Just last week we had the “Posh and Beck’s” of the Scottish Photographic industry (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) – Trevor and Faye Yerbury.  Trevor and Faye are a very charismatic couple and their work is simply stunning.  Being the fourth generation curators of the Yerbury Studios brand, both Trevor and Faye have a wealth of knowledge, history, hilarious anecdotes and of course simply awesome raw talent.  Do yourself a favour and go take a look at their work.

This week however, it was back to regular club business and our Annual Print Competition.  This is a very highly contested affair amongst our club members and whilst we have interim competitions during the year, everyone holds something special back for the annual competition.

I previously won this award a couple of years ago for one of my travel images (which also scooped a Gold award at the SWPP a few months back),  but I could only muster a “Commended” award last year, so I was determined to try and win the Annual Print trophy back.

Well, it was close, very close.  In fact the judge had me as the winner, but for just one very small detail. A label. Sometimes it is the smallest of things that can turn a good photograph into a great photograph and in my case I had overlooked a little bit of clothing which the judge (David Symonds, FRPS) quite rightly decreed as detracting from an “otherwise excellent portrait”.

So it was a Second Place award for me this year.  Ah well, maybe next year.  ;-)

All is not lost though as I did win the Tom Dickson Trophy for a digital image a few months earlier – the annual prize giving is next week at our AGM.  It’s a huge trophy, so I’ll need to invest in some Silver polish to keep it clean. (When my wife Morag reads this she’ll be rolling her eyes LOL).

Congratulations of course must go to fellow member, Bill McKenzie who’s glorious “Harbour Colour” image won first prize.

Anyone interested in joining the local club should put a diary entry in for the early September when we are due to kick off our season again after our “Summer” recess. We meet Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm – more details on the club website.

Here is the image the got me the Second Place – it’s one I took of Kathryn Miller for her modelling portfolio when we were out at our villa in Florida at the start of the year.  If you look at the bottom left hand corner of the image, you will notice the offending little white piece of label material.

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These were all taken in Old Town, Kissimmee and in the the town centre of Celebration – a great couple of locations for shots like these as you are totally spoiled for interesting backgrounds.

Surprisingly for Florida it was very cold that day (well relatively speaking) but Kathryn was a trouper and you can’t really tell that her nose was as cold as a Spaniel’s.  I’ve already posted three from the set, so here are a few more.

Kathryn would love to break into modelling and her mum treated her to this photosession as a Christmas gift to kick start her portfolio. I’m sure you’ll agree she has managed to get off to quite a good start.

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It wasn’t all relaxation however, as we had been asked to do a photoshoot for a young aspiring model when we were out in the Orlando area.  (Any excuse to escape from the Scottish winter for a couple of weeks LOL).

Kathryn Miller is the daughter of the couple who look after our villa for us and she is very keen to try to break into modelling.  Her mum asked if we could help with some initial images for her portfolio.

We took Kathryn and her Mum, Jan down to the Old Town area in Kissimmee, which if you visit the area on holiday, you will no doubt be familiar with.  It’s a small shopping and leisure area designed to resemble an old tradition American town – it makes a great location for a portrait shoot like this as they are lots of different backgrounds that can be utilised.

From there we drove a mile along the road to the beautiful community of Celebration.  The township of Celebration was designed from the ground up by Walt Disney Corporation and it’s almost the “perfect” town centre in the way that it has been laid out.

Shown here are three quick edits from the day – once we have a chance to get over the jet lag I’ll post some more images from the shoot.

I’m sure you’ll agree that Kathryn is a complete natural in front of the camera and hopefully some of these images will grace her initial portfolio.

P.S. As an aside – if you are planning a trip to Florida, our villa is available for Vacation rental and any of our portrait or wedding clients get up to 15% off our normal rates if they decide to book it for their honeymoon or any future holiday occasion.

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