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As promised, some more pictures of the adorable Poppy, who was three weeks old when I got to photograph her. Poppy was definitely the most relaxed baby customer I’ve ever had, so relaxed in fact that we couldn’t really get her to wake up at all during the session! But I think her chilled attitude kind of adds some extra cuteness to the proceedings.
Meet Poppy, who defines the term ‘chillax’. :D More later.
It might seem like a bit of a departure for me to be taking pictures of jewellery, but there is actually a wedding connection behind these images. Melanie was a guest at Eleni & David’s wedding, and as it happens, she also designed Eleni’s wedding ring, the earrings she wore on the day, and David’s cuff links. After she saw the pictures I took at Eleni & David’s wedding, she contacted me to ask whether I’d be interested in photographing her jewelery, as she felt my style would be a good fit for it. It certainly was a first for me, but I must say I really enjoyed the experience, not least because I absolutely adore Melanie’s pieces, and I hope to be working with her again in the future.
Here’s a snippet from a press release about Melanie’s work at the upcoming Goldsmiths’ Fair.
“The Goldsmiths’ Company has awarded Melanie Eddy a Graduate Bursary to take part in this year’s Fair. She is one of ten recent graduates who are being supported by the Company at the Fair as they encourage new talent in the trade. Melanie will be showing in Week One of the two week event, from the 28th September – 4th October.
Goldsmiths’ Fair is now in its 27th year and continues to showcase both established and emerging British talent in contemporary jewellery and silverware. 90 designer-makers will be exhibiting during each week of the fair.
Melanie creates sculptural jewellery using applications of historical and contemporary geometries as tools to explore the relationship of form to the body; through new applications of traditional approaches she aspires to reinvest jewellery with some of its historical, symbolic power. She is currently introducing gemstones into her signature faceted style with a colour palette inspired by both the lush greenery and sea blues of her native island of Bermuda and jewellery of early civilizations.
To see Melanie’s work visit Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2V 6BN.”
You may remember that I took author portraits of Michelle Lovric back in May. Well her new book, The Undrowned Child, will be published tomorrow 2nd of July. It’s Michelle’s first foray into children’s literature, but it’s definitely not just for the young ones. In her own words the book is for:
Go check out the fun website, complete with some excellent sound effects. :D You can order your own copy of The Undrowned Child through Amazon.
A while back I asked Kat, of Rock ‘n Roll Bride fame, to take part in a personal photography project of mine. She was all up for it, and I’m really pleased with the results (which can be seen in my personal portfolio). Somehow Kat managed to persuade me to also take some portraits of her with balloons (despite me protesting about balloons having been done to death :P), and these shots are what came out of that session. It was a blindingly bright and super hot day, not really ideal for an afternoon shoot, but I do like how a fair few of these came out, and I guess I’ll have to admit that the balloons are pretty cute. :D Also, doesn’t her hair just kick some serious ass!