About Me

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I am 36, married for 12 years to Sarah & have 2 wonderful kids. Luke (11) & Amelia (5) I live in North Yorkshire, roughly half way between the Yorkshire Dales and the North York moors. I adore photography, weddings and portraits are my speciality but I also love fine art, landscape and architectural work. Away from photography I have 2 other jobs, I am an active memeber of my local (PTA) Parent teachers Association for my childrens school.

Monday, 18 April 2011

The week ahead

Hello everybody,
A very busy week ahead, i don't know if I can fit everything in!
Today - Helping my dad move house...oohhhh the joys!!!
Tues & Wed - Work & business related stuff.
Thurs through to Sunday - work, car shopping, computer shopping, clothes shopping, marketing, playing with the kids, possibly a day out planned, a 1st birthday party, taking some photos, planning a new photography project.  Assisting with some Makers and Shakers work.  If i get all that done, i think i'll reward myself with a nice few beers!
Have a great week and enjoy the bank holidays!
Kindest regards
Mark
The quote of today is - "Photographs are taken by artists not scientists" in other words you don't need the greatest camera in the world to take the greatest pictures!

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Interview with Makers and Shakers blog

Hi everyone,

Please see my interview on Makers and Shakers.  It might give you an insight into how I got started and what/who i'm inspired by.
A massive thanks to Sue Simpson who's motivation has re-invigorated by desire to make my business a success along with Makers and Shakers.
Thanks for looking

Mark

Quote of the week is - " Don't wait for an opportunity to start what your mind has already started. Just make it happen!"makersandshakers.blogspot.com

Monday, 11 April 2011

The week ahead

It's easter holidays this week, i've got my part time job still to do, lots of photography related stuff, taking photos, editing photos, marketing, helping my father prepare to move house and another project is in the pipeline...keep tuned for updates.
I'm also going to start doing a weekly hints & tips column.

Have a great week to you all.

My inspirational comment of the day is... The difference between success & failure is determination.

Sunday, 10 April 2011

Too many jobs...too little time!

I've spent hours trying to sort this blog out...I think it's ok but I really need to learn more about the world of BLOG!
Today i'm fitting in photo editing, ordering and taking some new ones...Helping my wife with her marketing plan for her new business, playing with the kids and trying to get another project up and running!
I'm also waiting for Luke to come back home after he stayed at a friends last night.
I also want to get some sleep tonight!!!
Regards all.

P.s. The quote of the day is...Fail to prepare, Prepare to fail!

You can search for me in the following places.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/markjohnstonphotography1 - Facebook

http://mark-johnston-photography.co.uk/ - My website

@MarkJPhotograph - Twitter

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mark-johnston/22/7b8/a43 - linked in

Please feel free to join me on any forum.

Regards
Mark

First post

Hopefully, things will become easier as i'm having trouble linking Facebook, Twitter, Linked In &  my website to here.  I would like to be able to update all places at once.  I'll initially try like this but i'll improve it soon!