Joanna Pearce Photography

NEW BLOG!!!

2008-05-15T20:18:00.004+01:00

Sorry no bloggy for a while but I've been sorting out my new site and new blog.

The site address remains the same http://joannapearcephotography.co.uk/

The new blog address is:

http://jopearcephoto.bigfolioblog.com/

Please divert all your attention to my new blogging home and I promise to blog more often!!!!

Baby Model

2008-04-11T18:27:00.004+01:00

I was called in for a lightning speed shoot so that this young lady could have some new images for her portfolio! Ok a bit of an exaggeration but watch this space this baby is going places, I'm hoping she'll be a real diva and insist on working only with me.

Show Album

2008-03-08T10:44:00.003Z

Album design

Thought I would show you a copy of my Show Album for this season. I have just sent off the order 'real thing' but hopefully this gives and idea of the designs I use.

Can I just say a HUGE thanks to my mate Stewart Randall, a talented wedding photographer himself, who did all the techy stuff allowing me to post this slideshow. There's not enough room in my brain for the technical stuff it's too full of shoes and chocolate!

Before & After!

2008-03-07T12:14:00.004Z

I thought I would take a moment to show you how the professional photographer can 'massage' an image to make their clients look their absolute best.

The image on the left is straight out of the camera. The image on the right has had a skin smoothing technique used on it as well as the colours and contrast boosted for best effect. I use these techniques to greater or lesser extent on my clients images and I believe it makes the difference from a great to an outstanding photograph, subtle yet significant changes.

Italy

2008-03-03T17:01:00.004Z

Gill looking great at 18+32 years experience!
Daniella
Multipulchiano
Karen
I have just come back from a couple of days in Italy. It was a surprise visit for my friend Gill who reached a milestone birthday on Thursday 28th. Karen, Bruce and I flew out to Perugia on Wednesday and were waiting in her living room when she got home from the school run. She was shocked and very pleased to see us and we had a great couple of days. Gill and Adrian are currently renovating a house and some holiday lets near to Multipulchiano and the last time Bruce and I saw it there was no roof and it was really difficult to get a perspective on how big it would be. They are about 6 weeks away from moving in now and expect to have their first guests this summer. All I can say is WOW. It is gorgeous, even in its semi finished state. Adrian is planning on running courses there over the winter, he is a very accomplished runner, and we even talked about some photography sessions. Any artists looking for an inspiring retreat need look no further.

Hope you had a great time in Venice Gill and we'll be over again before you know it!

Billie

2008-02-21T14:19:00.004Z

As promised here are the rest of the images from my shoot with Billie - all that watching Americas Next Top Model has paid off!!! (She'll kill me for that comment).

Family

2008-02-13T11:14:00.003Z

I like it when clients are specific - mum and dad knew what they wanted and where they wanted it to go! Good job they had such photogenic children.

South Woodham Ferrers Rugby Under 11's

2008-02-11T15:25:00.001Z

PK's knees!
Alex kicking
Ahh - my baby is in the middle of that scrum!

I don't venture out on Sunday mornings very often but this Sunday was so gorgeous I thought I'd go and watch Angus and his team play. Hard as it is I have to try and resist the urge to batter the big boy who has just tackled my baby then I find myself screaming at our team to put bigger tackles in! Come to think of it that's why Bruce wasn't keen on me watching when he played. I did enjoy it but don't expect to see me down there again this season.

Billie

2008-02-09T19:37:00.001Z

Billie asked me for a picture of her for her BEBO site so we had an impromptu shoot. This is her fav so far. I will edit them tomorrow and post the best of the rest - she's growing up so fast.

Snowdrops

2008-02-08T11:13:00.001Z

I can hardly believe it - early Feb and I have snowdrops in the garden. It's another gorgeous day today and after this I'm off to ride my neddy (Finn). I'm a bit of a fairweather rider wimping out when it's too wet or windy, or cold come to think of it! No excuses today.

Baby Mia

2008-02-06T10:58:00.000Z

Baby Mia is going to be a work in progress! This was meant to be a family portrait but with both parents up til at least 3am the night before because Mia was teething neither felt up to appearing in front of the lense! Not wanting to come away totally empty handed I took a few shots most of which involved Mia's thumb in her mouth - I couldn't resist though because she is so gorgeous.

Hani

2008-01-26T14:14:00.000Z

My lovely friend Hani needed a new headshot for her work ID so I persuaded her to do a spot of modelling for me! The first image is her ID shot the others are just for fun. Hani is an Equine Vet, beautiful and talented - don't you just hate her! Acutally no, I love her to bits and wish I saw more of her.

Happy New Year

2008-01-18T13:06:00.001Z

Self Portrait!

My beautiful boy.

OK so I know it's a bit late to be saying Happy New Year but it's the first time I've blogged this year so there you go.

I had to take a picture of myself for a photography group that I belong to based in the US (check it out via DaneSanders.net) and so sat in my kitchen trying to get the window light on a particularly gloomy day with my camera at arms length. After a bit of photoshop massaging this is the one I am happiest with. The picture of Angus is just cos I love him.

As this is really the down time in a photographers season I'm going to set myself a project to photograph something a bit obscure to try and stretch myself. As we have a proliferation of electricity pylons in Essex I'm going to try and make them look beautiful. Please if you have any suggestions let me know.

Seasons Greetings

2007-12-22T13:31:00.000Z

Here's wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I still have errands to run myself with frames to collect and deliver and all my own wrapping (and still some buying to do).

I would like to thank all my clients over the past year together with my family and friends for their support. A special thanks to Stu C, you are a dude!

I'm looking forward to 2008 both personally and professionally with changes coming to my branding, website and blog included.

Love Jo x

The Pet Clinic

2007-12-17T14:26:00.000Z

As you may be aware readers I have a thing for animals so when the team at House & Jackson's new venture 'The Pet Clinic' asked me to photograph the pets of some new clients I was happy to oblige. They weren't too wriggly, although the cats were not generally impressed but let's face it they never are!

Bill & Monty

2007-12-14T13:38:00.000Z

I am so very proud of my children today. Little Monty (Arrow in previous pics) was the last of our puppies left and we had taken the decision to keep him, named him Buddy and had an official love in to welcome him to the Pearce clan. The very next day I received a call from Bill's wife Barbara asking if they could have the puppy. Bill lost his own dog about 6 weeks ago and I had asked him if he wanted a puppy but he declined, saying that at his age it was too much work and too soon after Mo going.

Bill is very special to us as a family, he is a kind of surrogate grandad. He looks after my dogs if I'm going to be out all day, picks my kids up from school when I'm stuck and has done other odd jobs over the years too numerous to mention. My parents live too far away to help at short notice and Bill is always there when I call.

We never planned to keep a puppy from this litter but as soon as the switch was flicked in our brains that 'Buddy' was staying with us it was heartbreaking to think about giving him up. After the initial tears and slammed doors, we sat down and had a talk about how we felt and how Bill and Barbara felt and what was most important to us. I knew it had to be a family (for that read childrens)decision and they didn't let me down. After 10 minutes we got in the car with the puppy drove to Bill's house and delivered his boy to him. Later that night when Angus was going to bed he said 'We did a good thing today didn't we.' Talk about setting me off again! I'm so proud of both Billie and Angus for being so grown up.

As you can see from the picture Bill and Monty are very happy together and we are very happy about that!

Boys will be boys!

2007-11-26T19:57:00.000Z

I had a great time with these guys, charming, well behaved and gorgeous - my type of client!

Even the best behaved kids need to let off steam and a trampoline is a great way to do that. Things started to deteriorate into WWF wrestling though and so I left them to it.

Newborn

2007-11-14T18:06:00.000Z

Look at that face - she's not impressed.

This is my youngest subject ever - fact! At just 10 days old she was surprisingly co-operative, well when she was full up that is. I am set to document her growth over the next year and am delighted to be doing so.

Ahh, thankfully I'm not feeling the slightest bit broody - honest!

Amy & Rob

2007-11-06T18:20:00.000Z

I wish I could say we were in California in the autumn sunshine but then there would have been no need for the coats! Also as Amy pointed out they probably would have been called Mindy and Brad and not looked quite so pasty - her words not mine. I think they look great and make a very fine couple and how unusual to be able to find a vineyard in deepest Essex in which to have a shoot anyway.

And They Said It Would Never Last!

2007-10-31T11:21:00.001Z

20 years ago today Mr P and I said I do. The witch was a present from my mother for Bruce and I think she's aged well.

Happy Anniversary hub x

Let me Introduce to You

2007-10-31T11:08:00.000Z

Lulu
Sheriff
Arrow
Rolo
And lastly mum Molly and the feeding frenzy. All of their eyes are open now and they are starting to heave their huge tums off the floor. In a week or so they'll be really interactive and I know I won't get a thing done!

Baby baby

2007-10-20T20:16:00.000+01:00

This gorgeous little girl was such a good model, such beautiful eyes and, considering she is only 10 weeks old, there were no tears or tantrums. Note to self for next time though, don't believe the mum when she says she won't pee - luckily for me it was on her sofa and she laughed as much as I did!

Sleepless Nights

2007-10-20T16:31:00.000+01:00

We have 4 new additions to the Pearce household and although I am not their mum, or their Grandma as my kids keep insisting, I am suffering from a bit of sleep deprivation. I have been a bit lazy on the posting front because of this, I have however just done a fab baby shoot and will post on that later this week. Back to check on the babies now - they are such a good waste of time!

My Little Brother

2007-09-29T18:27:00.001+01:00

Some little brothers are annoying, this one is just plain cute! I was driving my own kids to school past this field everyday when I got a call asking for a shoot in a field of linseed (small blue flowers) and of course not only were they not in bloom they were also no longer subsidised by the government and so off most farmers planting schedule - ooo get me I should be on Country File! Anyway poppies in a field of rapeseed to the rescue. The thing about being a photographer is that every view is a potential backdrop!

Billie

2007-09-18T16:58:00.001+01:00

When you are a photographer and your kids are nagging you to take some new pictures of them you really don't have any excuse!

Urbane Incidentals

2007-09-18T16:13:00.000+01:00

Last Friday saw me in varies fields in the local area shooting bags! The brief was to get shots that would be different from your average accessories shoot and I think I succeeded, even getting the local farmer in on the act with his tractor as an accessory to the bags
Some of the range is based on the camoflage colours of the Indian Army and are great to photograph. When Urban Incidentals goes live I'll let you know. Thanks to Stuart and Rick for the commission.

Anna & Jon

2007-08-25T11:44:00.001+01:00

The Reid Rooms in Chelmsford were the gorgeous setting for the marriage of Anna & Jon. It was a real treat for me as I got to snaffle some food and drink which was very welcome and delicious! Congratulations to the happy couple, it was a very emotional day with great speeches that had me fighting back a tear or two - not a good look for the photographer.

Sisters

2007-08-24T18:38:00.001+01:00

Beautiful girls who made the whole process very easy for us both! I know tradition says with little girls they should be smiling and laughing all the time but we went for the mean and moody look and I think the results are great with all of them having amazing eyes. Ok, we went for laughs in the end but even super models need downtime!

Corinne & Mike

2007-08-17T17:14:00.001+01:00

Congratulations to Corinne and Mike who had a gorgeous sunny day for their wedding at Braintree Registry Office. I hope they enjoyed their shoot in the middle of the town afterwards and thanks to the members of the wedding party who literally stopped the traffic for us!

Showmaker at Verden

2007-08-12T14:27:00.000+01:00

Sorry I haven't posted for a long time, the reason is simple - I've been busy, busy, busy!

The following pictures are from a trip to the World Breeding Championships in Verden, Germany with my clients (and friends!) Garry and Verity. Garry had been selected to represent GBr in the 5 year old section of the young horse championship with his stallion Showmaker. Despite an arduous trip (20 hours) and having to attend to his other 'duties' before leaving home Showmaker aquitted himself well with a placing in the consolation final on Friday 3rd.

I have also had 2 weddings and a portrait shoot in the meantime so more to follow on them shortly.

Hindu Wedding Ceremony

2007-07-31T19:08:00.000+01:00

These are some favourite shots from the ceremony of Esha and Kan. I was there to get some detail shots for my friend Tushar Shah. Thanks to all it was a beautiful day.

Minstrel

2007-07-24T12:41:00.000+01:00

A commission for a gift for this lovely old lad's owner has resulted in some beautiful images that will represent him in the years to come. Horses can be difficult subjects, my biggest problem on the day was the horse flies biting me!

James and Max

2007-07-19T16:52:00.000+01:00

Sometimes all you need are moments

to catch the look you want, thank you

boys for giving me those moments. x