Autumn Colours

Recently I have constantly found myself out and about amongst beautiful autumn colours, but never with my camera.  So I set off this afternoon with my camera and two little helpers to make the most of a lovely warm autumn day.  The girls had great fun:

Video

I recently discovered Animoto which I can now use to make video clips that can be shared via email, blog, Facebook etc. So here is my first experiment - you may find it needs a bit of time to buffer unless you have a better internet connection than me:

Rugby photos

October was filled with lots of rugby, at schools and local tournament.  The Amersham & Chiltern tournament started with bright sunshine but rapidly became very soggy.  I was pleased enough to capture that moment in between when we were blessed with a rainbow.

But I did get very wet for the rest of the afternoon - never again will I forget to take my waterproofs with me!

SWPP Silver award!

I recently joined the SWPP - the professional body for portrait and wedding photographers.  They are a mine of information, full of useful advice, and also run monthly competitions, in which the images are graded from Unclassified to Gold.   I entered some images in the September competition and was delighted to scoop a Silver on my first attempt - with the London night shot below.  Getting cold and wet that night was worth it after all!

Family portrait shoot in the studio

The last shoot of the summer holidays was to capture some images of a client's children as a present for Grandma's 70th birthday.  The weather was fine so we did some indoors in the studio and some in the garden.  My favourite was also what was chosen for Grandma - the sepia looked lovely in a bronze frame.

Interior design website

Earlier this year I took photos of a fabulous country house in Gloucestershire for an Interior Designer.  The house, cinema and "pool room" were all stunning and had been beautifully furnished.  The interior Designer has now updated her website to include these images, and those of a London town house that I had photographed last year.

http://www.mcquinpartnership.com/