Editing your pictures.
Mar 9th
Hey Guys.
I haven’t made a post for a few days so I thought it was time to do one. Tonight I’m going to go through my usual editing process from taking the pictures at your wedding, to you receiving the final product printed at the end. I take great care and time on my pictures, hence there is a editing time before you even see your pictures from your wedding day ( Please note this is only usually about a week ). Below I have 3 of my steps from my editing process. If you click on any of the 3 pictures they will show a larger version.
1. Straight from the camera
This is a image from a wedding I done a while ago at St Mary’s Church in Southend-on-Sea. I purposely chose a shot that wasn’t a well exposed and “correct” shot to show the way my editing works.
2. The proof
This is how the proof will look that is uploaded onto your own private gallery on the website. I will make sure the picture is correctly exposed, curves, levels, fill light, saturation, vibrance and contrast. If you click on the larger image, you will notice that on the proof picture I haven’t done any work on the skin (blemishes). This is only done to the pictures that you choose. The reason being is it can take a lot of time and my aim is to get the pictures back to you as soon as possible!
3. The final product.
Once you have chosen the photos you would like to order, they are then completely re-edited. This means that I can spend a serious amount of time to get the photo to my high standards. Just a few of the things I will spend time on include: Skin blemishes, whiten eyes, teeth, smooth skin etc etc. As you can imagine, if you are ordering a lot of photos this can take quite a while. But I usually give an average turn around time of around 2 weeks until you get your photographs presented back.
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So that is a basic explanation of my editing process. I actually find it exciting improving the photographs and seeing the beautiful shots I end up with.
Some of you may be keen on shots that are black and white, sepia or have some colour selection in them, so where do they come in? I only change pictures into one of these colour tones if I think it improves it. Although now and then I am not sure which I prefer so there may be a chance that I just upload both for you to choose yourself.
Charity work for Great Ormond street hospital – Updated.
Mar 2nd
Friday’s dinner at Southend high school for girls was a great success, and the girls that organised the night managed to raise £4000.00 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Joe Thomas (Simon from the inbetweeners) was there to help the night run smoothly, and also took the auction to help raise more money for charity. He also did the raffle, and posed for pictures with fans. Here are a few of the photos I took during the night. The rest of the gallery can be found here.
Charity work for Great Ormond street hospital
Feb 25th
On Friday, I am photographing a charity event, held at Southend High School for Girls. The charity they will be raising money for is Great Ormond Street Hospital. It is a suit and tie/dress formal night, where there is going to be a dinner, auctions, and live music. I was approached by an old work colleague, who has organised the event along with her sister, after tragically loosing a close friend in a accident last year.
Also Joe Thomas, who plays Simon on the channel 4 comedy the Inbetweeners will be there giving his support to the guys running the night. This is something I am really happy to get involved with, as they do such a great job and change so many people’s lives. Some of the pictures of the night will be coming on here, so keep checking over the weekend and at the beginning of the week to see some of the photographs taken during the night.
Josie’s 16th
Feb 25th
Last Thursday I photographed Josie’s 16th birthday party at Room 24 in Southend on Sea. It was a fancy dress party, where the guests had to dress up as people or characters from TV, Films and Music.
The birthday girl Josie, chose to dress as Lady GaGa and she sang one of her songs, Bad Romance, during the night. (She was great!) 
Here are a few shots I took on the night, the first picture is the birthday girl, in her GaGa outfit!
The rest of the pictures from the night can be found here. If you are interested in hiring me for your own event, please click on the link below, which will take you to my main website and give you all the details.
Laura’s 18th – Updated.
Feb 19th
Ok on Tuesday night I photographed Laura’s 18th at Bar Victoria, Southend-on-Sea. I had a great time, maybe too much fun, as I should be hard at work? Below are a few of the images from the night.
Here is the rest of the gallery.
Since photographing Laura’s 18th, I have also photographed Josie’s birthday party at Room 24 in Southend. Those pictures will be edited and online in the next couple of days.
Laura’s 18th – Bar Victoria
Feb 16th
Tonight I am photographing Laura’s 18th birthday party at Bar Victoria, in Southend-on-Sea. Below is a link of where the photographs will be uploaded on Dont Stay In.
For more information on my event photography services please see my website.
I will be uploading some of the pictures onto here during the week, to show you some shots of the night.
School Prom photography.
Feb 15th
I have started to take bookings for photography at School Proms for this year. This can be either before at your house, arrange a location for us to meet or when they arrive at their Prom.
The School Prom is a great time to get some beautiful shots of your son/daughter/grandson/grand-daughter when they are dressed up very smartly for once .
The cost is just £40 for my attendance with a free mounted 10″x8″ picture. You will then be able to purchase additional photos for yourself, or others.
This is an event that they will remember for the rest of there lives, so why not get some great shots to keep those memories vivid!
Southend wedding photographer – Testimonials.
Feb 12th
Hi Guys,
A couple of weeks ago I made a post about Mike and Mandy’s wedding, at St Jame’s the less church in Hadleigh, Essex. Since then I have received a lovely note from them so I thought I would share their kind words with you.
Thank you so much for making such a wonderful job of our wedding photos, under very difficult conditions, freezing weather, poor light, and makeshift photo area! All of which you dealt with very professionally. You helped to make our day go smoothly, and give us a fantastic record of our wedding. I am sure they will be admired for years to come, and help to keep our memories vivid.
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Mike and Mandy Jopson, Hadleigh, Essex.
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I always enjoy getting good feedback from customers, and if any of you would like to see more you can find them on the Testimonials page, here.
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Also just a quick note. Don’t forget about the valentines day special offer studio shoot I am running at the moment. Here are the details from the previous post:
Struggling for idea’s of what to get your partner for Valentines day? I am offering a special offer for a photoshoot with 2 FREE MOUNTED PRINTS, one for you and one for them.
This offer is just £40.00 with the two photo’s of your choice from your own private gallery professionally printed, 10″x8″ and mounted.
Click here for my contact details.
All bookings must be made by 14th Feb 2010 and shoot must take place by the end of Feb for this offer to count.
Party/Event photography
Feb 10th
Its half term next week already! Wow doesn’t time fly! It was only Christmas the other day? But anyway, I have got 3 party bookings within 4 days over the half term period, so there will be some new galleries being uploaded on here, and my don’t stay in, in the next week or so.
I cover a range of events, from birthdays, to engagements, receptions and club events.
Having a photographer at your event is a must! During the night I will capture some of the special moments of the evening you may miss!
Prices are as follows:
Coverage for the night with photos on Don’t Stay In =
£50.00
Coverage for the night with photos on Don’t Stay In and a CD ROM =
£60.00
Each additional CD ROM=
£10.00
Please note, I can also be booked for nightclub events. I have photographed in some of the largest nightclubs in Essex, London and Kent! Please contact me for a quote.
The veiw across the bridge
Feb 8th
Here is another shot from the latest wedding shoot I done at Prested Hall, Colchester on the 5th Feb.
It is quite a common picture at a wedding, so I have added a bit of a twist to make it different! I hope you like it.
Southend wedding photographer covering most of Essex and East London.