{Pre-Wedding Shoot} Maria & Rob - Cliveden

A couple of weeks ago I kicked off the start to this year's wedding season with Maria & Rob's Pre-Wedding Shoot at Cliveden.

I normally schedule in the PWS around 8-10 weeks before the wedding, as it then coincides nicely with the pre-wedding consultation that I like to do with all my wedding couples. During this meeting we chat through the whole day, from start to finish. This helps me to know what to expect from the day, but also helps the couple to identify any bits and pieces that still has to be done, or might have slipped their mind.

Then on to the fun part, the actual shoot.

There are a certain level of nervousness present in any couple when it comes to the photographs/camera, and this shoot is designed to firstly calm those nerves, and secondly, see that it is supposed to be fun. Most of my couples thank me afterwards and say that they are feeling so much better for having done this, and that they are now looking forward to doing the photos rather than having the nerves get in the way.

For Maria and Rob it was no different. One of the first things Rob said to me, was that he didn't like having his photo taken! This is fairly normal, as I have yet to meet a groom that hasn't said that.

We just had a casual wander around the lovely grounds of Cliveden and I did a few shots here and there. A little bit of direction, in terms of the posing, during the PWS works wonders for use on the wedding day.

Here are a few of my favourites from the shoot, and I'm sure you'll agree that Rob is a natural! ;-)



















Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer, Maidenhead

{Lifestyle} Croucher Family Portraits

Back in August I got a call from Dave Croucher. He and his brother wanted to get a Family Shoot Voucher for his Mum & Dad's Ruby wedding anniversary. So after having a couple of failed attempts of getting all the family together, we finally managed to line it all up for a Sunday in March.

So a few weeks ago I met up with the Croucher family to do the family portraits.

Now, I've photogaphed Dave, Jodie and little Lauren before as part of the Dale Family Shoot at Cliveden, so we decided to use the same venue again for this shoot.

It was a lovely day and we had a good time. Little Zoe loved being in front of the camera, but unfortunately little Lauren seems to have developed an aversion to cameras and I had to use every trick in the book to try and coax her into position. Most of the time the answer I received was an absolute - NO! followed by her walking as far away from me as possible ;-).

Even with all of this going on, I am quite pleased that I still managed to get a few nice ones of her although she was hardly ever smiling. We agreed that for the next time we will probably try and do Lauren at home (in familiar surroundings) and away from a large group scenario, as she has not liked the experience on both occasions.

Sometimes children just don't like the pressure and expectation that a shoot of this proportion demands, and they show it in the only way they know how. I would always recommend that we then start with the basics in her familiar surroundings to build up her confidence and trust.

So without further ado, here are a selection of images from the day.


























This is probably my absolute favourite image from this shoot, I just love those tights!



Family Portrait Photographer, Beaconsfield

{Sneak Peak} Becky & Will Pre-Wedding Shoot

A quick sneaky peak from today's Pre-Wedding Shoot in Birmingham.



West Midlands Wedding Photographer

{Sneak Peak} Maria & Rob Pre-Wedding Shoot

A quick sneaky peak from yesterday's Pre-Wedding Shoot at Cliveden.



Wedding Photographer Berkshire

{Portraits} The Livesey Girls - 2 years on.

Here's one from the backlog of last year...

In November I got a call from Julia to ask if I could fit them in for a quick portrait session in time for her Mum & Dad's Anniversary for which these images were going to be a present.

I had photographed the girls once before - way back in 2008 - and I always get remarks and compliments about their striking images that are in my portfolio album that I carry around with me.

This shoot also involved their 3 older cousins, their Aunt and Uncle, but more on that part of the family in another post soon.

For this post I wanted to show just a couple of my favourite images from this shoot as always, as well as a selection of images from their shoot in 2008.

Let me know what you think!















And this is what they looked like 2 and a bit years ago...



Family Portrait Photographer Windsor and Eton.