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Pearl & Hardeep – A London Engagement Shoot

18th January 2011 · 13 Comments

Say hi to Pearl & Hardeep. We met them when we photographed their friends Purdeep & Beney’s wedding in 2009.

In 2010 Pearl emailed me asking about doing an engagement session in London ahead of their wedding in Singapore which happened right before New Year.

The date we chose happened to clash with the student protests in London, causing the traffic in the city to be even worse than usual. I was 2 hours late for the shoot! Not a good start. Things improved quickly though as Pearl & Hardeep are two of the friendliest people you could meet and we had fun roaming the London streets, from Tower Bridge to Shoreditch. We even kept shooting after dark, which was a novelty for me.

Congrats to Pearl & Hardeep on their marriage. I heard it was an amazing wedding.

Here are some of my fave images from our shoot.

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Valentine’s Photo Shoots – Book Now!

13th January 2011 · 1 Comment

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Clare, Martin & family

11th November 2010 · 4 Comments

We only have one wedding during November and it happens this Saturday.

Clare & Martin have been together a while now. They have two great kids who are possibly more excited than anyone about the wedding

I met up with the family earlier this week for a shoot in their local park. More a family portrait session than an engagement shoot, and that was just fine with me.

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Rosella & Trevor – A London Wedding

24th October 2010 · 11 Comments

We seem to be getting booked for more and more London weddings these days and I have to say I’m not complaining.

Apart from hating driving around the streets, it’s a great city with plenty of potential for great photographs.

Rosella & Trevor booked us earlier this year and I knew it was gonna be something special. This is one very cool and stylish couple.

Their wedding ceremony took place at the very grand St Peter’s Italian Church while the reception was just across from St Paul’s Cathedral at Stationers’ Hall.

On the day Rosella looked uh-mazing! Check out her dress….!

A huge thanks to the lovely Shell De Mar who did a fantastic job as my 2nd shooter.

Even bigger thanks to Rosella & Trevor for having us along to such a great wedding and for giving us plenty of time to get the photos we love to get. Huge congrats to you both

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Rosella & Trevor – A London Wedding {Sneak Peek}

13th September 2010 · 2 Comments

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The Naked and Famous – Young Blood

8th July 2010 · No Comments

Every now and then a song or band just totally grabs my attention and has me wanting to tell the world about it.

I stumbled across this clip by The Naked & Famous thanks to Jory Cordy on Twitter and the video, combined with the tune, is the best music video I’ve seen in ages. It was directed by Special Problems.

I guarantee it’ll brighten you day….

The Naked And Famous – Young Blood from The Naked And Famous on Vimeo.

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Jemma & Andy – Engagement Session in the Cotswolds

18th March 2010 · 5 Comments

While I was editing Jemma & Andy’s engagement session I started thinking about how important these shoots really are.

Imagine having a whole set of photos of your own parents taken just before they got married. Pretty priceless I’d say. Many couples have never had professional photographs taken of them before and these shoots are totally different to what we’ll capture at their wedding. It’s also a good time for us to get to know each other a little better and for the couple to see that it doesn’t have to be stressful at all having their photo taken. In fact, most couples agree that it’s actually good fun and that helps them relax on the wedding day, and that leads to better wedding photos. Everyone’s a winner!

For Jemma & Andy’s session we met in the Cotswolds and went for a pub lunch first. As it was Mother’s Day, I decided to make a day of it and brought the family along too.

We ended up back at Broadway Tower just as the sun decided to do some pretty amazing shows..

Oh look! It’s Evelyne, Elliott & Isaac. This photo is already on our wall

Elliott was determined to be in more photos!

There’s that cheeky little boy again!

The wedding is in 2 weeks. Photos here soon…

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Rebecca, Chris & Neva – Family Portraits

17th February 2010 · 1 Comment

One thing I’d like to do more of this year is family portraits and children’s portraits.

A few weeks ago I was up in Bolton to meet Rebecca, Chris and their gorgeous little girl, Neva. Their portrait session was a gift from their friend Mark and we had fun capturing images of the whole family inside their home and then braving the cold to get some fun photos outside near where they live.

If you need a new umbrella, b the way, you should check out their umbrella company here >>> www.umbrellaworld.co.uk We bought this one!

Seriously, how cute is Neva??!!

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A Rainy Day Family Session… to be continued..

24th January 2010 · No Comments

So… what do you do when, as you’re driving towards somebody’s home for a family shoot, the clouds move in, the sky darkens and the rain starts?!

You improvise.

I’ve photographed Nancy & Mark and their little boy before but now they have a new member of the family and wanted some new family portraits. We planned on doing these in Sutton Park but, alas, it wasn’t meant to be. We’re rescheduling that for another day.

We did manage to get a few good images from the session but it was obvious that we were limited thanks to the miserable weather and lack of natural light.

Hopefully, next time the weather will be a little more on our side…

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Brett Harkness & Damien Lovegrove – Photography Courses

8th January 2010 · 6 Comments

Every now and then it’s good to seek inspiration from photographers we admire and go and get learned.

Recently I attended two one-day workshops with photographers Brett Harkness and Damien Lovegrove. Both were great and gave me some new ideas on creative ways to use flash on location.

Here are a few images I came back with…

Firstly, from Brett’s workshop.

and a few from the day with Damien (including the image at the top of this post)…

Big thanks to Brett, Kristie and Damien for their generous sharing of knowledge. Both workshops were great fun and totally inspiring.

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