this up to help and share information on my photography services. With the Wedding season about to start (my first of the year on Sat 14th a romantic time to tie the knot) I thought it would be a great opportunity to share what happens in the chaotic life of a photographer. Comments are welcome, good comments even more so. I'll try and make new posts every couple of days and will add images from upcoming shoots especially Weddings for the guests and family to look through.