SWPP and Owen photographs

This week I became a member of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers. So now I will be working towards gaining some professional qualifications.

Also here are a few photographs from a pre-Christmas photoshoot. Matt and Rosemary with their two children Abigail and Jessica. They were all really great to photograph and the girls had lots of fun, as well as sweets! This was also my last shoot that I photographed before I got my new 24-70mm, f/2.8 lens. I will post some photographs that I took with my new lens in the next few weeks.

Ulster Historical Foundation Photographs

Last month I did a some work for the Ulster Historical Foundation.The Ulster Historical Foundation is a long-established, highly reputable research and publishing agency. It offers extensive knowledge on the sources available for tracing Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors. Services include online databases of over 2 million records, genealogy and history books, and personal ancestral research.

They are completely self funding and held a fundraising dinner in Hillsborough Castle. Below are just a couple of the famous faces who were at the dinner.

In the first photograph is Dame Mary Peters with Sir Jonathan Phillips and Sir William Hall and in the second is UTV newsreader, Kate Smith with Chef husband, Michael Deane and Ulster Historical Foundation Chairman, Denis Desmond.

In the photograph below I was asked to photograph Environment Minister, Edwin Poots and Jean Kelly, author of "Charlie Crow Sorts it".

Darcy

Welcome to a New Year! 2009 was an exciting year for me as the business continued to grow at a time when the economy was in recession, I opened my new studio and we welcomed Tilly Vaughan into the family. Hopefully 2010 will be another year of steady growth.

Below are a few photographs from a photoshoot that took place towards the end of 2009, they are of 4 year old Darcy who had lots of fun and smiles the morning we took the photographs.