Hope everyone is all prepared for Christmas. Feeling a bit smug as for once Christmas Eve will not be part of my shopping calendar. End of the year and thinking back on all the things that have happened to me personally and of all of the new people that I have been lucky enough to meet. So many aspects this year seem to centre on photography. What a surprise !! This month saw the end of my six month business mentoring with Jeffturnbull and a great six months it was too. Have arranged to keep in touch via monthly meetings with other students from the course. I feel 2011 is going to be a good year for Headlineportraits and for me and I'm really looking forward to the challenge of new exciting prospects and trying new ideas.
There is so much for which to be grateful in my life............
Two entrants were chosen from my recent wedding photography pictures competition in the local newspaper. Entrants were asked to give their most uplifting stories on their route to the wedding. Both of the two couples had compelling and heart wrenching stories. One had their wedding booked for 2010 but chose to cancel when the groom-to-be lost his mother due to a short and intense battle with cancer. They used their wedding money to pay for his mother to get married due to her rapidly developing illness and any balance was then spent on paying for her funeral. The wedding is now rebooked in 2011 but they had no money left for the photographer so I am able to supply that service to them and am more than happy to do so.
The second couple had an entirely different story. This relates to a young girl who had always wanted to be an Air hostess. She held onto her dream into later life and finally achieved those dreams but it all collapsed when, coming home from her job, she had a critical car crash which meant she could no longer work for years. Her partners business then went bust due to the recession on top of the extra financial burdens. She has now battled back to health and is graduating as a teacher, hoping to get married next year. This stoical couple deserve some good luck and I hope my wedding photography bonus, although small, will give them a small boost. So as I said, it makes me feel very fortunate.............
I am planning to run another competition early next year though this time it will be aimed at helping small new local businesses with marketing and PR images. Early days but watch this space :)
Have a Great and a very Happy Christmas......and stay safe.
Steve
http://www.headlineportraits.com/
