Last Thursday night, as my husband was sorting out some printing for a night out we were going to on Friday, I had a slightly bonkers idea. We were going to a James Bond Casino night in aid of the two playgroups and Infants school in the village. Some of my friends were organising and husband had agreed to print table plans, menus etc. as he works for a printing company. "Shall I volunteer to take photos?" I asked him. Great idea he said. So I emailed the organisers, who agreed. Cue me spending the evening printing out cards with information on, charging batteries, clearing memory cards and relearning how to use my flash gun!!!
I was very aprehensive as the only event work I'd done before was my cousin's 21st birthday party two years ago and he went round with me to get photos with everyone, however I did learn valuable lessons from that event.
It took a while to get going. Knowing a lot of the people there made it more difficult. It felt a little like I was intruding and a lot of them don't know that I do photography. I did get a lot of questions, but people were interested which was great.
Getting over my initial fears and reservations I got into the swing of it and really enjoyed myself. I got some nice ones at the tables and people dancing as well as some good ones of people playing games in the casino. There were some nice candid ones too.
I got chatting to the guys who organised the casino and they were very interested and could maybe get me some event work if I decide I want to do it, which was a real confidence booster. They also let me take a few pictures of their kit for my own usage. They may use them for their own advertising too.
All in all it went well and I was pleased with the results. Another potential avenue to explore!
Here are a few pictures from the night.
Wendy Mayflower Photography x
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