Day 36 - 5th February - Peek a boo

Another beautiful Shutterbug for me to photograph. This little one is my newest and tiniest goddaughter. I have 3 other godchildren who are all wonderful and really special to me but it was a real surprise and an honour when my best friend Kim and her husband Mark asked me to be godmother to Becca. One thing I am doing for them is doing my Shutterbugs "Bump to 1st Year" package and it's going to be really special to document Becca's first year in photos.
When Becca's brother was born 3 years ago I took a photo of him at about 3 days old looking over his dad's shoulder so had wanted to get a similar shot of Becca. She's a few months older but I hope this works. Becca is a very gorgeous baby with the most amazingly deep blue eyes.

Day 35 - 4th February - Mother and Daughter

This is the very gorgeous (and new) Blair and her mum Jessica. I met Jessica and Alex about 2 years ago when I spoke to them about taking their photos for their wedding which is going to be this year, 1st May 2010. In between now and then Blair has come along and their plans for their wedding has changed slightly. They are still getting married in May and I am very excited to be doing their photos but they have changed a few things on the day to fit in with being new parents and having new responsibilities. When they knew they were pregnant they got in touch with me to ask if I would do my Shutterbugs "Birth to 1st Year" package for them so it was really exciting when I heard that Blair had arrived 2 weeks ago.
We had a great morning doing a selection of photos and I got some lovely ones of her awake but just loved this one of Blair with Jessica. They are besotted parents...and rightly so! I can't wait to take more photos of her throughout the year, as well as photographing Alex and Jessica's special day in May.

Day 34 - 3rd February - My Mobile Office

I decided that today would be more productive than yesterday. I started with my weekly BNI meeting which is a breakfast meeting from 6:45am-8:30am. I then did a good hour's work out at the gym before ordering a wedding album for one of my 2009 couples. It was then on to sorting through my inbox, updating the calendar and ticking off the "to do" list. All those things were done on my mobile office which has been a godsend since I got it about a year ago. Although yesterday I spent most of the day at home today was different so it was great to be able to keep in touch with everyone who emailed/phoned me.

Day 33 - 2nd February - Pizza

Unfortunately today was another of those days where I was struggling to get any inspiration. I think this grey weather doesn't help as I found getting started at all really hard. It's days like this when working for yourself and working from home can be a real downside because you don't get out and see people. I thrive on people, it's what I do for my job so to be stuck at home, struggling to get motivated and feeling constantly exhausted the only thing I could eat was comfort food....pizza!

Day 32 - 1st February - Jack Evenings are Back

I am a big fan of 24 and so with the new series back on Sky my "24" nights with my lovely friend Kim have started up again. They are basically a good excuse for us to catch up, have a glass of wine and chill out in the Penthouse. We only managed to watch the first episode of the series as Kim got a call from her husband Mark to say that their baby Becca wasn't settling so she had to go home. Fortunately we have many more "24" dates booked in.
This photo is taken down the neck of a wine bottle. A different shot to what I usually do but that's what this project is about...trying new things and experimenting.

Day 31 - 31st January - Sheffield Station

After a great weekend in Newcastle it was time to come back home to Sheffield. I managed to book 1st class train tickets both ways so enjoyed a chilled out journey home. There had been a lot of snow in Newcastle but it was just grey and wet in Sheffield. This photo is taken at Sheffield station. I love photographing this so it was an easy choice for my photo of the day. (The colours in the wall are of the traffic lights at the end of the pedestrian walk way.)

Day 30 - 30th January - Birthday Boy Caricature

Meet Mark. For Mark's 30th I wanted to get him something a little different and was struggling to know what to get someone who has all the latest gadgets so I thought a caricature would be perfect. The theme for Mark's party was James Bond so I made sure that was incorporated into the caricature. Mark also loves Dr Who, Liverpool FC and his gadgets so they all feature too! One of my business contacts is an amazing illustrator so I asked him to do this caricature of Mark. He turned around my request in record time and produced a great gift that I could give Mark to celebrate his 30th.