I met Kayleigh back in October at  Heidi and Stephens wedding at the gorgeous Southwood Hall.  She made an amazing collection of cake pops that looked as good as they tasted.  Ever since I have had my eyes glued to her facebook page and blossoming website.  Gotta go check it out.

http://www.sassas-popnbics.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/PopnBics

Now back to what the postman kindly delivered from Sassa’s Pops ‘n’ Bics.   I often like to cover all the bases and re-write the fundamental rules of calorie intake.  If, you leave any chocolaty treats in a fruit bowl for longer than five minutes they automatically turn in to one of your five a day… fact!

“What the heck is that next to the box?” you may be wondering.  Mum has just returned from the Seychelles (where my all year round tan comes from) and that is a Seychellois avocado.  To give a sense of scale, it’s the size of a small baby!   You’ve not tasted fruit until you’ve been over there!

I won’t say anything more about the pop cake balls & mini iced biscuits, they were a lovely surprise in the box.  LUSH! Thank-you Kayleigh.  Added to the e-brochure immediately with that good behaviour!!

Below are a couple of snaps from Heidi & Stephens wedding ‘table of loveliness’.

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£5 DONATION TO CHARITY for a chance to win a shoot with images worth £350!!!

I launched this on the facebook page earlier in the week.  I thought it would be useful to provide an updated image with just one and a half hours until the competition finishes.

To give you a clue I can let you know that no one has yet guessed the correct square, the closest is 2 sqaures away!!!

You guys all give me such fantastic support that I’m giving a little back and in the process hopefully raising some money for charity!

All you have to do is pay for my petrol to get to the shoot!!

A shot from Hannah & Jamie’s shoot at Southwold last Sunday. You’ve just got to guess the correct square that Hannah’s ‘skimming stone’ is in. (The stone has been removed)

I’ll let it run to Sunday the 26th Feb 8pm.   I’ve extended it by and hour… competition finsihes at 9pm tonight!! To enter, name your square below, tag your square, share the image and donate JUST £5!!! on my justgiving page….

http://www.justgiving.com/JamesRousePhotography

If we get the wallets fluttering I’ll see what other fun stuff I can think up this year!!

The shoot cannot be exchanged for money and will take place at a mutually conveinient time over Summer 2012.

ps. As many goes per person as you like!!! £5 each time!

Good luck!!!

And the winner is………

Melanie Manson who was the closest guess with square K8!!!

Well done Melanie!!!!  Thank you everyone for your support!

Many thanks to Hannah, for unknowingly throwing the stone.  A special mention has to go to Mr Stephen Standley… E4!!!??? How many weetabix do  you think Hannah had for breakfast!?

Eyes peeled for the next little installment of fun, coming soon, any suggesstions for ideas of what you think I should do next can me emailed to me directly.

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Now that the wedding season for 2011 is well behind us I’ve been spending time doing little bits of admin and ticking jobs off the to do list that have been sat there for an eternity.  Updating my lifestyle brochure is one of those jobs.  I thought it would be nice to have a picture of a cute little girl on a beach to compliment the brochure so in stepped Bella™ from a family shoot last year!

What I love so much about this set is how uncomplicated it is.  Very simple photography doing what I love the most.  Capturing a little personality.  We had fun playing pass James the stones and in this 15minute power session down at Gorleston got some wicked shots for me, and hopefully, mum & dad too!

For photographers: Session was shot with Canon 5dmk2′s, 50 1.2 L and the 135 2 L

She’s lush. I love her!

One of the funniest moments was watching Jade have to wake sleeping beauty up. So funny I nearly wet myself, and was unable to take photos of the actual waking up ordeal!

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I concentrated on spending time with Lynz & Mya as well as catching up with many friends over the Christmas period! Yep I managed to almost not pick up the camera once!!

I love photography and as a profession wouldn’t swap it for anything in the world, but spending time with family and friends trumps it and makes me even happier!

Enough of sentimental stuff – it’s back to the grindstone to plough on with work now!! Wedding number 1 for 2012 is already just over a couple of weeks away and with 40 already in the diary it looks like 2012 is going to be another busy busy year!!

I’ve just finished updating my Wedding electronic brochure with images from last year. Have a peak before it gets linked up on the main website.  Head down and time to get the family one and couples InLove shoots together too!

Come back, add a comment and let me know you think!

Thanks everyone for making 2011 such a wicked year!! All the best with luck and happiness to make 2012 great for you!!

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I’m really glad I got to go.  I love watching her having fun, and love being able to record the memories even more.  Here’s a little video of her adventure with her gorgeous Mummy and excited Nanny.

Mya goes with Mum to waterbabies once a week and she’s loved it since week 5 of her little life. Waterbabies hold an annual charity splashathon for Tommy’s and everyone dresses as pirates and mermaids. For Mya’s little Mermaid outfit, (made by Nanny Sue), she won an underwater photoshoot.

Enjoy.

I have un-officially closed my books for more business for 2011 but I’m tempted to open up a few slots in December for some mini family Christmas shoots like last year… just maybe. I’ve already had half a dozen people say that they’re interested so if you fancy it, drop me an email and let me know so I can plan ahead!

We have a viewing session booked with Waterbabies next week… I’ll hopefully (fingers crossed) be able to share with you some of the pictures taken!

To find out more about waterbabies and locate one near you in East Anglia, check out the facebook group page clicking this link Water Babies East Anglia

Be sure to drop by the JamesRousePhotography Facebook page and tick the little “like” box to keep up to date with little shoots as they happen!
 

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August 3rd: “I’m as busy as a bee and the blog has been neglected in recent weeks.  I promise promise promise that I’m going to catch up. ”

That’s the last time I blogged an image from a photoshoot!! Whoops… and even then it was just teaser!!

Since that post I’ve shot 19 weddings, 10 family shoots, 8 “In Love” couples shoots a couple of commercial jobs, a dust off the dress shoot, a beautiful funeral, met and booked weddings with loads and loads of fab couples for next year and have also had the distraction of having a gorgeous 7month daughter that asks me to squeeze her continuously (through telepathic mind thingies).

An extended bout of man cold extreme illness that lingered for weeks kept processing at bay and subsequently the blog posts didn’t follow.   I’ve been keeping facebookers in the loop (www.facebook.com/JamesRousePhotography) with little teaser shots but for you non-facebookers I’m sorry, you’ve been left out in the cold!

Catching up is on the cards.

It’s kind of like staring at a 4 person desert in a restaurant… I don’t know where to start but I know I’m gonna get through it!

Here’s a lovely cuddle to make up and welcome everyone back!

I feel like I’m a broken record saying it over and over again but thank-you thank-you thank-you.  I’ve yet to spend a penny on advertising and I’m busier than I could have ever imagined.  I get referrals from past wedding couples, future wedding couples that haven’t had a picture from me yet, friends, people I’ve never even met! Very very much appreciated!

Rousey is back on the blogging highway!!

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Considering how little time and input I’ve been able to give Darryl – I think the man’s a bloody genius!  I’m looking for something that’s informal, fresh & a bit more fun to reflect my personality and style of shooting. You’ll notice baby photography has been dropped…. if you’ve missed it before I’m now recommending all studio type baby enquiries to the marvellous Vicki at Pennycress Photography.  This is because I’m too busy outdoors with weddings & families and more importantly she’s tonnes better than me at it anyway!!

Anyways, to save me and Darryl going back and forth back and forth we’ve decided to put the design ‘out there’ for a little bit of feedback from you – followers and friends that have given me the support to make this business take off.  I care that you’ve helped me so much and I care what you think… so hold no punches and give me some initial feedback whilst we’re still at an early stage!  Take no notice of the text, we’re looking for feedback on the feel and style.

I’m still editing weddings like crazy… there is light at the end of the tunnel… I’ll be doing some serious catch up posting in the coming weeks to bring the blog back up to speed! Hope you’ve enjoyed extended teasers being posted on the James Rouse Facebook Page in the meantime!

Thanks muchly!!

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I’m hoping to be back on top of the blog by late August.  If you haven’t done so already, drop by the facebook page for little teaser shots that have been leaking out!!

www.facebook.com/jamesrousephotography

Catch you all soon!!

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Sarah & John got bought the present by some friends (whom is must be said have very good taste for buying awesome presents!).  Nothing out of the usual for me to be told how nervous they were at the start of the session.  Fast forwards 25mins and it looked like I was auditioning them for the Krypton factor in the play area… another 15mins later and they were doing tiger claw moves for me in the open (I’ve spared the blushes by not including them shots in the set below).

Sarah & John both have a fondness for animals and as annual season ticket holders (only £35!!!) it was a natural choice for a location.  It had never crossed my mind to shoot at one of the many attractions.  I’ll see how long it takes now before I’m off for a family shoot here again or somewhere similar.  I’m ready to go whenever you are!!

Great great fun and thank-you both for my morning out working?? having a good laugh with the cameras.  Best of luck for your wedding day – I’m sure it will all go really well. Looking forwards to seeing some pictures!

Here are a few snaps from the session… (minus the tiger claws)! They both look great, and needed very little encouragement to snuggle, cuddle and kiss!

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