This Blog is for portrait photographer David James Williams.
David specialises in Portrait Photography & is able to capture the perfect Individual portrait, the Loving Couple portrait, the Family portrait or Group portrait.
David shoots Portraits in Gloucestershire & the surrounding counties.
2009 was a great year where I was lucky enough to photograph some wonderful people, plus even had time to shoot some landscapes. I’ve chosen a small selection below.
If you have a favourite please feel free to add a comment at the end.
So here goes ……….
#1 - Isobel
#2 - Ashleigh
#3 - Mum & Daughter
#4 - Remembrance Sunday
#5 -Witley Court
#6 - Mark
#7 - Suzi
#8 - Ger
Cheltenham Portrait Photographer
#9 - Karl
#10 - Hannah
#11 - Sensual
13 January, 2010 - 9:39 pm - #8 for me Dave, lovely tones.
13 January, 2010 - 9:49 pm - #10 for me. The bride looks beautiful
13 January, 2010 - 9:56 pm - It's between 4 & 5. OK it's number 4. Lovely work Dave
13 January, 2010 - 11:08 pm - #2 - excellent lighting and perfect result
14 January, 2010 - 9:18 am - #4. Saw this earlier in the year.
14 January, 2010 - 9:19 am - 2 here as well !
14 January, 2010 - 9:20 am - Another for number 2
29 January, 2010 - 5:54 pm - The Infrared shots are stunning. Can I ask what filter you used for this please ?
I love the simplicity of my £130 HD Video camera, the Kodak Zi8. Not only does it shoot at 1080p, if you drop to 720P there is a mode to shoot at 60 fps. With the snow on the ground today, it was too good an opportunity to miss testing the 60fps, by taking the dogs for a walk.
Here are the results played back at 1/5th speed (warning HD so you need decent bandwidth or just hit “pause” for a while).
I have to say I’m impressed with the results.
7 January, 2010 - 10:01 am - That looks good Dave, I might have to invest in one for that money. How about editing, is it easy enough? Happy New Year btw! Colin.
7 January, 2010 - 11:51 am - It actually comes with some software loaded on the camera for editing & loading direct to Facebook, Google etc & even includes a flip out USB lead. Very easy to edit. Just beware the camera has a fixed lens (eg. no zoom other than a bit of digital), but for the money & ease of use, & small size it's good to have just for fun :)
A satirical video by Joe McNally, confessing to some of those sins of photography. Now say a dozen Hail Marys 
All shot with Nikon D3S
Some samples of Portraits photographed today in Cheltenham. All taken using the Clam Shell Lighting setup.
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5 February, 2010 - 9:42 pm - I am an art producer at an advertising agency in Minneapolis, MN called Periscope. Our Design Director is very interested in one of your portraits and we would like to know if it is available for licensing for commercial ad use. Can you please contact me as soon as possible at 612-399-0645? or you may email at the address listed above. thank you!!
Couple of different processing styles for these 2 Portraits of a Couple.
Couples Portraits
Couples Portraits
Which do you prefer ?
9 September, 2009 - 7:23 am - The second ... but not because of the processing - more the expressions ....
10 November, 2009 - 5:05 am - Thanks Simon
Couple portraits by Gloucestershire Photographer, David James Williams.
Gloucestershire Photographers
9 November, 2009 - 10:01 pm - Very good, Dave. It's either sensual or he needs a stake through the heart!
I’ve been asked by several people how I managed to add a “WELCOME” page / tab to my Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer Biz page on Facebook. Well a welcome page is key to your Business page on Facebook, as the saying go “1st impressions count” !
If you want to see the Welcome page for Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer in full, then go to Facebook & in the search box enter …. wait for it …. Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer
Anyway I digress, here are the steps you need to take to add a Welcome page to facebook, or any other kind of page you want. Click here for (more…)
31 August, 2009 - 6:22 pm - Thank you, Dave! This is great information!
22 January, 2010 - 3:38 am - Thanks this helped sooooooo much
22 January, 2010 - 8:52 am - Had the following question :- "Hi, I had a question about your instructions about creating a FB welcome page. On the photo on your site there are no ads on the right side of the page, but when I go to it now there are. The reason I'm asking is I want to make sure the width/setting of our page is right. We set it a page with no ads but now the ads are bleeding into it. Would appreciate your thoughts about settings suggestions, thanks". A: Unfortunately the Ads are always present, as this is how Facebook makes it's money....... unless anyone else knows how to remove them ?
Some shots from Portrait shoot with Karl, who I’m sure will make the girls smile
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25 August, 2009 - 4:30 pm - Great set Dave - very nice lighting as usual
Working on a new marketing theme, along this line. My daughter was kind enough to pose for all of 5 secs for the shot before getting bored
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21 August, 2009 - 7:46 am - Very striking !!
Cheltenham Portrait Photographer
This portrait was taken in Cheltenham, using just a single light, to add some drama to the end portrait.
When your subject is wearing glasses be extra careful with the positioning of the studio light, to avoid glare. I usually find you need to place the light that little higher than normal, or ask the subject to lift the arms of the glasses just a tad off their ears, causing the glasses to point down slightly, thus avoiding glare.
The final portrait was toned in Sepia to add some warmth.
by Dave
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