Because that is basically what we do, i.e. We try to create some images to tell a story, which we are hoping that others will want to read – and of course want to read badly enough, that they would be willing to pay us some money for the Rights to use our work – because this is what we do for a living.
So I’m basically a writer who uses light and a camera to tell a bunch of stories – and Marie checks my spelling and grammar 
Anyway, the storyline in this case was: A friend of Marie’s called Jillian and her husband Jim, recently purchased a beautiful 50’s detached house in their ideal location in Belfast; however, they found that the kitchen was too small and they really wanted a multifunctional family space instead – so after lots of hard work to make their dream come true, while trying to stay within their budget, Jillian invited us along to photograph the final result.
Could have picked a better day to shoot it, was my thinking when the first images appeared on screen…
.. as it was ‘black as a boot’ outside, due to the fact that it was raining – but then this is Ireland, so nothing new about that
Anyway, with the camera in position, Marie set about doing her thing…
.. while I tried to figure out how I was going to light this – because it just didn’t seem to look as good on screen here, as it did to the eye.
Of course, it didn’t help that I had forgotten to bring my lighting stands with me – which was a first, as I had never don’t that before in all the years I have been doing this 
Anyway, after a 2-hour drive back to the studio to get the stands, I was then good to go…
.. and about 30 minutes after that, it was time for Jillian to strike the pose – which as you can see she did to perfection…
.. after we had made a few small changes to suit the camera.
So after a very slow start, which was all my fault, we then rattled off a number of other images to show the rest of this room, as well as details like this…
.. to show the attention to detail – to complete the story.
A story, which I’m delighted to say, you will be able to see and read more about in the August issue of Style at Home magazine later on this year.
Which just leave me to say a big thanks to Jillian and her husband Jim for inviting us in to tell their story – as that’s what we do
From Mare & me, the story tellers, @ ampimage.com
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