Portraits of Alfie

At the beginning of the month, Alfie's Mum won a Mini Shoot and some prints in a raffle draw that I donated at a local coffee morning and table top sale for the Iain Rennie charity. She was very excited to have won the prize from me, and promptly scheduled the shoot for the following week.

On the morning of the shoot Alfie was not feeling too well (probably teeth) and you could tell he was not 100% himself just by looking at him. It took alot of joking and being plain silly before he decided to trust this funny lady with the big camera, but eventually we made it.

We played inside and outside, and we even went to visit the magic tree!!

I had a great time playing with Alfie, and here are a couple of images from the day...

Wedding in Winchester Town Hall

In August I had the priviledge to go and help out a friend and fellow photographer - John Blythe - to one of his weddings in the Winchester Town Hall.

The delightful couple very quickly made us feel at home and part of the family. They were extremely laid back as a couple, although there were a few frayed nerves before the ceremony began ;-).

Here are a few of my favourite images from the day...

PR shoot for NCT Beaconsfield Committee

Recently I joined the committee of my local NCT branch, and having never had the time to really read my newsletter properly, I never noticed the "pick and mix" nature of the images of the committee members in the front.

When I did however notice it, I couldn't stop thinking that I should volunteer to do something about it.

The photo shoot didn't have to include hair and makeup artists and glamorous poses, just a uniform/consistent look, where people were (preferrably) smiling.

I felt that the images should be informal and relaxed and not have a corporate polished look and feel to them. Afterall, we are mums volunteering and having fun while doing it. ;-)

So I did a 15 minute shoot, one evening before we started our meeting. I asked everybody to sit on the floor just outside the front door of the house where the meeting was taking place, and quickly took some pictures while we were chatting like only a bunch of mums can do.

Below is a selection of the images...
(ladies, I hope you understand that I couldn't show all of you! ;-) L)

Market in St Antonin, France

I went to the market in St Antonin today. What a wonderful vibe!!

Everybody was so friedly even though I can only just about manage Bounjoir, Merci and Au Revoir!

We've only got a few more days left before we return to "the Grindstone", and in a perverse sort of way, I'm looking forward to it.

I've loved my time in France, and I will be back really soon ;-)

Here are a few images I wanted to share with you...

My visit to Carcassonne, France

I've been very quiet recently and I suppose I can only blame that on being very busy getting everything done before we left for France for our holiday.

The weather down in the south has been absolutely fantastic... I've read some books (not done that for a long time), we've been to the beach and had lots of ice creams.

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't planning on blogging while we were away, but we visited Carcassonne yesterday. Only one word springs to mind - WOW!!!!

I just had to put some pictures on here to encourage everybody to visit it when they are next in this part of the world.

Have a look below...
(They are all chocolate toned as I felt it suited them best) ;-)

Malmaison Oxford - wedding setup and details shots

On Sunday 26th July I headed out to Oxford again to go and photograph a wedding setup and detail shots for use on some marketing material that the Hotel are planning to produce in the near future.

Timing was of the essence, as I had to take all of the shots I needed between the staff putting the finishing touches on the rooms, and the bridal party and guests starting to turn up.

At the end of the day, I finished just in a nick of time, because as I walked out of the Visitors Room, the Groom and some of the guests stepped out of the lift.

Here are a few favourites...

Helen and Paul's wedding at Sheepdrove

On Saturday 25th July I assisted a friend of mine, Paul Glavin, at one of his weddings.

Helen and Paul Jackson chose one of the only days in July that turned out to have decent weather and blue skies.

The ceremony took place at St Peter’s Church in Earley and then everybody made their way to Sheepdrove Eco Farm and Conference Centre just outside Lambourne (Berkshire).

Apart from the Thunderbugs (that's what I was told they were called) getting absolutely everywhere ;-0, we could not have asked for a better day or a more imaginative couple.

It was a beautiful service, jolly reception and surely an occasion that everybody would remember for a long time!

Here are a few of my favourites from the day...

















Here is a link to Paul's Blogpost of the day.