What started off as an email enquiry for a wedding and a few phone calls, Robbie and Nicola decided that Steven Brown Photography would be the photographers for their special wedding at a fantastic venue which will offer up some amazing photograph opportunities. The venue is the wonderful Airth Castle.

Meeting with Robbie and Nicola for the first time was as relaxed and calming as I thought it would be. Having never met the couple until this time, we decided to shoot a mini engagement session to mark the meeting and also to give something to the couple who had travelled up from England to meet the wedding planner and myself.

Having a look around the castle and the grounds, we have a good idea of how the day will run, and the timings will be set in place.

This is going to be a great wedding with such a great and happy couple who I guarantee will have such an amazing day with photographs and celebrations.

Thanks Robbie & Nicola, it will be an honour to share your day with you

Steven

With Lily being on her best behavior and getting through the photo shoot no problems, we decided to put Birdy on the music in the background and Lily loved it, gently drifting off to sleep so we could continue with the photo shoot. Both mummy and daddy were also so well behaved and it turned out to be one of the most gentle and emotional photo shoots I have ever shot, with mummy and granny in tears.

It truly was a beautiful and gentle way to start my morning, and I am truly honoured to be covering the first year of Baby Lily’s life in the world.

Thanks guys, and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.

So without any further delay, here are a few shots of Baby Lily, Kayleigh and Liam.

It was a great pleasure meeting these people all over again and having a laugh with them during the photo shoot. When I left the village Gail had not long had “Baby Tammy”.

It is official, I am now OLD !!!!

Here is a little snap shot of The Martin Family. It was a pleasure having you guys visit the studio.

Thank you.

Paralympic Hopeful - Stefan Hoggan

Paralympic Hopeful – Stefan Hoggan

Yesterday I had the honour of meeting and photographing a charming young man, called Stefan Hoggan, from Auchtermuchty, on the final day before he was jetting of to begin intensive training

A Paralympics 2012 hopeful has received financial help and support from Rowlands Pharmacy in his bid to qualify for the Paralympic Games in the discipline of swimming.

 Nineteen-year-old Stefan Hoggan from Auchtermuchty will travel to the London Aquatics Centre in March for the British Gas Swimming Championships (Olympic/Paralympic Trials).

Stefan was born with his lower right arm missing.  His mother started to take him to disability swimming lessons when he was three years old and he then joined the Glenrothes Swimming Club.  Three years ago he joined the Carnegie Swimming Club which is where he trains now for over 20 hours a week coached by John Szaranek.  Stefan is also receiving support from Disability Sport Fife and Fit & Happy Personal Trainers.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Stefan all the best of luck with his training and his bid to qualify for the Paralympic Games in London 2012.

Finally the full moon arrived and I got time to try something been wanting to try for years but never got around to it.

10pm arrived and off we went. Rigged up some old Christmas lights and some LED lights, some cables, some small battery packs, wrapped up warm since it was -3 degrees outside and off across the park to see if we could get it done.

We messed around for couple hours and was starting to get the technique right when the cables holding the lights snapped and the lights went off … it was pretty funny.

So messed around with the torch and the kids names, and then decided it was time to go home. The interesting this was that the camera kit performed really well considering the conditions. The lens hoods and tripods were covered in ice as they had been sitting outside while the long exposures were produced.

All the shots were between 20 and 50 seconds long, which will lead me to my next attempt at shots as I have just ordered some LED Poi Kits to see if I can get the next step right. We also need to find some interesting locations that are free from albient light and will be scouting about for that too.

If you know of anyplace and want to help or get involved in this fun project, get in touch by leaving me a message or getting in contact.

Watch this space, I may get some play time again soon

Steven

If you want to see a master at work in Balls of Light and Light Spheres …. follow the link and prepare to be amazed !!

http://www.arttherapyblog.com/artwork/photography-and-light-painting-inspire-denis-smith-to-create-balls-of-light/

With the Christening in the morning held at St Marys (Dundee Parish Church) with all the family from both the Urquhart and the Duke’s and the extras from the Brown’s (mine) … lol … we all sat through the Sunday service while Baby Chloe was Christened.

After some lovely messages to the family and the hymns sung, the family and friends moved onto Monifeith Golf Club, where a buffet lunch was prepared and gifts were handed out to the family and friends whom were involved in the day.

Having my camera handy, I snapped away some memories of the day for Rebecca and Russell to capture some family shots in a relaxed manner.

After a few hours, it was time to leave, and we all headed home, although i feel that the Dundee lot will take a wee bit longer than us Fife lot to go home.

Baby Chloe was a wee gem on the day, having many photos taken with friends and family and never once did she complain. A true angel and loved the camera …. bit like her mum actually …

Congratulations to Baby Chloe and parents Rebecca and Russell Duke.

Hope to see you guys again sooner rather than later.

Steven

While looking through the diary and planning what I needed to do, which mainly involved many To Do points regarding updating the website images, I was flicking through some folders that I have still to process. I come across one of my son Sam and his daily new hobby.

The hobby for that day was guitar and I remember him saying that he wanted to learn to play guitar !! Oh joy another noisy fad coming into the house … lol

Anyway, while messing around with Uncle Gregors guitar, he soon got bored, but i captured it on camera for the record.

It just goes to show that photographs no matter if taken a week ago or 20 years ago, still give you that little moment where they take you back and you remember, and no doubt smile about how lucky you were that it was a fad and the screeching of guitar strings escaped you … for this round anyway.

Till next update, see you guys soon

Steven

Here at Steven Brown Photography as we head into our 8th year and moving upwards and in new directions with the work we did in 2011 for the new PR agencies which have used us, to name Graylings, Smarts, and Indigo, and the press work for Johnson Press Group, it certainly was a busy yet highly exciting new direction for us.

Our wedding clients have all had a great experience with us, and the photographs from the 2011 weddings will be done and uploaded to a new gallery for public viewing, and also some images to the blog for all to comment and write testimonials for all our new clients who have already booked for 2012 and 2013.

The new studio is coming on fantastically and it is around 98% complete, and if it wasn’t for the festive shut downs I would have the materials to complete it, but what’s another week until we get it done !!

So, here we are, wishing you all the best for 2012, and we are looking forward to investing our time with you, working with you to exceed your expectations, fulfil your dreams, and make sure that when you need the images for your marketing, PR, advertising, sporting event, portfolios, or even possibly hire our new studio for a period of time, and also making sure that when your big day comes, you will take comfort from the knowing that we have it covered for you and will keep you right.

Thanks again for the past 8 years. It’s you, our customers, clients and friends that make each and every day worth while.

See you all soon.

Steven

Studio Progress To Date

Towards the end of the wedding season, we decided that although we had the studio in Kirkcaldy, it wasn’t in the right location, so we decided that since we had plenty space in the grounds at the house, we would convert a space into a new studio.

Things have been ticking along nicely, and if you fancy a look at what we have been doing, take a look at the slideshow here on Flickr, which will be updated as we make progress.

All being well, it will be finished for Christmas, ready for the New Year, and lots of new clients photographs to be taken.

I hope to see you all soon.

Link to slideshow:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbrownphoto/sets/72157628036057489/show/

In the local village we decided that even though it was dull and windy we would jump into the woods behind the house and see what we could come up with. I am sure you will agree that they make a beautiful couple and I hope to see and hear from them soon for their wedding.

See you soon guys