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08
Aug
2010

August 3rd saw us at the beach with the Bryan family, one of our old clients. It was great to see them again after a few years. They hadn't changed a bit! We spent an hour or so on the beach and had some great fun. Thanks to everyone for the shoot and for the weather for coming up trumps!

We used a mixture of 70-200mm, 50mm 1.2 lenses with daylight and Elinchrom Quadra lights with a 70cm softbox.

Here are a few images from the day and we look forward to you seeing the rest.

 

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Jane Bryan
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Brett these are fabulous. They bring such a smile to my face. And I so love the last one of my boys! Can't wait to see the rest. x
Simon Everitt
Monday, August 09, 2010
Stunning set of images as always Brett. Are you still using off camera flash and pocket wizard's or have the Quadra's taken over?
Brett Harkness Photography
Friday, August 13, 2010
Hi Simon, use a little of camera now but mostly using the Ranger & Quadras now. Just stronger, more versatile, faster !!!

07
Jul
2010

Last Friday saw us hit the beach for our day course "Lifestyle at the Beach."Unlike last year the weather was amazing this time and we all had a great time on the sands.Thank you to everyone that made it down to the studio for the day.We left the studio early and headed for the beach to get shooting! Starting off with Anna and her beauitful kids, Scarlet & Dan. We looked at using reflectors, sun as a reflective light, using shade, on camera high speed flash. We then did a few images using Radio triggers and our Elinchrom kit with soft box. We then headed off into town for a great lunch. After lunch we photographed the very patient and beuatiful Imogen, using off camera flash we photographed her around the dunes & pier finishing off with Esther & her beautiful kids , Holly & Ella - ( a lot of beautiful people on one beach!!)

Here are a few images from the day.

Shots from the behind the scenes & some behind scenes video from our overnight course to come!!

We have also just released our next set of courses for Sep-Nov 2010. Places are limited so if you want some photographic training with a difference then sign up online or call the studio. CLICK HERE to read more about the training we have on offer.

 

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Jon Mold
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Awesome work Brett. Looked like a great course.
Claire Wakelin
Thursday, July 08, 2010
yet more great photos, anymore thoughts on canada??

04
Jul
2010
A few images from our Funky Flash seminar on June 21st. Thanks very much to Emma & Liz for modeling for us. Great job. Hope you all learned a great deal and we look forward to seeing you all at the studio again this year.We had a great day looking at on & off camera flash, where & when to use it, different types of flash for different jobs.
Here are a few images from the day course:
New courses for Sep-Dec released soon!


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Jonathan Addie
Monday, July 05, 2010
Stunning work Brett
Andrew Frost
Monday, July 05, 2010

Brilliant light and I love the expression here!
Mark Revill
Monday, July 05, 2010
Hi Brett, Love the images.
Will Pateman Photography
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Great light..great poses..great model and definately a great photographer
Chris Forshaw
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Brett, is this workshop suitable for someone with very limited essentially no knowledge of using flash or is there an introductory course. Cheers Chris
Brett Harkness Photography
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Hi Chris, this is course is for beginners/intermediate. We teach in such a way that it progresses throughout the day in difficulty. Starting off with on camera flash and then moving into outside flash etc... We have just released a new date for this course on our training section of the website. If you have any more questions do not hesitate to contact me, cheers, Brett
Chris Forshaw
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Thanks Brett, that sounds good to me!

30
Jun
2010
A few images from Gem & Howard's wedding in the Cotswolds a couple of weeks ago. Just managed to get some shots in in the corn field after dinner before the rain came! Just a little teaser guys! Can't wait for you to see the rest.It was a beautiful day , so relaxed and lots to shoot. Thanks guys for being great sports and putting up with my demands!!

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Ryan Browne
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Very cool, my friend !
Jessica Draper
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Loving all your new wedding images!! Keeping me inspired as I trawl through hundreds of my own!! Keep them comin! Xx
Laurie-Anne Kennedy
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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Very nice. I love the ones in the field with adding lighting :)
May I ask what lense you use? / camera? As your images are extremely sharp.
Brett Harkness
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
rett Harkness
Hi Laurie, I use a Canon EOS 1ds Mark III, 70-200 2.8 L IS, 24-70mm 2.8L, 50mm 1.2 L, 16-35mm 2.8L, 50mm Macro & 15mm fisheye!!
Jane Breakwell
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Is that the lovely Gem Morton? Congratulations Gem, you look gorgeous! Great pix Brett. xx
Bjørn H Stuedal
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Great shots
Julia Thomas
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Beautiful!
Neil
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Great pics Brett Love the cornfield shots is that the ranger? did you use a softbox & reflector
Greg
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Lovely shots brett. lovely DOF and lovely OCF - you really use the whole toolbox and give your clients some awesome images they will treasure for their and their childrens lifetime!
Brett Harkness
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Hi Neil, cheers for the comments. The corn shot was taken with a Elinchrom Quadra with a 7Ocm softbox. Enough power for that kind of light!!

17
Jun
2010

WARNING ( Long blog post!! ) But worth it!

What a fantastic time we all had a week ago now in the woods in York. Thank you to all of the photographers that signed up for the course and made it down to the campsite in the woods. We had long been planning this course down to the hair & make up, outfits, props, lighting,  shot ideas & location. It was a fantastic success in all aspects of what we did. Thanks to The Flash Centre in Leeds for supplying us with all the equipment that we didn't have already. A big thanks to the girls from Love Miss Daisy for the amazing vintage clothes. A huge thank you to our models Natasha & Rosie for doing an excellent job. To Ali for bringing down her boys and to Jolly days camp site and for letting us shoot their kids also. Thanks to Jodi Spice & Zan Atkinson respectively for make up & hair, a wonderful job as usual!

Also a big thank you to my team for feeding all of us, and for keeping us warm!

We are in the process of organizing another course due to very popular demand, if you are interested then please drop us an email HERE to tell us of your interest. Due to the overwhelming response we are pretty sure it will fill up very fast. Here are some images from the 2 day course.

Please leave your comments on the post or send us a message on the right hand side!

We also have a couple of places left on our Hit The Beach, kids & Teens course next week, click HERE to see more ....

Check out the blog next week , we will be putting on some video from behind the scenes!

 

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Laura Kate Bradley
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Amaaaaazing!!! Thank you again, SO much! The clothes look amazing. Adding them to the LMD album now... :-) :-) x
Jody Spice Margerison-Buckley
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
I'm grinning from ear to ear..what a triumph :) x I'm also adding to my make-up page if that's ok :)
Paul Storer
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
You never cease to amaze me Brett - this is just awesome
Steve Shaw
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
you should take this photography lark up professionally Brett, you are quite good ;)
Cat Hepple
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
oh my goodness I am swooning, this is just amazing. What a fabulous shoot.
Jody Spice Margerison-Buckley
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Lovin all the pink in this hehe- beautiful xx
Gavin Bray
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Most defiantly worth the water and sticky mud. Thanks both of you for a great course
Hear Natasha Jayne Heard
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
very well thankyou :) REALLY enjoyed myself on monday; Thankyou for having me!!
LOVE the shot in the pond; Getting muddy feet was so worth it!! Haha! + Yes the shoot today was also really goodd i was head to toe in letax!! Unusuall but really fun.. Take care x
Chris Thornton
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fantastic course Brett! I've had a really busy week so I'm editing them (not that they need much!) section by section. Every time I import a new 'look' on to my computer and open the images im thinking 'Wow! these are amazing!'. As its been nearly a week since ive seen some of them its a nice little 'shock' when i open them up to see how good they're looking. I cant wait to see what gems i've yet to uncover!!...Thanks again, Chris.
Colin Williams
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fellow photographers....you have no idea what you missed. if brett kindly extends to another overnighter sell your soul and get in there. Dont wish, just do it. I needn't say anymore other than you missed out BIG style this time
James
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Brett I always enjoy looking at your work, but these shots more than most... they are stunning! I bet your sooo proud of them.
Jon Mold
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Hey Brett and Kristie
Thank you so much for this amazing course. I have been shooting digitally with flash for a few years and 2010 has seen me start out professionally. I knew I needed to get some training to learn more about the technicalities and spent some time researching various options. Brett is the man. Apart from all the technical side of shooting he taught me, the 2 day camping was brilliant, well organised and I left there so motivated.
I plan to go on a few more courses later in the year and probably will do for the next few years.
I would recommend Brett's courses to anyone looking to further their understanding of light and photography.
Thanks again Brett and see you soon,
Jon
Carolyn - Jollydays
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Wow - amazing shots, truely gorgeous. The kids are delighted with their pics and so are we! We'll have to start calling you Maestro Brett!!!
Victoria -TheWeddingVine.com
Friday, June 25, 2010
Amazing - What more can I say! Then again, I wouldn't expect anything else.
Will Pateman Photography
Saturday, June 26, 2010
One of your best yet..Love the pink chair and what a fantastic location..the models are fantastic too..nice one
Karl Bratby
Monday, June 28, 2010
good stuff...