North Devon Wedding Photography :: North Devon Portrait Photographer
Do I need to add words to this picture. Didn’t think so.But on a side note has every man and his dog decided that this weekend would be a great one to get their wedding plans sorted. Have done nothing but answer emails from potential clients. All I can say is good on you guys….
Went for another walk today down at Saunton beach, thought it looked a bit black out yonder as we started out walk, then spotted all the kite surfers getting off the water, about 2 mins after this picture was taken the storm front let loose it’s best, got caught in a serious hail / rain…
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Well the storm finally arrived, it was forecast for early morning but it wasn’t until this afternoon that it really started to get up. Took a drive along the coast road over looking Saunton and this was the view, had to shoot from inside the van as it was too windy even on the tripod…
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A couple of minutes from my house is this old building overlooking the point between Croyde and Saunton, with the impending storm coming this weekend I thought I would get out try to get at least one shot outdoors this weekend, so here it is.Overlooking down end point and oysters reef.Tweaked in Lightroom only, curves,…
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Another Thursday comes around and it’s another image from the Fire Station.. This time it’s of me helmet. Oh, er. Have taken a load of others which when time permits I will get them uploaded to my flickr account.
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…..Even if I wanted too. Got a shed load of post pro work on this week now in preparation for some up coming wedding fairs, so very busy getting everything ready. Bit of a poor excuse for not getting out and taking a decent shot today but I promise to try harder tomorrow. Honest.
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I had today’s shot all planned perfectly, a nice stereotypical shot of a cup cake with a lit candle in in it to symbolise the wife’s birthday, and just before setting the shot I am down on the floor teasing my boy and only starts to crawl. Not very well mind, but there is forward…
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Finally found 5 mins to put this beauty down and take a picture of it. I always thought my previous lenses were good but having used this for just over a week now it makes my previous Sigma lenses look like kit ones. She’s lovely, she’s so lovely. Shot with Sigma flash gun 1/2 power…
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Either I have become a photoshop god over night or today I made rainbow bread. Am well pleased with my culinary efforts. It was pretty simple really but very effective. Simply make your normal bread dough mix either in the machine or by hand, just before you leave it to prove for an hour divide…
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awesome shot, will need to try that with the bread too – looks fantastic.
no title there though 
Cheers for that. It tastes the same as bread but with the colours it looks like it should be sweet. Here’s the recipe I followed.
Ingredients
* 1 1/4 cups water
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 1/2 cups flour
* 1 1/4 teaspoons yeast
For bread machine:
Measure ingredients into baking pan in order given. Set for dough cycle. When the dough is ready, proceed with “To Colour” below.
For hand mixed:
In a large bowl, Disolve sugar in lukewarm water. Add yeast. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Stir. Add 1 1/2 cups flour and salt. Mix vigourously for at least 5 minutes. This will reduce the kneading time. Add balance of flour 1/2 cup at a time until dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
Turn onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes. Cover dough with a clean tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 1/2 to 1 hour, until it doubles in size. Punch down to remove all air bubbles.
To Colour:
Divide dough into 3 or 4 equal parts (one part for each colour desired). Poke a hole in the dough with your finger. Put food colouring into the hole. Use a little (5-6 drops) for light colours, more for bright colours. Pinch the hole closed and knead the dough for 5 to 10 minutes, until the colour is well mixed in.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out very flat. Use a little water to moisten the top of one piece so the next piece will stick to it. This is very important if alot of extra flour was used to keep the dough from sticking during kneading. Roll the dough into a log and place it in a greased and floured bread pan. If you do not have a bread pan, it can be placed on a greased and floured cookie sheet. Let rise for 45 to 60 minutes. More rising time will produce a lighter bread, while less time will result in a denser bread.
Heat oven to 350′F. Bake bread for about 25 minutes. Remove bread from pan immediately when done. Bread should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom. If it does not, it is not cooked yet. Cool 10-20 minutes before cutting.
cool thanks for that, will maybe need to give it a go soon, walking up to freshly made bread – nothing beats it 
i love our breadmaker
This was taken on Saunton beach this morning, car temp read about 1′c but with a stiff offshore breeze it felt more like -10′c. That’s one very brave soul walking back to his car after a surf.On a side not I am loving my new L series len. This was shot into direct sun and…
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For Socks.This is a real convoluted way getting my picture to tell a story but it’s there trust me.If I said it had to do with a guinea pig dying would you believe me.Honest it is. My Guinea Pig died today and it was called socks, thought this was a fitting shot, rather than post…
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Thursday nights are always drill night down my local retained fire station, so what better subject matter than that.Image was converted in LR, the tone mapped in Photomatrix, then run through PS to add a few other tweaks. Also shot on new lens 24-105mm f/4 L with iso @ 1600, it was handheld at around…
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Brrrrrr… Chilly……Thought it best not lug my new lens around today in the -5′c temperature we had first thing and typically today was a prime day for capturing a shot you don’t see that often. Oh well at least the camera on my mobile is reasonable. This was taken on the Strand in Barnstaple looking…
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From feeling blue to be being blue. Chuff it is cold tonight. Just sat here going through today’s images from a cracking walk at Westward Ho! watching the surf as I trod on frost on the beach at midday!, as I noticed the outside temperature. -4.5′c when the picture was taken but as I upload…
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Feeling blue….. I am a little today. My wife went back to work after a year off , my little boy is not well and none of us are very happy, so I thought a shot of caffeine, sweet bread and my favourite mug all tinted blue courtesy of Lightroom and PS would suit today’s…
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by Matt Fryer
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