Wedding of Tina and Chris

Well, what a scorcher this Easter weekend has been (so far!) and the weekend for me started out exciting AND hot!

I had a fantastic time at Tina and Chris' wedding this week and captured a really beautiful day, in every sense of the word.  The pictures are looking great (although I still have lots to go through!) but I'm really looking forward to delivering a photo album which I know will make them really happy.

The passion and energy that goes into weddings and into my wedding photography really does shine through the images and it's truly an honour to get to be the person who documents these special occasions.

I'd like to thank Tina and Chris, their family and friends for being such good fun and for making the whole day such a joy to shoot.  Congratulations to a lovely couple, I hope you have a wonderful honeymoon and I look forward to speaking to you very soon.

All the pictures will be available on www.garyhibberd.co.uk in a private gallery once Tina and Chris have reviewed them.

RECORD: America's Next Top Model...

Now, I'm not much for watching TV... I don't like 'Coronation Street' or 'EastEnders' and I'm not really into watching serials (I try and watch, but end up missing one or two shows then lose the plot!).  But one show I do record and watch is "America's Next Top Model".  Personally I think the format is more staged than "X-Factor"! But it's a great way to see how top models conduct themselves, both in front of and behind the camera.

As you'd expect, many of the models have a very high opinion of themselves and talk about 'cat fights'! Wow... they can bitch! But there's no denying that when they step in front of the camera these people sparkle!  Hitting different poses, giving emotion and feelings through their looks, bringing the mundane to life.  It's all there on the screen for the world to see.

I would advise any photographer to record and study this show as it can help inspire you to new levels.  But this said, I would definitely advise models to watch this show.  It's amazing just what a model needs to 'bring' to the studio when they're thinking of having a shoot; Clothes, make-up, hair products but most of all they need to bring 'themselves'! Personality, attitude and ideas are all useful things to bring on a shoot!

Two recent shoots I had with Liam and Karene were excellent examples of how to approach a shoot.  Both came with a good selection of clothes to try different looks and both brought their personailty and 'attitude' to the shoot.  The result was a fun shoot with fantastic pictures.  Oh... and these are NOT professional models! (But they should be, because many aspiring models could learn a lot from them!)