As 2012 draws to a close I thought I would share my personal favourite shots of the year with you. This year has been a fun and busy year for me covering lots of amazing Jersey weddings as well as getting to work with some fantastic commercial clients and portrait shoots. I have also really enjoyed running many training workshops as well as various shoots away from the Island. In March I signed the leese on my studio and training room and I will be developing that side of my business next year.
This winter wedding shot was taken at Sarah and Matt's fabulous Jersey wedding at Chateau Vermont.
Denise getting ready at home on her big day - this was a fantastic wedding with the ceromony at St. Brelade's church and reception at La Mare vineyards Jersey
Corporate shot of the directors and staff of BDK architects
Mike Brehaut of creative photography and April came over from Guernsey earlier in the year and we did some shots of April down at Plemont it was a pretty miserable day but April didn't mind one bit :) this shot was lit with a beauty dish on the Elinchrom Quadra battery pack
This shot was inside the cave again using the quadra and a red gell on a second flash head
Jane and the staff at Prestige Properties
Katie's 16th birthday party shoot
Tammy and Phil's amazing wedding at Mont Orgueil Castle - they hired the open top Char-a-bang bus to transport the guests around for the locational shoos and to take them to the reception at the hotel L'Horizon which has amazing views of St. Brelade's bay.
Verena and Steve's stunning wedding was at the Sacred heart church followed by some locational shots in St. Ouen's with the reception at the hotel L'Horizon which is a great wedding venue.
Bronwen and Jonathan got married at St. Colombus church some shots just suite B&W better than colour and this one is no exception
This shot was taken on one of my low light workshops. If your interested in getting these "misty water" shots I will be adding dates for 2013 soon but they tend to sell out very quickly so please get in touch!
Jules and Chris came over from the UK for their beautiful wedding at the L'Horizon hotel they even brought their own band over with them which was amazing and LOUD but was a great way of getting the guests on the dance floor!
Family shoot down St. Ouen's
Emma and Marcus stunning wedding was at St. Mary's church followed by the reception at Westhill Country hotel which is a fantastic family run reception venue with stunning gardens
Commercial shots at the waterfront
Nadine and Simon got married at the Sacret heart church and held their reception at Cardington House. This is my last wedding at Cardington as it has now returned to being a private residance.
Julia and Adrian's fantastic wedding was held at La Mare vineyards which is a stunning location for a wedding with the lovely grounds and orchid gave us some fantastic opportunities for shooting the happy couple on their big day!
Denise and Kevin's amazing day in the grounds of La Mare vineyards
Denise boogying in the wineary at La Mare
Mike and I decided it would be fun to go over to London and do a fashion shoot in the middle of Regent's street and other famous landmarks - We only took a minimum of kit of a couple of Nikon D800's 14-24mm 2.8 zoom and a 85mm 1.8 the Quadra and a manual flash gun with wireless triggers, despike the modest ammount of kit we got some fantastic shots!
This shot of Katalin was shot at mid day with natural light only you can get fantastic portraits at any time of the day if you control the quality of the light
This shot of Sky was lit with just a small manual flash hand held to the side and triggered wirelessly
Sky shot at St.Paul's cathederal
Kim and Andy's fantastic wedding was the largest in terms of guests and took place at St. Ouen's church and reception was at the Royal Yacht hotel
Kevin relaxing before the ceromony - can't be bad :)
Anna and Tom's magical wedding at Gorey church
Nadine getting ready at Cardington house
Clara and Mickael's beautiful wedding took place at St. Andrew's church with the reception at the fantastic Westhills country hotel
Kim with her dad before setting off to the church
2 Comments
Dec 28, 2012, 7:10:46 AM
Colin - Thanks very much Andy much appreciated!
Dec 28, 2012, 6:25:26 AM
Andy de la Cour - Superb work Colin, I am so impressed by the variations and use of lighting.