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Following my natural tendencies, I have tried to do things a little too fast…  I obviously underestimated how long it would take to improve my (very basic) Dreamweaver skills and to design my website.

Apologies if you were hoping to see the full fledge Melly Potter website on this occasion.  It will be ready in a week or two (maybe even earlier!).  Until then, I leave you with my current promotion for family photography.

If you own a small business and need/wish to have pictures taken, please get in touch with me.  I can do individual portraits, group portraits, location photography and product photography, all on your premises (or wherever is appropriate).  This area of business is new for me and I therefore offer unbeatable prices… for a limited time only!

The Standards

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“Get out of that comfort zone NOW!”

During my search for models to practice my skills, I encountered some interesting replies…  One of them was: “You have to come take pictures of the band I recently joined!”  Now, I am not a rock and roll-type of girl.  But since I seem to get along with the majority of human beings I encounter, I felt compelled to give this a try.

That’s how I met The Standards.  I attended their last practice session before they played in a charity gig late June.  The studio where their practice took place is an interesting space, if a little dark for photography purpose.  That makes you love your 50mm f1.4 lens… and wish your camera (D200) could go to higher ISO without too much problems!

I felt a bit bad for them, as they played better at their practice session than they did live.  They were still good though and I found myself swaying gently to the music as I walked around them to shoot action shots.  Below are some of my favourite shots.  Of course I took some more "classic" ones too; you know, the type of pictures where you can see the musicians' face properly... ;)

Any rock band (or any musician) reading this?  Let me know if I can “invade” your practice session or your next gig.  Just don’t be offended if I put on some earplugs; it’s just so I can stand comfortably in front of those blazing 7 feet high speakers, where the angle is just perfect to shoot you! ;)