Paul Brewer Photography

It's October and the sun is shining (yes that does occur) unfortunately I'm battling a nasty cold; I'm not good at smiling in selfies when I'm on my own even when I'm feeling great, (I think I have a resting BA£$%RD face 😆) and this cold is really not helping, it's not really worth smiling about! I devoured a whole packet of strepsils today as I covered Janet and Dave's special wedding celebration at Key West on Bournemouth Pier and I'm most looking forward to a Lemsip when I get home (with at least one alcoholic beverage 🥃🥃🥃). I do love taking the train, it's probably not fashionable but I do enjoy allowing someone else to transport me to my destination, and I can chill, listen to some tunes, and I can write my blog, which I have abandoned for a week or two. In my defence I have not been feeling fabulous, I've had to have a small procedure in hospital and this week I have managed to catch this infernal cold, which even though is only 3 days old can now do one! I have made a conscious decision to actively use public transport, that does include the odd bus, as I enjoy walking it's not really a chore to stroll to the bus stop or train station and like I say I can let someone else worry about getting me to where I need or want to go. It also does help reduce my carbon footprint, yes I know in the great scheme of things isn't going to really do anything but it makes me happier to know I've done a little bit. I do have to be conscious about how much gear I take with me when I'm using the train, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, most of the time I only use 3 lenses, I do now take 3 cameras with me and today one of my cameras developed a slight glitch (nothing too serious I think but it will need a service) so as I have 3 I could cope.

I do hope to be feeling better tomorrow as Weymouth has been invaded by Pirates and it would be great to grab photos.

I haven't blogged for a while.

I thought it was about time to get back on the horse and Blog again!

This year hasn't been fabulous so far in my head, but when I look through my photos it has been a fabulous year, I have met some wonderful people, I have photographed some amazing events and I have taken some stunning pictures. I am beginning to realize how much I struggle to live in the moment, I don't step back to take a deep breath and enjoy what is happening. Maybe it's the modern fear, the fear of missing out, squeezing in everything, to make sure that every second counts, ingesting as much content as humanly possible without fully enjoying it. Maybe it's all the social media posts of celebrities and influencers dashing around the world portraying the image of compressing so much more than us mere mortals into their day, but in reality, like the silver screen, the photoshopped front page and fake news it's an illusion of real life. Life cannot be squeezed and the more you try to keep up with everything the more you will fail.

I once read a book called tIn Praise of Slow By Carl Honoré, I wish I had taken more notice of the advice because I still find myself being sucked into the fallacy of you can do it all, not only is that impossible but why? It's time for me to live more in the moment, enjoy my family more, enjoy the music more, enjoy my food more, enjoy my Ice Hockey more, my F1 more, and enjoy my sleep more. I think it's about time to take stock of my photos, to really enjoy them, to be proud, and to feel excited.

I thought I would do a quick post about what I’ve been up to. Firstly the photography is going great, I’ve just recently bought some new lenses and they are just sweet! I’ve been spreading my wings, in the last few months I have worked in Southampton, Poole, Amesbury, and Wincanton, I’ve completed commercial projects wedding photography, communion photography, christening photography, Prom photography and much much more. 

I have been spending allot of time with my new website, I’ve been been researching my online disability and it turns out it was shocking, so there’s been allot of attention in getting the word out about the work I’ve been doing.

I have to say that Landscapes have taken a bit of a back seat recently, that has been a shame but a necessary act to allow me more time to concentrate on improving the business and the service I offer. 

Over the summer holidays I will be selling off more of my older landscape photography as I need to refresh my work and add newer work to it. 

Chow for Now

Harbour-1 on Flickr.

IMG_6763.jpg on Flickr.

It’s daft, I’m a bit of a techy nerd and I downloaded all these apps to the Mac and my iPad and phone, didn’t occur to me that I should actually use them! So with spring fast approaching a more determined Paul is making amense for this lack of commitment to using the available technology to me.

Please do check out my updated Website, I’m rather pleased with it.

Spring is on it’s way!

After a long cold winter spring is on it’s way and it’s a time to spring clean my camera equipment and get out and about locally to capture one of the most beautiful times of year for the British Countryside. You can purchase my work online through photo4me, if you’re in the Weymouth area you can pop into Bluebells and Cockleshells on Abbotsbury Road, Heart Nouveau by the harbour and Ally Katz by Governors Lane car park in the centre of the town centre.

Wedding Time!

Abbey Hill Steam Rally 2014, a set on Flickr.