The Foreverly Fun Family Search is ON!!

We are looking for the Foreverly Fun Family!

It's been a bit damp & gray lately so... it’s the perfect time for us to find the Foreverly Fun Family! We want to offer a fun family the opportunity to have a professional family shoot! We are looking for and accepting nominations or applications for or from families that would like to be the Foreverly Fun Family!

What can the Foreverly Fun Family expect? We will offer an hour or two of our time (at a location to be determined), a 12x8 professional print selected by our Foreverly Fun Family. The Foreverly Fun Family would also have an on-line gallery of their session to share with family and friends, a 25% discount on anything purchased through their on-line shopping cart, a disc of images printable up to 6”x 4” in colour and black & white.

How do you apply or nominate a family? Send us an email with your name, address, telephone numbers (home & mobile) and why you or the family you are nominating is the Foreverly Fun Family! The nominations or applications need to be received by February 28th 2013. The restrictions- we would prefer as a minimum a family of 3 and family is defined as immediate family members only.

Anyone 16 or older can apply and the Foreverly Fun Family search is being conducted by Foreverly Photography and the Foreverly Fun Family will be selected by Foreverly Photography.

Foreverly Take 2 Shoots!

What is a Foreverly Take 2 Shoot? Well let’s have one of favorite brides ever tell you in her own words what a Take 2 Shoot is!

"Upon first hearing that I was going to be able to put my wedding dress on again, I was so excited.  Although Tim and I had only been married for five months, the dress was still in my mind as we were at the stage where we were looking through all our photos again ready to pick some out for our new photo frames. 

I was envisaging how I would feel when I put it on again...and when I did, it didn't disappoint - it just felt very special.  I could see myself stand up straight with my head held high and I felt like a bride.  Seeing Tim in his wedding suit also made my heart miss a bit - I was reminiscing about our wonderful day and the fact that we are still so happy together (even though we've been together for nine years!).  The swish of the fabric, the sparkle of the dress and the train - you never forget just how special your wedding dress is." 

Much love. xxx”

Kate & Tim’s wedding was a very special wedding for us. Our daughter was just 7 days old when they got married!  We thoroughly enjoyed the privilege of documenting their special day!  To get to work with them again and see just how much in love they are was a real treat indeed!

Please enjoy a few photographs of this lovely couple on their Take 2 Shoot

 

We hope Kate & Tim enjoyed their Take 2 Shoot as much as we did!

As always Thank You for stopping by!

For information on a Take 2 shoot please drop us an email at

rick-vanessa@foreverlyphotography.co.uk

or give us a bell at

07923 408 556

 

Cherished Forever- A Cause We Believe In…

As Photographers, Vanessa and I want to do all we can to involve ourselves in our community and be apart of what is happening around us. As parents we want to take ownership in our community and be apart of what effects our friends and neighbors.

To that end we have opened our doors to charities and the Cherished Forever is one of those charities we absolutely believe in.

Why? The service that they provide is not profit motivated, it is a service that offers comfort and compassion to parents who have lost their babies, children and loved ones.  There are no words of comfort that can find their way through the years. As sympathies are left behind with the march of time, just moving forward creates a void. What Cherished Forever does is march with time, offering the lasting remembrance of that very special life that was lost. A remembrance that  can be touched, held and carried with but never replace the loss.

I had the privilege of working with Beth Hawkes the other day and I want to share her words as well as the work we did for “Cherished Forever” with you.

“Cherished Forever was formed following my husband and my experience of losing our son Nathaniel who was still born at 22 weeks.  Having a lasting memory of our son brought us comfort during an incredibly difficult time and our personal and unique keepsakes remain to keep Nathaniel close to our hearts and that of our families.

As a charity we offer to help parents who are going through similar circumstances deal with their grief.  We provide all the hospitals in the Southern West Midland Newborn Network NHS Trust, with beautiful wooden memory boxes containing identical teddies (one for baby and one for parents) with hand knitted blankets and hats.  In addition we offer to create silver pieces of jewellery using baby's hand and foot ink prints, providing an everlasting memory.

We are in the process of setting up our website and as a charity we are always looking for help with everything we do.  Rick and Vanessa kindly offered to help us with photography of our boxes and jewellery to display on our site.  Thank you especially to Rick who took time out of his day yesterday to spend an hour taking the pictures and then edit them ready to collect today - talk about service!!

Now we have all our wonderful shots it wont be long until our website is up and running, please give us a visit at www.cherishedforever.org . In the meantime if you would like any further information about what we do or want to help us in anyway (if you or someone you know knits or crochets we are always looking for people to help make the blankets and hats), then please get in touch with me on 07877 906 009.

A huge thank you again to Vanessa and Rick for their help, it is very much appreciated!

Beth x”

Please find below some of the photographs Foreverly Photography did for Cherished Forever

 

As always Thank You for stopping by  

If you think that you could help the good folks at Cherished Forever then please give them a call and if you think there is someone that could benefit form their services please don’t be shy and give them a referral.

Time is short…

One of my Mentors David Anthony Williams is on a mission to educate folks on just how important  family photographs are. There is a slide show at the link above with his name. Please take a little time to enjoy it. After spending three days with him I can tell you he is one of the most genuine, generous and kindest people I have ever met. Vanessa & I share his passion and want to do our part!

I lost the person that had the biggest impact on my life a few years back to colon cancer.  Elliott Green was a friend who very patiently taught me some of the most important things I have ever learned. A favorite question he always asked me was “life’s a marathon, why are you sprinting through the first turn?”  He taught me to stop rushing past all the beauty in my life. To savor the days, hours and even the minutes.

When we look out every morning on a new day we should have a firm place to stand. That place is the past, who we are, who we were and who we want to be.

So how about committing a time to building your families place to stand? Yes time is short… make your memories  timeless. 

A few photographs to hopefully make my point

 

Have a great day!

As always Thanks for stopping by!

rick-vanessa@foreverlyphotography.co-uk

07623 408 556

Digital Negatives- Do you know what’s on your Disc?

Color Correction! Do you color correct your photographs? If your asking “what’s that” or “how do you do that” you may not be aware of just how important that is to your digital negatives!
Yes I said Digital Negatives   So you get a friend to shoot your wedding and they put all your images on Disc just like we do So far so good… well so far so good if they caught all the right moments, framed and composed your images properly and even better if they had off camera lighting to capture the best of you & your soul mate without all the harsh shadows of an on camera flash!
However… are those images that you have on Disc now in a format that has been color corrected, blemish removal such as dust or heaven forbid a pimple or two been tended to? Are they cropped in a fashion that allows you to use them or will you need to do some editing of your own?
The Digital Negative is the image you get on the disc – what format are you getting the negatives in? Maximized or just out of the camera? Everything in the days of film went to the lab to be processed and developed. Digital goes into the computer lab and is processed by the photographer of someone sub-contracted to process them. It is so very important to get those images in the correct format so you can print them and get the absolute best out of your photographs!

The Reds are Reds and The Whites are Creamy

As Always Thanks for Stopping By!

Adrenalin Rush Anyone?

 

Sometimes you need a cold slap in the face to get motivated! Or alternatively you could do a turn on the ropes at Closer To The Edge! They are absolutely the best when it comes to running courses for team building and self confidence.

They have a few different experiences and a quick check of their Web Site will show you just what a great experience can be had. We went to one of their locations and covered an event by providing photographs of the participants as they participated in the confidence courses!

We are always available for this type of photography! Getting outside and climbing and covering our clients in these confidence building courses is a thrill! If you have an event that you would like us to cover please don’t hesitate to contact us! Having proof of just how brave you really are is never a bad thing!

Closer To The Edge !

Wedding Packages?

Vanessa is brilliant!

We have always had a variety of photography packages for our wedding couples to choose from. They are intended to help them chose their photography coverage. There are so many possible combinations of albums, coverage hours, and services it sometimes felt like we were pushing our couples towards an existing package.

So…what was Vanessa’s brilliant idea?

 The Foreverly Wedding Photography Planning Calculator!    

 

New for 2012 - Vanessa developed this easy to use, self explanatory, custom calculator. It gives our couples the control to plan their photography coverage. You plan the length of the coverage, the type and size of the album and how many photographers to cover the day. Input that information and it will give you the cost of the wedding photography coverage you want.

We are always available to help you tweak package if need be to further maximize your budget.

Family Photography Question

How many Family Photographs do you have that every one is in the photograph? Who is usually behind the camera? Mom or Dad?

Some one missing from a family photograph means it’s not a family photograph… it’s a photograph that has every one in it but a family member that is critical to that family and the composition of that family.

It’s really difficult to recreate moments when you don’t have everyone in the photograph. What the heck was Dad thinking wearing those pants? Or those crazy sideburns he had that year. The point is the person behind the camera should not be a person that belongs in the photograph.

I know there are occasions other than Christmas and weddings  where the whole family gathers together and we cover those events! We love doing family reunions or family gatherings. It isn’t something that requires a huge amount of time. Each family has access to all of the images online and on disc and if each family is splitting the cost it really is a value you can’t pass by.

 

Family Fun at Jinney Ring

Another fun family shoot at Jinney Ring! This family is one of the first families I shoot with Vanessa when I came over before I moved here. The Steads have three beautiful children now and there were only 2 when I first met them, well to be fair the little one was due so I guess it was 2 1/2 children

The kids are happy and full of energy and the two older siblings love their little sister and it really shows! When it came to getting the little one to smile they were right behind us making faces and noises and thanks to them we got some great shots!!

 

 

Thank You to the Stead family for sharing some time with us!