Monday, September 07, 2009

Me with Clio & Petra

It has been a hectic few days! The library has been reallybusy with children trying to finish off the Summer Reading Challenge and in addition to that we had our last wedding of the year on Saturday. Luckily the rain held off and we had a wonderful day - the couple were absolutely lovely as were their respective families, the venues were great and they even had a horse & carriage! As you may know, I am completely camera-phobic and always avoid having my photo taken but I sneaked a moment with the horses just before they left and I just had to have a photo in case I never get the chance to photograph a horse-drawn carriage again! (Thanks to Robin from "Your carriage awaits" who very kindly took the photo for me!) If you are in the Cheshire area and know of anyone considering a horse-drawn carriage for a special occasion, I'd give them a call. The horses are incredibly well trained and posed beautifully for the photos! They were also impervious to my flash going off in their faces! The carriage is beautiful and the drivers so smartly turned out and helpful.

Yesterday we braved the Trafford Centre to buy Kate some clothes as a "well done" gift for her exam results. As usual i sat for ages in Hollister, people watching and holding clothes for Phil, Kate & sian. I'm too fat for Hollister clothes - Phil, who is slim, can only JUST fit into their extra-large t-shirts! But I did actually buy something; some Hollister scent which is gorgeous!

This final pic is just a grab shot I rather liked. I love the beautifully soft OOF backgrounds I get when I use my much loved 70-200 mm lens.

Now I must procrastinate no more and get on with editing - only another 544 shots to go....

7 comments:

Akelamalu said...

I absolutely love that photo of you with the horse and carriage! The last photo is super too, very Vogue! :)

photowannabe said...

Hi Julie, I like your portrait and glad you decided to have your picture taken. Great shot of the hat too. Very chic.
Happy editing....

mrsnesbitt said...

Great picture Julie, you have a lovely smile.

Annie said...

Looking very lovely there Miss Julie :D I'm glad the wedding went well. Good luck with the editing, I don't envy you at all. Looks like it was a lovely venue for the wedding too.

BTW, love the shot of Sian a couple of posts ago. ;)

Annie xxxx

Dianne said...

you look beautiful
and happy

love the hat shot

Scriptor Senex said...

Great shot of the hat! And glad you allowed us a glimpse of you, as well. The horses look beautiful and it's always good to hear of a recommendation. (Not that I'm thinking of getting married again - I don't think Jo would approve!)

Lori Schmidt (LoriProPhoto) said...

Julie I LOVE this shot.