PamelaJayne working with Michael William Hairdressing!

A couple of hours and a busy clicking finger, and lots of props, I had quite a lot of fun yesterday afternoon - certainly made dull day much brighter!

It is always exciting being asked to work with another business, I will be working closely with Laura and Michael William Hairdressing over the next few months, promo photos & the Photographer for their up and coming Fashion Show - Decades of Style, which has been set to for 14th June '14 , in aid of cancer Support France! I am so excited about all this - photography, filming, hair, fashion show can't wait!

We will be having a few sessions on the run up to the show, which means lots of working with the models, the dry run will be the day of the show! But in the meantime I hope to get a few snaps of the shows progress!

These are some promo shots for Laura - a girl of many ideas!

Next step Laura has to choose the photos she wants to use - photo will follow I am sure!

February so wet!

Well we have lived here in the South West of France for 10 years this year BUT I have never known such a wet month and yes I know we are only 10 days in but if feels like it has not stopped raining for days and days! When in fact just 2 weeks ago I was walking around our garden (soggy garden!) in the warmth of the sunshine with the dog and Lilly Kitty running here, there and everywhere!

I spotted my first Crocuses in the garden which brought a smile straight to my face - there is something about the "first flowers" isn't there?

and then of course there's the bird song accompanying me around whilst we are out there, the Blackbird seemingly has his heart set on the fact Spring is coming, and a  Bumble Bee was buzzing around, albeit he was a tad on the wet side and he was huge and quite clearly trying to move!

Cross and wet - Bumble Bee of February!

Bumble Bee of February trying to find somewhere dry!

And then the rain came back - and then that rain turned to hailstones! But not just once over the last week or so but twice - in fact it was so windy on Saturday the door blew open - scaring the life out of us whilst we were re-organising the office - ok, so were were deep cleaning! And then the biggest hailstones I have seen made an entrance through the cat flap! And it didn't end there 1am and we had thunder...!

Still it was lovely on Friday to hand over a Photo on Wood to a lovely family who are sadly (for me) relocating to the UK - their daughter is so incredible through the lens, she worked so well with me it was fantastic.

Photo on Wood "Making Memories" session

And then my own personal surprise  to start the weekend - a fabulous sale on the Redbubble http://www.redbubble.com/people/papillonbleu   I sell a lot of my images through! and have enjoyed many sales over this years, but this sale was quite possibly one of the best, they will be getting a little bit of my "Life through the Lens"! and to be honest I think my photos will travel further than I will!  I just wish I knew who the purchaser was so I could thank them :D
French Wheels and Onions is one of the Select Colour images sold.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/papillonbleu/works/2323399-french-wheels-and-onions?c=8994-select-colour

So we are into another week - and lots happening in the half term holidays when hopefully the weather improves and we can maybe just maybe take a little trip to the coast!

I do realise whilst I am talking about this awful weather that there are so many really suffering with floods and losing their homes,  at the moment the Somerset plains are in dire straights - you only have to read this to realise how lucky we are here in our little corner of France! http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Daily-Press-backs-Levels-floods-appeal/story-20561461-detail/story.html

Here is to a good week!

February 2014 brings me to the end of 2013!

ahhhh! We are in a New Year and I have finally got my fingers into gear and will try to actually be better at blogging from now on!

The end of 2013 was great - work wise it was all very happening and we enjoyed some really fun photoshoots - all of which can be seen over on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PamelaJaynePhotography/photos_albums

When I look back I realised my last actual blog was written in October and I was actually playing catch up then as well! Well I am not even going to attempt to catch up 4 months worth so maybe a few photos could do it?

The garden is at it's loveliest with the flowers enjoying the Autumnal weather!

October was lovely - we had sunny spells and rain - but thankfully for the "holiday shoots" we had one good weather day and the other not so good!

November at the Golf St. Junien Christmas Fayre

December this lovely couple wanted photos for their family!

On my way home from a lovely Christmas meal I stopped to take photos of the Starlings in town - the noise was amazing and to be honest I really had to drag myself away!

December in the Garden the changes..........

Lilly the Kitty is really beginning to enjoy the great outdoors!

I have been waiting all Summer and Autumn long for this capture - a bird feeding from the ceramique feeder handcrafted  by  Les Ceramiques de Linda

SO that was pretty much the final months of 2013 for me - a good year!