Just a quick message to let everyone know that the studio is closed this week and will reopen on Tuesday 1st September 2009. I will be unable to respond to email/phone messages during this time, but will get back to all as soon as the studio re-opens. Thanks for your patience!
Monthly Archives: August 2009
I have been busy throughout July photographing children on location for our Children of Somerset Book Project. In case you’re not aware of this project – we are photographing children across Somerset to raise money for the wonderful children’s charity Make-A-Wish Foundation. So far we have raised an amazing £750 for them and have helped them grant more wishes to children and young people fighting life threatening illnesses. All children photographed as part of the project will feature in a coffee-table book we are producing to be called Children of Somerset. Any profits from the sale of the book will also go to Make-A-Wish.
However, we urgently need to photograph 20 more children by the end of September if we are to be able to get the book published in time for Christmas. So we have reduced the amount of the donation we require for families to take part to just £25. For this donation you will receive a portrait session on location in Somerset, with each child photographed being included in the Children of Somerset book, and the chance to purchase any prints/products you wish for yourselves.
In order to offer this reduced donation, and to maximise the number of children we can photograph by the end of September, we have specified the dates and locations that the sessions will take place on. These will be:
Monday 7th September – Barrington Court* – sessions available: 10am, 11.30am & 2pm.
Monday 14th September – Ham Hill Country Park – sessions available: 10am, 11.30am, 2pm and 3.30pm.
Friday 18th September – Montacute House* – sessions available: 10am & 11.30am.
Monday 21st September – Hestercombe Gardens* – sessions available: 10am & 11.30am.
* An entrance fee may be payable at these locations.
If you know anyone with children who might be interested in taking part please ask them to give me a call on 01935 848881. More information on the project can be found on our dedicated blog here.
Here are some images of the children we photographed for the project during July:
On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Sophie & Karl in Bath. Last August I got to photograph Sophie’s sister Hannah when she got married to husband James, so it was nice to see some familiar faces when I arrived at Sophie’s parents house in the morning to cover the girl’s preparations! There was lots of excitement whilst the girls got ready, especially when it came time for Sophie to put on her dress – a beautiful Caroline Castigliano number, with a gorgeous lace-edged veil.
With about half an hour to go, I headed across Bath to Prior Park College where the ceremony was to take place. Both Sophie & Hannah had gone to school at Prior Park so it was only fitting that they get married in the lovely chapel there. The chapel is deceptive – it’s almost cathedral-like inside and has the most amazing light flooding in from the high windows. The place was decorated beautifully with lovely flower arrangements at the alter and on the pew ends and petals scattered along the edges of the aisle.
Karl looked rather dashing in his Royal Air Force uniform, which was fortunately blue and in keeping with the colour scheme! After a lovely ceremony, everyone headed over to another part of the college for drinks and canapes. Although it was a bit rainy in the morning, some dry spells did occur, so Sophie, Karl and myself made the most of them and headed outside for some photographs.
Later on it was time to leave Prior Park, and move on to the reception venue, The Park at Wick. By the time we arrived the rain had cleared up and the sun was even peeking out from behind the clouds – so we made the most of it and did some more portraits around the lovely grounds of the hotel. Then it was time for everyone to head inside for dinner.
Sophie & Karl’s full gallery will go online in a few weeks time, once they’ve been into the studio to see their images first. In the meantime here are some images from their day:
Last Wednesday I braved the torrential rain and headed down to the coast for the wedding of Katy & Alex. Although not from the area, Katy had chosen the Alexandra Hotel in Lyme Regis because she had always wanted to get married by the sea. Unfortunately the weather couldn’t have been worse and put paid to any plans to enjoy the sea views in the gardens as it didn’t stop raining the entire day.
But Katy and Alex didn’t let the weather get them down…the most important thing was that they were getting married to each other. The ceremony was quite emotional for Alex, which was really sweet. And there were some great readings from both of the couple’s dads, not to mention Alex’s son Jamie who did a great job of being the ring bearer.
Although it was a shame everyone couldn’t enjoy the reception on the lawns outside, they still had a great time in the hotel’s lounge – even throwing confetti in there! And I didn’t mind getting a little bit wet in order to get some great images of Alex and Katy in the hotel’s doorway.
Katy & Alex’s full gallery will go online in a few weeks time, but in the meantime here are some images from their day:
Suppliers: Dress: Monsoon; Cake: Pat-a-Cake, Wimborne; Florist: Teresa, Lyme Regis; Stationery: Vinegar Hill.
First up – a big apology for the lack of blogging last week – I have worked really hard to try to keep this blog updated on a weekly basis, and don’t think I’ve missed a week for over a year now. But last week was pretty hectic with 8 portrait sessions and a weekday wedding so I simply ran out of time! But I’ll be making up for it over the next few days as I now have THREE weddings to blog about!
First up is Lyndsay & Hayden who were married last weekend on what was possibly the only sunny weekend date in July! After covering Lynsday’s preparations I headed over to Kingston Maurwood House to meet up with Hayden and get ready for the ceremony. Lyndsay arrived at the house in style by horse drawn carriage! She looked stunning in a beautiful Jenny Packham wedding dress with amazing butterfly detailing.
After a lovely ceremony the guests headed outside to enjoy drinks and canapes in the sunshine, whilst Lyndsay & Hayden made their entrance in the horse drawn carriage. After mingling with their guests it was time to head inside for the meal. The star attraction of the dining room was the amazing swan ice sculpture that had been arranged as a surprise for the couple.
Lyndsay & Hayden’s full gallery will go online in a few weeks time, once they’ve been in to the studio to view their images first. In the meantime here are some images from their day:
Suppliers: Dress: Daisy Bridal, Boscombe; Florist: Giselle; Stationery: Letterpress of Cirencester from John Lewis.
