I love a cheeky couples session and when the beautiful Lauren got in touch looking to surprise her boyfriend Johnny with a photo shoot, I jumped for joy. Lauren wanted some documentary/ natural styled photos but she also wanted to try something a little more fashion and editorial. Also as neither of them had really been to Bristol before, it was the perfect opportunity to play tour guide. I was more than happy to recommend some locations that would work well for the brief and although It took a few weeks between us batting ideas back and forth, we came up with some lovely areas to shoot some photos in for them. I'm super impressed with the results we got and I know the client was thrilled too. 

If you're looking to book in a couples session, you can purchase a 2 hour slot including all photos taken (minimum 30 photos provided) for just £225. Availability for 2018 weekend slots is a little thin on the ice but please do get in touch with your ideas and we can see if we can find a slot for you! Small sessions are available for a discounted cost - quoted upon request. 

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It's been a while since I've done a daily photo diary but I thought why not share some photos from today's experiment. I needed out of the house! 

British weather seems to be ever upon us at the moment so I thought I'd experiment with something a little 'darker' and 'moodier' than my usual style and bring you something a bit different. It's almost a little arty? I don't really know how to describe what I was going for. I wanted to play around with a Low ISO and open the aperture right up to f/ 1.4 just to see what there was to play around with. For some of the images - it created a beautiful water colour like Bokeh and for some, it didn't work 100% I needed to bring the Fstop up to around maybe 3-4 to bring a bit more definition back into the photo. But overall, I'm super pleased with the results.

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Today I was supposed to be trekking through central Bristol but I've had to delay until tomorrow due to the worst night's sleep ever. I just had far too much on my mind and apparently, I couldn't drop off. I did however in find an amazing app called Relax Melodies which is a free app (downloaded on iPhone but should also be on Android) which allows you to either play a meditation track made up of multiple elements for a period of time or also allows you to mix and match your own sounds. I do find when I am struggling to sleep, the sound of rain and light wind helps me to drift off. Since we moved, there is an ambient noise from the motorway but sometimes this just isn't the right noise I need. 

We also had to completely reset my laptop as the new Windows update seemed to slow it down far too much. So I am now also without Lightroom until this evening - thus today's photos are not really edited. I used the Windows settings to move around the contrast and exposure a little and add that touch of warmth (I prefer this in most of my photos if I'm honest) but I'm still quite happy with the results.