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Closed for a short while – but back soon

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:00:16 +0000

UPDATE: With some luck I should be back soon! We have just heard that UK airspace should be open soon! In the meantime, If you have any queries or bookings, please email me on my alternative email – simonkemp@mac.com

The Best Camera

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:23:02 +0000

I’m a big fan of Chase Jarvis, an American photographer who coined the phrase “The best camera is the one you have with you”. The fact is, I don’t often carry a pro SLR camera when I am not working and if it wasn’t for the brilliant invention of a camera in a mobile phone, I wouldn’t take as many ‘off duty’ pictures as I would like.

Of course, the quality of the phone camera leaves a little to be desired but just being able to snap those little moments in life is a wonderful thing.

Here’s a few recent iPhone images.

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EDITED TO ADD: I decided to start a little tumblr iPhone photo blog – you can see it here.

Happy Christmas from Hyde End Studios

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:54:50 +0000

Happy Christmas and all the best for 2010 from Hyde End Studios. We are looking forward to an exciting year and have some great new products and services lined up. 2010 will be my 17th year of shooting weddings and I am as excited as ever about the coming year. Stay tuned…

A new Wedding Supplier Video

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:44 +0000

So sorry to steal the James Cameron/Avatar thunder but I’ve just posted a new video supplier interview with Richard Wakefield of fxfilms.co.uk

Not surprisingly I have *no* ambitions to shoot video professionally (one quick look at the footage will tell you why)! but I hope that you find it useful if you’re planning a wedding next year. Comments? Please let me know via the button below.

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:40 +0000

Welcome to the Hyde End Studios weblog

It’s here I post pictures of the amazing weddings, portraits and other events I am lucky enough to photograph. You’ll see from my site that I have a relaxed informal style of photography, I like to capture those real moments and candid images that you will come to treasure. My blog goes back years so feel free to have a trawl through the archives.

Even when I am not working I love to take photographs. You can check out my little tumblr blog of iphone pictures if you have a minute.

If you haven’t done so please take a look at the galleries and other pages on my site and if you were at a recent event you will find the pictures by clicking on the ‘clients’ button above. As always, drop me a line if you need further information and you can of course call me directly on 0118 9885088. Bookmark my RSS feed (click the little purple logo next to the search box) to get the latest news and special offers. Thanks for visiting.

Happy Birthday Blog!

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000

So it’s a whopping five years since my first blog post. I think it was probably uploaded from a ZX Spectrum or something, it seems so long ago. It’s funny how blogging, twitter etc. has become such an integral part of online life, it seems impossible running a photography business without these tools. At the end of the day however, my product comes down to the tangible hand made print, album or frame. I don’t think these things will ever change. None of us really knows how digital media will change but I think that photographs of our younger selves, our loved ones (whether still with us or not) turn into some of our most treasured possessions. Here’s to the next five years.

The Big Blog Book

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:15:00 +0000

I’ve been blogging now for quite a while and thought it would be fun to make a book of blog pictures. I took a few hundred and had a hard back book made from them. It’s a really nice idea, almost like a diary of my work over the past year or so. I think I’ll do one of these every year now as a record of all the great people I’ve been lucky enough to work for. Ask me for a look at it next time you are around.

Email down :(

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:42:00 +0000

Yet again. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please email me via simonkemp@mac.com if you’re trying to contact me.

Thanks.

Happy Christmas

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:54:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who I have worked with this year, I’m looking forward to 2009 with some exciting new products and services in the pipe line.

Have a happy and peaceful Christmas :)

New Blog!

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:51:00 +0000

My blog has had a facelift, courtesy of the talented Zofia. I hope you like the new simplicity of it. It’ll be tweaked a little over the next week or so but comments as always are welcome.