Maggie Philbin at CrossFit Reading

An exciting morning for CrossFit Reading as Maggie Philbin and BBC Radio Berkshire dropped in for a workout! More pics on the facebook page...

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CrossFit Strength & Power 2010

A stunner of a weekend and it couldn't have been better for shooting this years' CrossFit Strength & Power meet! Hosted by CrossFit Reading at Tadley Rugby club and in association with FK.UK, photographing these events is fast becoming a regular, and very enjoyable gig for me. This year saw a great turnout of both athletes and spectators, and the events, ranging from a seven and a half tonne truck pull to one hundred kilo atlas stone lifts, proved both challenging and enjoyable for the competitors who 'smashed it up' a treat! There was no shortage of photo ops and I well and truly got carried away - thank God for digital! It was also great to see Joel from Men's Fitness mag back for more! Watch out for his take on it all in an upcoming issue. Full set of images can be viewed via the facebook page. Enjoy...

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Jennie & Mark

This month saw the beginning of our wedding photography season with our first booking of the year and what a fabulous day it was! Having been buried under degree assignments for the last eight months I was really looking forward to Jennie and Mark's special day, and even more so when a mutual friend told me that Jennie was really excited about the photography! The sun shone, the bridal couple were radiant and the guests had a great time amusing themselves with doughnuts, pick 'n' mix and our evening studio. Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Slade. xx

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Welcome to Spirit Pictures brand new scrapbook!

Welcome to Spirit Pictures' SCRAPBOOK! Here you will find out about all the things Spirit has been getting up to recently! I will begin with just a quick note about who we are. Spirit Pictures is based in Berkshire in the south of the UK. We are a small business specialising in wedding photography and bespoke album design. We have a fresh, vibrant approach to photography and in essence, we set out to 'capture the spirit' of our clients. So whatever your photographic needs, Spirit Pictures would be delighted to work with you. We look forward to meeting you soon...

Fight Night!

A new experience presented itself to me this weekend - the boxing! I have never been to watch live boxing before and when Alex and I were invited along to support one of his friends I jumped at the opportunity of a new subject to add to my growing sports portfolio. I was delighted when, upon our arrival, one of the coaches got me an 'access all areas' wristband which enabled me to position myself ringside! I proceeded to snap away during the matches and had a great time chatting to the tog from one of the boxing magazines who was covering the evening. I stayed away from the flash and shot on an ISO of 1600 to try and emulate the classic pictures I have seen of old greats such as Marciano and Foreman. I was well and truly chuffed with my efforts and even more pleased and flattered to see some of the competitors use my pics on their Facebook profiles!

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Crazy Composites

Having decided to complete my Imaging Techniques assignment on a Christmas theme, I was delighted with the huge amounts of snow that fell over the holidays whilst I was in the middle of shooting. I was able to make use of nature's background to create my very 'cute' artefact - a book of Christmassy poetry with illustrations. So here are a few of my experimental composites from BA Imaging Techniques - assignment two...

The Strength & Power

This month saw the very first CrossFit Strength & Power invitational event take place at Tadley Rugby Club. I was very pleased to be asked to wear the 'official CrossFit Reading tog' hat and had a blast snapping all the action as the competitors made their way through the events. From anvil lifting to truck pulling the day was awesome and despite the weather there was a great turnout of support for the athletes. The event was a real success and will be repeated next year. In the meantime you can view the full shoot from the 2009 CrossFit Strength & Power on my FB page by clicking part one or part two.

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