Real people, real moments, real stories; capturing life's most precious moments.Welcome to my blog - hopefully I've updated it recently. If not, it's probably because I'm too busy - sorry! Wedding in WiltshireLast week I photographed a small wedding, the ceremony being at the registry office in Chippenham and then the reception at The White Horse Inn in Compton Bassett. It was a lovely family and close friend's celebration; the weather was perfect and the May countryside was shown to its best. Here are a few pictures from the day:
I always insist on taking the bride and groom away for a few minutes photography, usually whilst guests are getting seated for the wedding breakfast. Many couples like the idea of candid, documentary pictures, but there is the danger that there will be very few pictures of the happy couple shown together if no posing is planned.
Family photo sessionNow the summer is nearly here and we're all enjoying being outside a lot more it's a great time to think about having a family photo session. My favourite type of session is to take a few pictures around your house, inside and out in the garden - you don't need much space or beautiful surroundings to get good pictures; I look for good light. Then I like to go for a little walk and again, the location doesn't need to be really beautiful as there are always lovely little spots we can find. Some tree shade is a real asset. Here are a few pictures from a March family photo session I did in Malmesbury, long before the trees had leaves on them when the daffodils were still in full bloom.
For more information about a family photo session with me please go to the portrait section of my website or email or phone me. The advantages of having a second shooterLast weekend we photographed a wedding in the lovely May sunshine in Dorset. EVERYTHING was beautiful! I'm sharing a couple of pairs of pictures with you today that really show the benefit of having a second shooter to capture a different angle. My husband, Simon, helps me on weekend weddings, he drops me off with the women preparing for the big day while he goes off and photographs the groom and men getting ready. He then stands at the head of the church, or ceremony room, and photographs emotions that I have no idea about, standing at the end of the church where I'm able to take in the full view of the church and the proceedings. This is what I mean:
Another example is the confetti throwing. This time, whilst I did my usual trick of walking backwards down the confetti tunnel trying my best not to crash in to guests, Simon went down the outside and because he is so tall, he managed to take pictures over the heads of most of the guests.
I think I prefer Simon's shots - what do you think? Portrait training at Lacock PhotographyLovely Leila modelled for us again yesterday at Lacock Photography. After a morning spent in the classroom going over the theory of taking great portrait pictures we ventured out around the village of Lacock for some photography practice with Leila. It's such a good way to try different things out and experiment and, from what I could see, the students all got some lovely images. Here are a few of the pictures I grabbed:
Some very different images, and I really don't know which is my favourite! Newborn baby photographyLovely little Theo was only a couple of weeks old when I went over to his house to photograph him recently. It's such a totally different style of photography than most of my other photography; it can take up to 4 hours to make sure the baby is really asleep to get those lovely naked, peaceful pictures that we strive for. We got a lovely selection with Theo, who was beautifully behaved and gorgeous.
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