As a photographer you always have to look for areas of inspiration that enable you to bring new ideas to your photography. A photographer that I have always followed since finding his work is Jerry Ghionis.
I’ve used his pickpockets for reference and have a number of his dvds so when I saw that he was holding a 5 day seminar in London it really was a no brainer. I just had to go, no matter the cost!

A month on and I’m still trying to take in all of the information, I find it amazing that the little things that Jerry said have me looking at things in such a different way. I’ve always been a people watcher, I could spend hours just watching the world go by but now I find myself looking at someone and thinking “if only they would tilt their head a bit to the left, raise their chin.” You spot ways of helping people to look their best, I do find I’m getting some weird looks now!

Films, TV shows, Adverts, Magazines all become a research tool, different poses, ideas, inspiration is all around and it’s amazing how those five days have changed my perception.

Any photographer considering to taking a Jerry Ghionis course really should stop considering it and book!

No blog post is really complete without images, here are a couple of my favorites that I took during my model session.

I had the pleasure of photographing Kate and Andy’s wedding back in May. Kate is a digital illustrator whose work I just fell in love with.

For her wedding she hand lettered her own envelopes and designed her wedding invitations and made a fantastic job of them. At the time I spoke to her about offering the service out to other brides as I was sure there would be others who would want bespoke invitations and hand lettered envelopes.

Kate is now offering this as a service and I’ve managed to negotiate with her to offer my Brides a discount on her services.

Here are a few images of her latest invitation, designed to her client’s specification (with personal details removed!)

Kate’s website can be found here: http://www.kateforrester.com/