{Married} Emma & Rob - Compleat Angler, Marlow

At the beginning of October I had the pleasure to photograph Emma & Rob's wedding at The Parish Church of St John the Baptist in Little Missenden. It is most definitely the best little church I've ever been to, and was followed by the Compleat Angler in Marlow.

You'll remember Emma & Rob from their Pre-Wedding shoot - here.

It was a beautiful morning full of promise for a fantastic day.

Emma and the girls got ready at the Hotel with a bottle of bubbly and some yummy snacks to tide them over while their hair and makeup was being done. Emma had a fabulous Benjamin Roberts dress and a pair of very impressive shoes. ;-)

Emma travelled to the church in their gorgeous car while the rest of the girls were travelling to the church in taxis. Unfortunately this is where the hiccups started. The taxi company mistook the time for pick-up for PM rather than AM and then had to be phoned up when they didn't show.

But even with the delayed start of the ceremony, some guests getting lost (to the ceremony and back), a rain cloud rolling in and terrible traffic on the way back to the reception, everybody had a fantastic time.

The bride and groom arrived on a boat to the Hotel, complete with more bubbly and some luxurious bite size snacks. After a quick chat with the duty manager, we agreed a new timeline and we made sure that we made up some time during the photographs.

Emma said "It was the best day of my life, and I wasn't even worried that we were running late... I was uncharacteristically calm!"

I think that is the best attitude to have, afterall, it is a day to be enjoyed and treasured, and nothing should dampen it.

Here are a few of my favourite images from the day...
(You'll see that I had a hard time choosing ;-) )














































Supplier Details:

Dress - Benjamin Roberts from the Constantina range
Shoes - Dune
Flowers - Sue Barton Flowers, Marlow (07860585327)
Hair - Dionne Tackley, High Wycombe (07599847585)
Makeup - Zoe Sedaghat, (07980744539)
Venue - Compleat Angler, Marlow
Wedding Coordinator (venue) - Alison Smith
Stationary etc - Couple made themselves


Wedding Photographer Marlow

{Commercial} Harvington Pre-School

Last week I spent the morning with the lovely children (and staff) of Harvington Pre-School to capture some new images of them doing what they do best... learning.

When Liz (The Pre-School Manager) contacted me to ask if we could meet to discuss this shoot she had in mind, I was delighted to accept, as this is the local Pre-School to where I now live and I wanted to help them with their goals.

They needed some new imagery for a flyer that they would like to produce, that they are going to distribute far and wide, to raise the profile of the Pre-School in order to "recruit" more children. They are a little village Pre-School that goes through cycles just like any other Nursery/Childcare establishment, but because they are so small, they seem to feel the pinch more than the larger settings. They beginning of the school year is historically a quieter time of the year for them and then they seem to grow as the year progresses.

They will also be using the images on their website to replace most of the ones that they've taken with their own cameras.

Harvington Pre-School is a registered charity and from what I've seen, are a fantastic setting for any child to attend!!

They do loads of extras like;

Fun French

Fun Spanish

Signing

and the absolute icing on the cake - Forrest School!

Any child will be lucky to have received such a good foundation before they go to school!

Here are a few of my favourites, so please leave me a comment and let me know what you think...





























Commercial Photographer Worcestershire

{Baby} Freya - 6 month session

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to go back and photograph Baby Freya for her 6 month session in Gerrards Cross at her Grandma and Grandad's house.

You'll remember this beatiful little girl from her 3 month session - here.

Now I'm going to do this post in 2 parts, because the shoot had 2 distinct parts...

The first part was of Freya in her christening gown.

This gown is unique and truly spectacular, so I asked Keely-Ann (Freya's Mum) about the history of the Christening Gown, and this is what she said:

"...the christening dress is a family heirloom on my father's side. We understand it was made for my grandfather by one of his maiden aunts, thereby making it 100 years old.
It is totally hand made and stitched and has been worn by four generations, my grandfather, my father and aunt, my sister and myself, my neice and now Freya."

I absolutely loved the delicacy of the fabric and the lovely little details on the gown, and I think she looked pretty as a picture! I'm really glad that her Mum decided to include it in the shoot, as they now have a beautiful record of such a special event.

Here are a few of my favourite images with the gown, so tell me what you think!
(the rest of the shoot will follow shortly)













Baby Photographer, Beaconsfield

{Inspiration} Unique invitations for a quirky couple!

I stumbled across this blog post via somebody I follow on twitter (I've forgotten who now :( sorry!), and I was blown away by the detail and effort that this couple put into their wedding invitations.

Jodi & Kurt are photographers themselves (in Virginia) and they are getting married on the 15th October (TOMORROW!!)

Here is a little image taken from Jodi's blog, but please read the whole post here and if you are anything like me and like crafty things, let the drooling begin ;-)



They even created a wedding film, which you can view on her blog, or you could just watch it here...
(super cute alert!!)

a slice of invite from Jodi Miller on Vimeo.

{Headshots} Moira Bailey

I first met Moira at a breakfast networking group in Stratford-upon-Avon a little over a month ago. During my 60 second talk I covered the importance of having a good headshot to represent you on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and of course your website.
Moira's company is The Professional Woman's Coach and she is based in Warwick.

(I am writing a seperate post to cover all the point that you need to consider when evaluating your photo, so watch this space if you are in doubt...)

Moira came to have a chat to me after the meeting about the photograph she is currently using. It was taken by a newspaper photographer in 2004 for an article. Although it is a fairly decent photo, and she has had a number of comments from people recently about it.

Comments like:

that they didn't recognise her from her photo, or

that she looked much younger in person than she does on her photo

Of course in the last 6 years things have changed, not only styles of photography, but also clothes and Moira has changed her hairstyle. So we agreed to do some headshots to better reflect her look and style in 2010.

Moira also asked if I could capture a couple of images of her talking to a colleage for use on her website, so we incorporated that into the shoot as well.

These are the new ones we've created.













and this is the photograph that Moira has been using until now...

Which do you prefer?
And would you rather do business with Moira now or then?



Commercial & Business Portrait Photographer, Warwick