Paul Saxby Photography
Stunning Fine Art Wedding and Portrait photography by Award Winning Photographer Paul Saxby.
Paul creates sophisticated yet informal and highly imaginative portrait and wedding photography in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicstershire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire. Paul has worked all over the UK and has accepted commissions in Europe and the US.
Despite being constantly in demand, Paul limits himself to 14 wedding commissions each season and 16 portrait commissions each month.
Paul is also the official baby photographer for the Emma`s Diary baby program for the Newark, Mansfield and Grantham areas. Paul has a comfortable , family friendly studio within easy reach of Newark town centre. The studio offers extensive facilities including free refreshments and baby changing facilities as well as ample parking and ground floor access.
Paul is proud to offer a wide range of superb quality, high value, photographic products at an affordable price.
East Midlands MPA Portrait Photographer of the Year 2010
East Midlands MPA Pet Photographer of the Year 2009
East Midlands MPA Licentiate Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008
Dogs in all shapes and sizes....
26 July 2009
The CLA Game Fair - Belvoir Castle
Today was a great day, after a busy few days photographing families and
babies, a day out in the country was called for, so we decided to visit
Belvoir Castle, which was hosting this years CLA Game Fair. The fair,
which the largest countryside fair in the UK, has thousands of
visitors, most of which seem to want to bring their dogs along.
The show has demonstrations of just about every outdoor activity or
past time. You can buy a 50p dog toy or a £20000 shotgun. Visitors
were arriving in thousands from all over the world, some even flying in
by helicopter.
I decided I wanted to record the show by photographing all the
different dogs and their owners. I wish I had planned this before
hand, because I only had my 50mm f1.4 on a 1D MKIIN body. I would
normally have a whole range of kit with me, but since this was supposed
to be my day off, I had only brought along a basic camera outfit. This
restricted me to simple portraits of the dogs. If I had brought my 300
f2.8, I could have photographed the dogs at work, but they were just
too far away, but the 50mm is perfect for portraits so I left it at
that.
Of all the dogs I photographed today, two little Miniature Pinschers
caught my eye, not just because they were so tiny, but because of there
pure character. These little dogs really thought they were the biggest
dogs at the show, even taking on, and chasing away a huge Rottweiller
that only wanted to play.....
Despite the rather expensive entrance fee and the ridiculously priced
food, we really had a wonderful day. I would recommend anybody to
visit the fair next year, especially if you are dog lovers like
ourselves.
Giving Back.....
20 July 2009
Its been a busy couple of weeks photographically speaking, so I have hadn`t really been able to keep on top of my blog as often as I had hoped to, but with any luck I will be able to post a little more often over the coming weeks.
For some reason most of my latest photographic jobs have been on film, sometimes asked for by the client, but some I just felt that film suited the type of work more... and I think I have just been through a little bit of phase reminiscing over the good old days!! using film does have some advantages, but in real terms it is not financially viable to shoot film for most of the photographic work that I do as most of the jobs have to be scanned anyway to produce a digital product anyway.
One job that I did shoot digitally, was for a local charity, which works with young homeless people in this area. The Emmaus Trust wanted to update their website at minimum cost, so I agreed to supply the images for free so long as they were able to work to my schedule. I pulled in a few favours and got some friends to act as models to help keep costs down further. I needed to keep a certain amount of anominity to the job, as issues regarding the homelass can be a little sensitive, but most of the images were relating to the great work that the trust does to secure training for the young people that use the charity.
Below are a few of the images that demonstrate a little bit of the work that the trust does to help care for those looking for a safe place to live and work.
