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AndrewCockerill

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Okaaay where the hell can I begin.

First thing I can say is that in 2011 I have been 100% more hands on with my photography. With the help of an old friend of mine, I have personally seen a leap in my photography. Image for Image I am more proud of the images I've taken this year than I think I ever have, and once I get my Canon 430EXii then Im hoping that will take me up to the next level again.

Tuesday I will be meeting up with :iconnathanrandle19: with a few models and a whole day of shooting around the Chirk/Llangollen area. Should be a lot of fun. The main reason for us meeting up is so I can give Nathan a basics workshop in portrait photography (use of reflectors, diffusers, posing and composition) so what better oppertunity to hit the beautiful canals and waterworks of the area and possibly get some more photos for my Portfolio.

In other news work is also on the plus side. I've got a couple of weddings lined up for this year. One in June and one in September. Ive got a couple of family portrait sessions so far booked and am the togger for both the North Wales Boat Show in July and Ysgol y Moelwyns end of year Prom in May. My ultimate goal for this year is definitely to be able to tell Portmeirion that I only want to work part-time and will be able to work on my photography part-time too. I live in hope!

Lastly I just want to say thank you to everyone who has viewed, favourited and commented on any of my work!! It really is greatly appreciated :)

Thank You,

Andrew

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50mm f1.8 Portraits

New Year ID by MdblAz87   :thumb118089148:     Josh by roxics

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Okay. Now I'm really looking forward to Thursday's shoot. I've got some ideas in mind.

After seeing some photographs by one of my biggest influences, Everett Jelley, I've gone out and bought some christmas lights to try my own twist on his photo "Bubblegum Smile" The idea is to have the model roughly halfway between me and the lights in the background, and hopefully using depth of field the lights in the back will "Bokeh" and create a pretty interesting setting. This will be the first time really I've had a chance to properly experiment with lighting, it is definitely one thing that Jelley has inspired me to improve on. The lighting in nearly all his photos are shit hot. Its spot on and really makes the images pop. Plus experimenting with lighting is something I've always wanted to do but never had the chance to do so because of restricted space. Thursdays shoot really should be an experience.

So all in all everything is slowly falling into place. I'm getting more shoots, I've almost got enough money saved to buy myself a Canon 5D and my portfolio is starting to take place. I'm just waiting to hear now from the bride and groom of the wedding I took in September to see if I can use some of the images for samples and I got a couple of shoots lined up for the new year. Looks like 2011 will hopefully be a busier year!

: )

Andrew

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Okay...

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Okay. Yes. Okay. Its been a couple of months since I last updated but everything's been hectic as per norm. Work has been flat out but finally finally finally my photography is picking up. I've got a wedding booked for september and got a couple of shoots lined up ready to do in the near future. Halle-fricken-luja!! Because of work at the moment theres not really much else been going on. I aint really been able to go out and take pictures (hence why there aint been an upload for a while) But I'm hoping also that a Sigma 10-20mm Lens will be coming my way. so I know now as soon as I get that lens. Photos will be coming thick and fast. So not much of an update today so this was maily to let ya'll know whats to come :)

And before I finish this blod too I just want to give a massive shout out to my amazing girlfriend who is THE most amazing person in the world. If it wasn't for her I'd be in a lot of trouble by now. She's an absolutely, amazingly gorgeous person. She's My world and I love her to bits <3

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I've done a fair few miles this week. But I shall start from the start.

All tuesday and wednesday last week I spent a lot of time on Deviantart. Went through thousands of pictures commenting, criticizing and critiquing. And personally to be perfectly honest, didn't realize there was so many fantastic photographers here on Deviantart with little to none page and deviation views! What's up with that? Personally I think it's a crime!! I'll feature one of these photographers at the end of the journal.

Thursday to Sunday we stayed in Sheffield and Chesterfield. What an awesome few days. Me and Becs in mostly our own time (except for my nan with her shouting and waaaay too loud TV. She really should wear her hearing aid) It took us nearly 6 hours to get there. It should only take 3 and a half. But the amount of times we had to stop (Had to remove the towing eye from a breakdown a couple of months ago, had to stop for fuel and realized I had no water so had to fill that up, on the motorway the Oil light came on in the dashboard so had to make a detour to a garage as soon as we could to fill up on oil. we got stuck behind lorries on the way there and we had to stop for food) But for all the times we had to stop, I still enjoyed the journey! On Friday we spent just over 6 hours in Meadowhall Shopping Center. Spent more money than I should have, but what the hell. I was on holiday!! :D Well when we realized we'd just been to one of the biggest shopping centers in the UK, we realized we hadn't spent enough so we went back for a couple of hours on Saturday. Got to love it! Unfortunately we didn't have much time to go out and take photos so I will be going down again in the summer to get some Urban shots. I. Cannot. WAIT!!

And D-day is finally approaching. I'm back to work on friday :( this 3 and a half weeks has gone way too quick. We've had snow, ice, torrential rain, wind and at one point we had sun. Its been an eventless few weeks really except for Sheffield. Just a shame I didn't just put up with the agony in my knees and just gone out to brave the weather to get shots! But ah well. You live and learn. So thats my ranting over for this week. Just want to say a big thank you to everyone who favourited my work and added me to their watch list.

Thank you people, and see you about.

Andrew


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Weekly Feature:-TheJelley



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Square Thought by thejelley    The Bandit by thejelley    Nancy Drew by thejelley    Harvest by thejelley   

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Monthly Feature:- Newcastlemale



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Northumberland Landscape 3 by newcastlemale    Bamburgh Castle 7 by newcastlemale    Roughting Linn Waterfall by newcastlemale    Dunstanburgh Castle 7 by newcastlemale    Waterfall 2 by newcastlemale  


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Real Life Friends Feature:- Zombryn


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Parasites by zombryn   :thumb130701908:    Stylized Museum by zombryn    Spaceman Set by zombryn    Suits by zombryn


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My New Stuff:- Me :D


Pre speech nerves. by AndrewCockerill    Happy ', by AndrewCockerill    Window to the Soul by AndrewCockerill   :thumb150795459:   Becs 2 by AndrewCockerill
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Okay, as the title says *clears throat* It's been a while people! It's been nearly a year since my last journal entry. Don't know why but ya know! being a scatty busybody I've just not had the time to update. So I'm going to keep this short and simple.

2009

To be honest wasn't a fantastic year. Way too much shi'ite going on. Won't bore you with the details. But the last quarter of the year was ace! Met my fantastic girlfriend and had so much fun for the last 3 months of 2009!!


2010

Okay what we got to look forward to for 2010? got cash flow coming in and thanks to the missus has helped me get out of the shit so I'm looking into buying the Sony A700. Hopefully a couple of weeks and it will be mine!! I'm going to be really putting my head down with my photography. Unfortunately its just going to be my bit on the side at the moment so I can get my fat arse out of Portmeirion for good. Ooooh yes and I'm going to read tons more books!! At the moment I'm Hooked on Tess Gerritsen novels!!! Highly recommonded if you've never read her stuff :D


So yeah for the time being thats it. But before I leave what I want to do is feature a different photographer. This month it will be :iconnewcastlemale: newcastlemale

Here's Some of his stuff:-



Northumberland Landscape 3 by newcastlemale    Bamburgh Castle 7 by newcastlemale    Roughting Linn Waterfall by newcastlemale    Dunstanburgh Castle 7 by newcastlemale    Waterfall 2 by newcastlemale    Dunstanburgh Castle 2 by newcastlemale
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