Easter is a great time to spend some quality time with family and today has been a marshmallow-cake-making day for us. This method is so simple, even I could do it (well, I did!)

First, break some chocolate pieces into a bowl and melt them over the hob. When it looks like something from Will Wonka, spoon it into mini cupcake cases and drop in a marshmallow. Stick them into the fridge for 15 minutes, then stick a Smartie to the top of each, held in place with a small amount of icing squirted onto the top.

You now have:
a) An Easter present for someone you love
b) Happy children
c) A large amount of leftover chocolate that ‘needs a good home’.

Ever the kitchen enthusiast, I’m off out for a meal tonight at the local Indian restaurant (shocking website but amazing food!)

Bye for now! :)

Today was a great day for high quality business portraits in Hampshire because we had the freedom for indoor portraits and outdoor headshots for corporate use with natural, available lighting. This meant the client could have some really good photographs for their website and marketing material.

But I thought this would be a great opportunity to demonstrate the difference that effective lighting can make to a photograph.

The picture on the left is straight out of camera with no flash lighting. I took this simply to demonstrate how low the lighting was in the corridor we were shooting in. But with two simple flashguns on stands, one behind and one in front of the main subject, we completely change the whole look and feel of the picture.

Of course, there are times when shooting with ‘available light’ (not adding any other lights to what is already there) is the right thing to do. But there are other times when using additional lighting is exactly the right thing to do.

I had the amazing pleasure again of being a private dinner party photographer in Central London last Saturday which was excellent fun. Bimal Modha, Virgin Media marketing manager who I’ve known since he worked for BT marketing, was celebrating his 40th birthday at ‘Benares’ in Berkeley Square. It was such fun!

If you’ve never been there, Benares is one of London’s finest venues for Indian cuisine. The food is excellent (first hand experience), the service is second to none, and the décor of the venue is just stunning.

All this means it’s perfect for some great event photography in London.

A sneak peek of the photos can be seen below. The complete set is online here: http://bonjour.zenfolio.com/benares

I’m really excited to launch my new corporate website for business customers wanting high quality commercial photography. The new website shows businesses the different options for corporate photography in London and surrounding counties.

To find out more on professional corporate photography, please visit www.bonjourimages.com.

Thank you!
Simon