Be My Bear

Today was my daughter's 5th Birthday party and she had 11 of her friends around to the house for a Be My Bear Party. Carolie Hart was the party organiser and she did a fabulous job of keeping 11 girls entertained.

It was quite a party seeing 12 toy bears being assembled in my sitting room. All the bears also came with a birth certificate, clothes and a special carrier bag so each girl went home with a new best friend.

I highly recommend Catherine Hart and her team - more details of her parties are included at Bear Party Zone. I think this is a great idea for weddings where there are lots of children to entertain.

Please note the above group photograph was taken with permission of the parents except one girl who has been digitally removed from the photograph as I did not have a model release for her.

New Photo Cart

Very busy programming and installing a new secure commercial shopping cart.

Come Mid May I hope to have a secure shopping cart such that all my commissions will be password protected and all purchases of prints / canvases / albums can be made on-line.

This is part of my 2008 business plan for improving customer service. Please watch the blog for more details.

Katy and Richard

Today I met up with Katy and Richard for a pre wedding shoot at Keavil House, Dunfermline. These pre wedding shoots allow us to go over the couples plans for the day and pose for a few photographs.

Some of my favourites from the pre wedding shoot are shown above all taken under the shade of a mature tree in the hotel grounds. I have several weddings at Keavil House this year and I am very much looking forward to them.

Gold Rush

Another trip to Ruddon Point near Earlsferry and what must be one of my favourite spots on the Fife Coast. The location is desolate, the sea surges and swells around what is an old lava flow from a long extinct volcano, the wind whips across the rocks and there's nothing but the roar of the ocean.

In the distance are two peaks which are the hills local to me - West Lomond and East Lomond. On days like this I almost feel like a prospector or a pioneer, seeking that gold nugget, a landscape photograph that one day may become iconic for this area.