Many couples choose to go for a portrait session in a studio, these often offer fantastic facilities and appear to be very low cost, however after paying the low session fee the product price some companies offer can be quite scary! Some years ago a friend of ours “won” a portrait shoot in London for his family and spent over £1200 on products, so why the hidden charges, surely couples what to know up front what they will pay for their family photoshoot? As an introductory offer our price is £100 for the shoot, our product prices start from only £5 each for small prints, you can download the images and print them as often as you wish for only £18 each and our canvas gallery wraps start at only £80.

In the USA it is common for many families to go for a photoshoot every 4-6 months, however over in the UK most families may go for one once or just rely on snaps from the family compact camera. Maybe we should invest a little more time and money in professional photographs to record our families, we all know how quickly children grow!

If you are interested please give me a call on 07525 629508.

Below are images from Millie & Robert’s photoshoot just over a week ago, I hope you enjoy them!

The theme for their big day was “Alice in Wonderland” with the traditional meal being replaced by a “Mad Hatter’s tea party”, what a great idea! There were also surprises booked, singing guests in the ceremony who stood up and sang whilst the register was being signed, singing waiters (who were very good!) and a caricature artist who was also very talented.

The ceremony room had lovely light and we took some great shots of the couple getting married, then it was outside for confetti and the drinks reception. Looking at the weather we decided to take the couple shots before the groups and make the most of the lovely winter sunshine, this decision paid dividends and we got some great photographs for the couple. We then took the group shots which we managed to get through quite quickly just in time for the start of the tea party.

The tea party was a great idea and all the guests loved it, the Alice theme was enough to add to the day without taking it over and the surprise singing waiters really stole the show and got everyone on their feet. Simon and I were singing along and waving our cameras in the air joining in with everyone else. After the cutting of the cake we took some time for some couple shots on the spiral and main staircases before the guests moved on to the evening event. This was the end of the day for us, but what an enjoyable day! I hope that you like the selection of shots below.

Fallowfields Country House Hotel kindly offered to allow us to shoot at the hotel, we also benefitted from an excellent Sunday lunch, well worth experiencing if you are ever in the area. We had booked a model called Cody who travelled over from Italy, she was great to work with and was brave to work outside on a cold day.

The day before brought us snow and we started with some outside work before the thaw set in. After each set up we let Cody warm up inside before starting the next set. We then moved inside to the bedroom for some boudoir photography before finishing with some general shots around the hotel.

Below are a few of my shots from the day, please leave your comments below;

I have just purchased a new Elinchrom Quadra, this is an amazing and very versatile piece of lighting equipment that will be invaluable at weddings both for use indoors and outdoors. I have used one on a number of shoots and workshops in the past and was very keen to put this through its paces. Please feel free to comment on the pictures below;

Below are some images from our shoot;

The weather was unsettled with a forecast of showers, Elspeth was determined that she wanted an outdoor ceremony however the hotel were rightly concerned by the black clouds. They need not have worried, half an hour before the ceremony started the sun came out and shone down on the proceedings and Elspeth and Sam were married. Following the ceremony we took photographs of the drinks reception before the rain started and we had to go indoors. This did not last long and we were soon outside for the couple and group shots. The weather seemed to be on our side and the second shower of the day passed while the wedding party were seated for the breakfast.

Elspeth had planned two surprises for Sam, the first was the VW camper van that she had booked to drive him to the ceremony, the second was a VW ice-cream van! This went down very well, as did the free ice-cream that we all enjoyed!

Into the evening we took a few more couple shots as the sun set and then stayed for the first dance and the band. They had booked a great band and we didn’t want to leave but after providing nearly twelve hours coverage of their wedding tiredness was setting in and we said our goodbyes. A very enjoyable wedding.

Below are some of the images from the day, we hope you like them as much as we do!

I was working with a photographer friend Adam who had travelled down to second shoot for me, he and I arrived for the bridal preparation pictures before I headed off to the church to meet the guys and get some photos of the venue before the guest arrived. In the meantime Adam stayed with Lauren and her bridesmaids to get some photographs of them once they were ready.

The ceremony was lovely, everything went very well and all of the guests enjoyed the service. Afterwards the couple left the church we took shots of the guests before moving over to the gardens where I organised the group photographs. It was then off to the reception venue where the guests enjoyed a drink and the amazing countryside bathed in sunshine. We took the couple off for photographs in a nearby field where the corn made a great location for some good photographs.

The evening soon came round, after a very good hog roast the evening guests started to appear and many of the guest headed to the marquee for the cutting of the cake and first dance. After we had photographed the first dance I took pictures of the sun setting at the end of what was a most enjoyable day. I hope that you enjoy a selection of some of the images;