DUMBLETONS PHOTO TRAINING AT THE NEC !

We had a really busy four days at FOCUS ON IMAGING 2009... the photography industry's annual trade show at Birmingham NEC in February. We were showcasing our range of photography courses aimed at both professional and amateur photographers. 

Our portrait, wedding,marketing and commercial courses generated massive interest and some of our scheduled courses are now sold out..... additional dates will be added, details at www.dumbletonsphoto-training.com.

Dumbletons have photographed over 20000 weddings and we know that many wedding photographers are in need of training to improve their skills, which is why we launched these

intensive training courses. 

As well as our Cambridgeshire based courses, we are currently putting together a one week

course near Dublin for up to 25  Ireland based photographers.

Dumbleton's has been a successful Cambridge photography business for over 40 years and we look forward to being of service to our customers for the NEXT 40 years !

Kidney Research - London walk

On Sunday 6th July, the team from Dumbletons Photography  Studio in Cambridge, (plus few friends) did a Charity fundraising walk in London in aid of Kidney Research UK. Despite getting very wet, we had a great time raising money for such a worthy cause. The photograph shows us having a short rest while our youngest companion continued to have a nap. Naturally, despite being out of the studio, a camera was never far away and the temptation to shoot a few memorable pictures overwhelming - especially as the T-shirts were such a beautiful colour ;)

For some of us the day was an interesting diversion from our wedding photography and family studio shoots. For others it turned out to be another "networking" opportunity for our commercial photography !

The Dumbleton Team

Yesterday evening was spent photographing ourselves to get a good picture, of us all, for our new website home page...  The original idea was to use balloons with Dumbleton Photography written on them.  A good idea in theory, but in practice it was not so.  The balloons were quite unruly believe it or not, but it was quite amusing trying.  We then decided to play safe and arranged ourselves on some steps trying to make ourselves approachable and not too scary!

First step into modeling career

Here is Ella, our latest cherub taking her first steps towards a modeling career.  From the first time we met Ella at our Cambridge studio for her first cherub photo shoot when she was just 4 months old, we knew we had found a future star.  She certainly won over all the staff at Dumbletons, who could resist those winning smiles!  

Day in Dumbletons Photography Studio

Peter writes:  "Today we have a visitor from London in our Cambridge Studio.

Her name is Michelle and she worked with me on some pictures to update her portfolio.  Michelle is on her way to being cast in a David Lynch movie one day.  Anyone who knows Lynch's movies has to admit that Michelle's appearance is "Lynch's style". We were working together for a whole day to create commercial photographs that would please both me and Michelle. It's not a scecret that professional commercial photography relies on details, and we spent a lot of time finding the perfect cherry that would match the perfect Michelle.  Next time we meet will be in Cambridge again, this time to work on location photography. If you are curious of our future results, please visit our blog again in few weeks."