The Folded Page

We recently spent an afternoon hanging out with the lovely Rosy from The Folded Page taking some photos of her beautiful books. If you need a really special present you should get in touch with her, for some custom initials or a special date. If you like what you see why not "like" her on Facebook too?

More weddings online...

Have you checked out our weddings section? Theres's loads of weddings on there- and two brand new ones today! 

Christ Church Selly Park

We've been helping Christ Church Selly Park with a project to document their church life in their lovely new building. Thought we'd share a few of the photos with you lot, there's some from their church gatherings, house groups, coffee morning and art group.

You can see more about our work with community organisations here.

Risen

Risen is OIKOS Community Church's bakery training course for homeless young people. Last week we witnessed their brownie fest. We weren't disappointed. Find out more.

Urban Countryside

Happy Birthday Mum

Today is my Mum's birthday. We'll be eating and walking in celebration. And showing her this video from The Kid President:

Knit Night

Knitting, sipping and chatting last night. Next up 20th June, at The Deli In Boldmere.

What I Wore... on my 25th birthday.

Day Time

Night Time

Martin & Mary's Wedding Preview [Fazeley Studios, Digbeth]

Birthday Camping

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Burning House

His: Tiamo hand coffee grinder, The Oxford Book of Madrigals, Biffy Clyro The Vertigo of Bliss, the party elephant, Monty the Mouse, our Moroccan teapot and our Ukelele. 

Hers: A picture of us from 2004, wedding ring, engagement ring, Dad's wedding ring and a family ring from my 18th Birthday, the note Malc used to propose to me, house keys to my mums, Duck, our family's sound machine, our scrapbook from Australia and my favourite handmade cushion.

May's [DEVELOP] Challenge

Clayton Bond, Via

For 2013 we're got a challenge to set you each month, something to get your teeth into to help you [DEVELOP] your photography skills. Some of them might be familiar concepts to you others we hope you'll never even have heard of, but by tackling them we hope you'll try out something you wouldn't have done otherwise. 

This month's challenge shouldn't require to much planning. Just imagine this: you're sat at home and someone shouts,

" Quick there's a fire, we need to get out, the house is burning down! "

What do you grab as you leave the building?

Firstly remember it's just a game! Then gather up all the things you'd save and take a photo. That's this month's challenge.

We based this on theburninghouse.com which is a fascinating collection of people's "what I'd grab" photos. They see the photos as a one question interview, what does your photo say about you. You should check the site out, but maybe wait until you've chosen your own items, so you do it your own way.

And why not go ahead and submit your photos to the project, if you have a close look you might spot one you recognise!



Don't forget, to join in with the project follow along in this Facebook group or use #developproject on instagram and twitter. 

[DEVELOP] Project meet up!

May's [DEVELOP] challenge will be up tomorrow (in time for the weekend!), but before that we'd like to announce our first meet up! #superexcited

25th May from 3.30 pm

We're going to be meeting in Birmingham city centre for some group photo challenges. We can offer each other loads of tips and tricks. We can grab a bite to eat and get to see each others faces. If you're interested in coming drop us an email or Facebook inbox message and we'll send you the details.

Most of our participants are Birmingham based, but if you fancy travelling in to meet up pop us a note and we can help you with directions and suggest somewhere to stay. If its too far why not give us a shout, maybe next time we can plan something nearer to you!

Can't wait to meet you!

Dreaming of... A Real Garden

Grape hyacinths, box frame wall display, peonies, mossffitti, a dining area and a beautiful copper fire pit.

I'm dreaming of a real garden, not a big one, just bigger than the three windowsills we have the moment. In it we'd plant: flowers that could be cut and given as cheer-up gifts, herbs that wouldn't have to be watered every second day and some fun mossffitti. I'd love to have a space to feed guests and hang out with a beer... a fire pit would be an amazing bonus. 

Failing all that I'd settle for some indoor garden improvements.

A cut flower chandelier, tables to extend window growing spaces, hanging test-tube light and flowers, dozens of loosely tied roses, hanging spring bulbs and a colourful cactus garden.

Hannah & Anthony's Wedding Preview [Aylesbury Wedding Photographers]

Kathy's Birthday: Part 2, Party Time

Kathy's Birthday: Part 1, The Family Photoshoot

Flash- results

Are you taking part in our [DEVELOP] Project? How are you getting on with April's challenge to get friendly with your flash?

A couple of weekends ago we had some time away with Nom's family in Wales, perfect opportunity to try out some flash! Below are some shots with fill in flash or bounced flash using an on camera flash unit. What do you think?

#22: No Congratulations

Even the cake was in tiers is our series tips for weddings. The title comes from an overused and not so funny wedding speech joke, "It's been an emotional day...". What advice did you wish someone had told you before your wedding? We're collating all the etiquette and expertise here.

I found out this odd little piece of wedding etiquette a few weeks ago from our friends who just got engaged. I wonder if you've already heard it. According to tradition when a couple get engaged and married its only proper to congratulate the fella and not the girl in question. Instead you should just give her your best wishes. It's to avoid sounding like you didn't expect her to get such a nice chap, on the other hand you can congratulate him on catching such a sweet lady.

What do you think? I don't think I could hold in any congratulations to our friends male or female!