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! Portrait photography trainingThe next Lacock Photography portrait training day is this Sunday, so it got me thinking about putting a few pictures from the last session on my blog... and then I saw how long ago I last blogged! Oh dear. My Facebook page gets a lot more attention. Philippa modelled for the first time for us in October of last year and here are a few of the pictures I managed to get, in between helping the students and holding the reflector.
Such an elegant woman and pose! It was taken in the doorway of the training room using natural light.
Winkworth Farm weddingLooking back to last month's weddings I wanted to share this one with you. It started off very wet and windy - why were most Saturdays this summer wet?! But the family were all very excited about the wedding and the bride had a relaxed time preparing with family and bridesmaids at home, regardless of the rain outside. Rosie was radiant.
I love taking candid pictures during the preparations - I think they are much more evocative than most posed pictures.
The bride listening to her proud mother. We all managed to get into the church with a lot of fiddling with umbrellas. The service was very moving, with a few tear being shed.
After the ceremony it was still raining so we stayed inside to take some more formal pictures of the wedding party.
I made the most of the lovely light in the church to get some close up bridal couple shots.
There are lots of lovely places to take pictures at Winkworth Farm.
Whilst the wedding guests were all going in to be seated ready for the wedding breakfast I took Rosie and Ollie away for 10 minutes of bride and groom photography. It's so important to make sure that I get good pictures of the bride and groom together with good lighting and a little posing.
The barn in Winkworth Farm is a great place for photography with some lovely light. I could easily have stayed there for an extra hour just taking pictures!
As I was busy taking different pictures of the couple the wind blew Rosie's veil over both their heads. I sometimes take pictures like this but it can look a little cheesy, but this was completely unplanned and gave some great expressions after this shot! Thanks for inviting Simon and me to be your wedding photographers. We really enjoyed the day and wish you both the best for your future lives together.
A perfect country weddingLast Friday I photographed a wedding with the ceremony in Malmesbury Town Hall and the reception in a marquee in the bride's parents' garden in Minety. A few years ago, big sister also had her reception in the garden, and it was a real treat to see the family again and meet the 2 new children. The weather was perfect for lounging around in the garden, drinking and talking with friends and family. The bride and groom didn't want many posed group pictures so there was plenty of time to get lots of candid pictures of guests enjoying themselves and I captured a lot of laughter. Here are just a few of the pictures from the afternoon.
The bride's beautiful dress was a creation of her aunt's, Sally Lacock, who has a shop in London. It looked stunning on Holly.
Holly was keen to get in and marry her man!
The bride and groom had a moment to themselves as the witnesses signed the register.
The confetti shots are always fun, as there's no posing and lots of smiles! Holly's little nephew was keen to join in.
We managed to snatch a few minutes of time for some bride and groom photography. A family member held a reflector to give a bit of extra light into the faces as the sun was behind the couple. Good luck for the future, Holly and Toby, and for your lives together.
Family photo shootTake a lovely English summer's late afternoon, and a family with their dog in their garden looking its best and with the sun shining, and these are a few of the resulting pictures.
With the sun behind the couple, I used a reflector to brighten the eyes with a little extra light.
It's not easy to get the family dog to sit and look at the camera - they usually run over to sniff the lens. Jessie was very well behaved!
And even the chicken was easy to photograph. The beautiful evening sun was a real bonus. A Portrait training session with Lacock PhotographyLast Sunday was another teaching day - portrait photography at Lacock Photography. We had a full house with 6 students, who were all good fun and keen to learn. The morning was spent in the classroom going over the most important points of how to take good portrait pictures, with examples of what NOT to do as well as what works well, and lots of images to demonstrate. After lunch Leila arrived and we tried out different techniques in the classroom, using window and door light. We then headed out into the village, stopping at any places that looked like the light was good, together with a suitable background. We're spoilt for choice in Lacock! Here are a few images that I took on the day, although I did't take too many with so many students.
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