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Flash Freeze Mob – Cwmbran

Kapow had a break from the wedding photography this week and went to cover a ‘Flash Freeze Mob’ in Cwmbran town centre. Bacically a Flash Mob is a large group of people that with prior planning, meet in a public place, perform an unusual act and then quickly disperse. If you have ever seen the [...]

Posted on July 1, 2010 at 1:42 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Kapow Event Photography – Gwent Squash Cup Final

Just a quick post this evening as it’s late and I’m getting ready for Jenny & Chris’s wedding tomorrow. Kapow were asked to photograph the Gwent Squash Cup final and presentation at the Glan-yr-Afon Sports club in Cwmbran. Congratulations to Pontypool who beat Bedwellty/Newbridge in the final. Also congratulations to all the other trophy winners [...]

Posted on May 14, 2010 at 10:31 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Learning Photoshop with Online Tutorials

Posted on May 11, 2010 at 7:04 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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South Wales Wedding Photography and Photoshop CS5

Adobe have just announced the latest version of their Creative Suite software. Most importantly for the wedding photographers this includes an update to Adobe Photoshop. Obviously myself and Karl will be one of the first to order our upgrades. Karl will order the Mac edition and I will need the PC equivalent. As I have [...]

Yasmine & Phillip’s Wedding – Bryngarw House, Bridgend, South Wales

The wedding photography this Easter took us to Bryngarw House in Bridgend for the wedding of Yasmine and Phillip Davies. With rain forecast for the morning it was all fingers crossed for a break in the clouds as the ceremony wasn’t until 1.30. Myself and Karl met Yasmin, her parents and the bridesmaids at her [...]

Posted on April 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Kapow Photography – Quick Tips

I was trawling though some old folders on my PC the other day and came accross this article that I wrote for a magazine a couple of years ago. I was asked by the editor to come up with some ‘quick tips’ for the readers that were keen on photography. I thought I’d post them [...]

Wedding photography and ‘Photoshopping’

Whenever I meet a potential customer interested in booking Kapow as their wedding photographers, I’m always asked ‘Do you use Photoshop?’ I have to say that the question is nearly always asked by the bride as they seem terrified that a rogue spot might spoil their wedding photographs on their special day. Myself and Karl [...]

Posted on March 25, 2010 at 10:38 am by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Is digital photography ‘art’?

Recently I was asked an interesting question about photography. A friend of mine asked me if I thought digital photography could be thought of as ‘art’. I don’t think that there can be one definitive answer. There are so many different styles and techniques and subjects that the answer has to be ‘it depends’. With [...]

Posted on March 23, 2010 at 8:35 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The Wedding of Laura & Ben, Craig-y-nos Castle, Ystradgynlais

There was a late night for Kapow last night after a great day at Craig-y-nos Castle near Swansea. We were booked to do the wedding photography for Laura and Ben Royle. With the weather looking pretty grim all week things looked up as I drove past Cardiff. Blue skies and some scttered white clouds, absolutely [...]

Faces all over the Places

Just a quick post today to let you know about a Facebook group created by an old friend of mine from Pontypool, Dan Hubert. Such a great idea and good way of getting you out with the camera and thinking about your photography.

Posted on March 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm by Dave Powell · Permalink · Leave a comment
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