A few more from earlier in 2017

Before proceeding with a few of the wedding photographs I'd just like to show you a few more taken with my Canon EOS 1100D prior to the wedding while I was still getting the feel of the new camera.

These are from a walk along the River Derwent from Derby to Darley Abbey on the day following the ones I took in the previous post at Sawley in March 2017.  The first two are of the former Silk Mill alongside the River Derwent in Derby.

The next one is of Darley Abbey Mill a couple of miles upstream of the Silk Mill.

Also a greyscale version of the same image.

Now for a few from my first wedding shoot in April 2017.

Firstly the respective cars that delivered the Bride and Groom to the register office.  Cropped from a larger photograph.

'Emma' (the Bride) waiting anxiously to be called in to exchange her vows.  Converted to greyscale in post processing.

"You may now kiss the Bride!"  Cropped from larger photograph.

One from the obligatory outdoor posed photograph session.

Another posed kiss in the BMW.

Bridesmaid's bouquets at the reception.

Finally, cropped from a larger image, 'Russ' (the Groom) displaying his new wedding band during the first dance.

So there you have it; a few from my first wedding photography job.  Both the Bride and Groom were delighted with what I'd done for them.

Look out for the next blog post full of photos and little text, where I will return to my photography passion of countryside and landscapes.

A few from earlier in 2017

So I'll start with a few I've taken earlier this year with my Fujifilm S1600 bridge camera on a ride out to the Derbyshire town of Belper in February 2017.

Please note, I've reduced the size of all these photographs to quicken the upload process.

The River Derwent in Belper.  Belper is one of the birth towns of the industrial revolution, a mill town, or was a couple of centuries ago.

Also from Belper, below, another of the River Derwent, showing the old cotton mill building, taken downstream from the previous two.

Lastly from Belper (for this post at least) another showing the bridge in the left centre of the first image, but closer to it and from a different angle.

Next, a few from the spring with my , new to me, Canon EOS 1100D DSLR camera; I was still getting used to it at the time.

Before photographing the wedding in April 2017 I spent some time walking along sections of the rivers Trent in Nottinghamshire and Derwent in Derbyshire playing with the new camera to get a feel for it.
The image of Beeston Weir, on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, above, was taken using a Cokin P ND filter on my Canon DSLR and converted to greyscale in post processing.  Among my first attempts at long exposure shots with the new camera, and the best of a bad bunch.

The two below are from March 2017 taken with the Canon DSLR.  Trent Lock, where the Erewash Canal meets the River Trent near Long Eaton in Derbyshire. Trent Lock itself is where the three counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Leicestershire meet.
I particularly like the way the white building n the first image is reflected on the water of the canal.

From Trent Lock I walked upstream along the River Trent to Sawley, Derbyshire.
The first Image below is of Sawley Marina which, being on the south side of the River Trent, is actually in Leicestershire.

Walking a bit further upstream from the marina I managed to capture the next two images.
The first is looking over the River Trent towards Sawley, taken in Leicestershire, but the river acts as the natural boundary between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; Sawley is in Derbyshire.  The water in the foreground of the first one is actually flooding in a field.
The second one is on the Leicestershire shore of the river a little downstream of the bridge in the previous image.

I think that's enough for this post, I'll show you a few from my walking along the River Derwent, and of the wedding photographs from April 2017 in the next post.

Thank you for looking.