Posted in Weddings on Monday 30th August, 2010
It all happened for Lara and Dean at a gorgeous venue, the Olde Bell at Hurley on Sunday, married after over ten years together. Love and joy most definitely all around: a beautiful and emotion-filled ceremony and so many wonderful characters and moments to capture.
With special thanks to best men, Simon and Lee, and to Kevin at the Olde Bell, and to Lara and Dean for choosing me to record their special day. Fantastic stuff - even the noise levels in the bridal suite and especially the bath moment (good on you Dean!). Oh, and grateful thanks to whoever it was who appeared at the top window bearing all during the group shot. There’s a job for you as an assistant if ever you need one..
Please note: Below are some of my highlights from the day but to see all the images from Lara and Dean’s wedding and and to purchase prints, please click here:
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Posted in Corporate and PR, Events on Thursday 19th August, 2010
Aldeburgh Music commissioned me this week to record their involvement in one of Suffolk’s most popular annual events: the Aldeburgh Carnival which apparently has been in existence since 1835 and involves a procession through the streets and along the seafront, followed by music, dancing, brass band, lanterns by twilight and fireworks on the beach.
Aldeburgh Music’s Sunday Youth Group joined forces with Glyndebourne Youth Opera Group to perform some fantastic Cuban music and song as well as amazing dance with equally amazing energy.
All round fantastic stuff and ’scuse the pun’ right up my street especially being able to stand atop a moving landrover and shoot pictures from higher up as the guys processed down the high street. And, with no one from Health and Safely telling me or anyone else what to do. Refreshing in these over regulated times and long may this lovely event remain so.
Here are a few hightlights and yes that’s the Carnival Queen at the end looking serene and regal as folk started to release their lanterns into the night sky.
You can see all the pictures that made my edit from this event and /or order prints by clicking here:
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Posted in Children, Family on Wednesday 11th August, 2010
Following on from the previous post, here are some more favourites from my sessions photographing the young pre-school children who attend St Mary’s Playgroup in Woodbridge.
This was the first time they had had pictures taken of the children just being themselves and caught naturally as they went about their morning’s play, rather than posed in a set up studio space within the playgroup.
With thanks to all the staff for their help and co-operation, the parents of these lovely children who allowed me to photograph them, and for the many lovely comments I have received:
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Posted in Children, Family on Friday 6th August, 2010
This is something I’ve long wanted to do: photograph children at play and just doing what they do at playgroup, nursery and pre- school environments. It felt right to be putting a bit of bomb under what had been before - the typical school photograph of child posing in the headlights of a setup studio background complete with cheesy grin.
How mad it is that these school photographs don’t seem to have really moved on. Why on earth did anyone even begin to think that separating them off from their natural environment and putting them in front of a fake blue mottled background was a good thing?
Anyway, I finally got around to it in June/July this year when I had the privilege and the opportunity of spending a couple of hours on 4 mornings with the children who attend St Mary’s Playgroup in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
I had a lovely time and it was especially enjoyable observing and interacting with the children as my own daughter also attends. There were so many gorgeous children full of character that I photographed, and this was effectively 3 shoots in terms of shooting time, so I’m going to blog my favourites in 2 parts. Here are a few that I loved from the first couple of sessions:
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Posted in Children, Family on Tuesday 27th July, 2010
In my old job, over ten years ago now, I used to have breakfast meetings in stuffy conference rooms in the centre of London. Now I often start my working day outside in the fresh air and in stunning locations.
This shoot started at 8am in the cafe at Felixstowe Ferry by the sea (quintessentially english as well as nouishment for the soul) where I met up with Jos and her two gorgeous children - Sophia and Cal. Messing about by the sea and with old boats, a spot of crabbing and then some obligatory exploring in the woods. Does a job get much better than this? Some days I have to pinch myself:
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