Pete Norton: August 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Hey everyone.
Welcome to another norton photography I had a great time last week. I was asked by our local Asda store to help them out with their charity fund raising events and so went along with my mobile studio to photograph the best Baby and Toddler of the day event. Well I started at 9am and 67 babies later at 4pm I was able to pack my gear away. It was manic. We manage to raise about £350.00 on the day so I was really pleased with the out come.
On Saturday I went down to High Wycombe where my 15 year old niece Melissa was performing in a dance troupe at the Wycombe Swan Theatre. She had only been given ten days to rehears but wow! she was amazing, so professional I was blown away.
I had the great pleasure of meeting the beautiful Melinda Messenger. She was in town on personal business and dropped into the White Hart Hotel for lunch. Never being one to miss an oportunity to talk to a georgious girl I was able to get a couple of shots of her with myself and Alan the hotel manager before she went for walk around the town centre with her family.
I would like to extend a very warm thank you to her as she was so friendly and welcoming which for a celebrity with her status is rare. If you read this Melinda and you are in town again in the futre please look me up. I would love to do lunch with you. Maybe you could visit the Norton Photography studio for a family portrait. LOL!

Melinda Messenger

Melinda Messenger with Alan the White Hart Hotel's Manager

Melinda Messenger and Me!!! :@)

Monday, August 17, 2009

Hi every one.
Welcome again to the Norton Photography blog Yeah I know it's been a while again. I've got no excuses I just get so busy that when I get the time to blog I don't think to do it and when I think to do it I don't have the time. It's a week excuse but hey it's the truth! Any way what's been going on at Norton Photography? Well The camera club I put together is really coming on. We have been meeting up every other Monday since November and the membership is getting quite large now and I've had quite a few enquiries in the last week so watch this space we could end up taking over.Ha Ha!
I took a group out on a Norton Photography street shoot a few weeks ago. Everyone had a real blast. I've put a couple of images up for you all to have a look at. Congratulations have to go out to Laura who came on one of my night school classess about a year ago and has stayed with me ever since by joining the camera club.She also went on to sign up for further classes as well such as basic studio lighting and fashion. Well she had her first paying portrait sitting last week and I have to say her images are fantastic. She was asked to cover a children's shoot on location at their own home which can be very tricky as you never know what equipment you need to take and Laura still only has the bare basics. Needless to say she was superb. All the images she showed me I would be more than proud to hang on own my studio walls.
Well done Laura
It's also Big Ups for Ann Bugg who came along on one of my camera familiarisation days about six months ago. She had bought a new camera as she was getting a little tired with the performance of her point and shoot and wanted something she could take control of. Well a couple of weeks ago she held an exhibition of her Sunset and landscape images. All I can say is Ann your a very dark horse. You have surprised everyone at the club. We all wish her every success with the sales of her prints and postcards.
As you will see from the street shoot images Natasha is getting on great. We have been working on her portfolio and she really is fantastic a model.
On the subject of models I would like to introduce Eva.
I was at a my good friend Leo's party last weekend and got talking with her. She told me had always wanted to get into modeling but wasn't sure how to go about it, if she was good looking enough or even if she had what it takes. Well answers on a postcard please. NO SERIOUSLY! Let me know what you think and I will pass on your comments.