DontSmilePhotos BLOG DontSmilePhotos BLOG http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/ en-us 40 40th Birthday Newquay 40th Birthday Newquay Now and again I'm asked to do birthdays, and so when a friend of mine decided to have her 40th party at the Watergate Bay Hotel in Newquay, including a Surfing for beginners class and karaoke, I was more than happy to accommodate!

Here is a selection of the  images from that weekend.

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]]> Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:42:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/140286 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/140286 DontSmilePhotos.com website! DontSmilePhotos.com website! website page

Well I finally made my new www.DontSmilePhotos.com website live! I'm really pleased with the results and thanks to everyone at BigFolio for helping with the final touches. Please let me know what you think! Neil

]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:15:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/138739 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/138739 Videos Videos This year I have started including a video slideshow as part of all of my wedding and portrait packages.

Here are a couple of sample videos to give you an idea of what you can expect. They contain music so be sure to mute the sound if you are watching them at work! Remember to hit the HQ button to see the video in High Quality

Let me know what you think.

 

]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:58:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/138485 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/138485 Tuscany - reprised Tuscany - reprised A further selection of my favourite images from Tuscany.

 

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]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:51:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135185 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135185 Hatswell Meadows Devon Wedding Hatswell Meadows Devon Wedding Back in August, James and Leanne got married at Hatswell Meadows in Devon. An intimate and beautiful wedding in a gorgeous setting.

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]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:41:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135184 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135184 Chavenage House Wedding Chavenage House Wedding Last October, Lucy and Andy were married at the beautiful Chavenage House, where TV programmes such as Lark Rise to Candleford, Tess of the D'urbervilles and Grace and Favour were filmed.

The weather on the day was absolutely perfect and the couple looked gorgeous.

Here are some images from the day.

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]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:23:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135066 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/135066 Tuscany - Day 2 Tuscany - Day 2 The second day of photography in Tuscany was held at Castelli Di Tornano, a beautiful Castle about half an hour away from Siena. The model was Valentina Feula who was absolutely gorgeous and superb to work with.

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]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/131529 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/131529 Tuscany - Day1 in Siena Tuscany - Day1 in Siena I recently went to Tuscany for a week of photography workshops in the region of Ghiole in Chianti. There were 3 photoshoots and the first  was the beautiful Siena. Shawn and Lisa are real life partners, so the intimacy and connection between them was fantastic to capture.

Here are my favourite shots from the day.

 

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]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:27:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/131528 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/131528 Yervant London Workshop 2009 Yervant London Workshop 2009 Last week I attended the London Workshop of Yervant, the world-renowned Australian wedding photographer. 4 beautiful models and 4 wedding dresses in the centre of london.

Here are some of my favourite shots from the first day.

 

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]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/127925 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/127925 Bath Pump Rooms Wedding Bath Pump Rooms Wedding The wedding of Faye and Bradley took place at the beautiful Church of St James the Less in Iron Acton, followed by their reception at The Pump Rooms in Bath. An amazing wedding venue, it was a privilege to be able to photograph the lovely couple around the roman baths. 

 

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]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/126524 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/126524 Bradbourne House Wedding Bradbourne House Wedding On 18th July I had the pleasure of photographing the Kent wedding of Leanne and Nathan at Wateringbury Church followed by a reception at Bradbourne House in East Malling. Both Bride, Groom and their 2 children, Honey and Harrison, looked fabulous. Here are a few of my favourite images.

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]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:10:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/119397 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/119397 Presenting - Miss Ruby Jewel! Presenting - Miss Ruby Jewel! As a big fan of burlesque, I am always happy to get a chance to photograph a new performer, and last week I had the fabulous Ruby Jewel in the studio. We were looking for a Hollywood feel to the images, and I think we managed to capture that.

 

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]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:51:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/115605 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/115605 Portraits - Tanya Portraits - Tanya Last weekend, Tanya and her family came over for a photoshoot. We all had a great time and I was very pleased with the results.

Here are a few images of Tanya.

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]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:02:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/114095 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/114095 Portraits - Rebecca & Charlotte (Colour) Portraits - Rebecca & Charlotte (Colour) Again - Rebecca and Charlotte, sparkling in front of the camera!  studiolores-43 studiolores-50 studiolores-38 studiolores-31 studiolores-6

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]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/114081 http://dontsmilephotos.bigfolioblog.com/weblog/post/114081 Portraits - Rebecca & Charlotte (B&W) Portraits - Rebecca & Charlotte (B&W) Last week I was back in the studio with 2 gorgeous models, Rebecca and Charlotte.

I love the moody effect B&W conversions give to an image, so I took the time to select a few of the images which were most likely to benefit from it.

Here are the girls together in evening wear, crosslit and looking spectacular.

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