Engagement: James & Charlotte

I had a lovely morning with James and Charlotte at the Jacklett Farm, near Danbury on Saturday morning doing their pre-wedding portraits. Here's a few of our favourites showing them on the farm off:

And my absolute favourite image of the day has to be this one:

Guess who will be wearing a bow tie for the wedding!

I can't wait to photograph Charlotte and James' wedding towards the end of June and know we're going to have a lot of fun..

Happy wedding planning until then you two! :-) I know all your hard work is going to result in a perfect wedding day.. x

Wedding: Suel & Helen

On Saturday afternoon I had the privilege of photographing Suel and Helen's wedding at the Room in the Rodings, Essex.

The happy couple now share the special date with Helen's parents who celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary on Saturday. Many congratulations to them too!

Thank you's
A big thank you to Liesel from Room in the Rodings who was a wonderful help on the day. And a big thank you of course to the team of Magpie Catering, managed by Arzu who kindly took care of me too.

Helen and Suel - many happy congratulations to you two! I hope you have a very happy and fun-filled life together.

Venezia, Italy

For the bank holiday I escaped for the weekend with my best friend to Venice - it's my third visit in recent years as I *LOOOOOOVE* photographing there. I'm holding thumbs that I'll get to photograph a wedding there soon!

Here are a few of my favourites from the weekend:

I love the islands of Murano and Burano and we had a great time photographing all the colourful glass, coloured buildings and various textures. I also had a great play around with various solid one colour backgrounds with my friend and seeing and comparing how differing colours and tones suit some people better in portrait photography. Venezia and her islands really is a photographer's dream!

If you're getting married or know of anyone getting married in Venice, please contact me for a special quote!

Wedding: Alan & Daniella

Alan and Daniella's wedding was the last one of my many September weddings last year and were married at the Woodlands Park Hotel very bright and early on a Sunday morning. Here's a few pages from their bespoke album which I thought showed all the emotions of the day beautifully.
After the civil ceremony, Daniella's uncle incorporated a few beautiful Jewish traditions into their day..
Lots of congratulations Alan & Dan! I'm so pleased I was your wedding photographer and was there to share your day with you. Wishing you lots of love and happy times xx

Thank you's
Graeme from the Woodlands Park Hotel was amazing, he really did a wonderful job of keeping everyone on time and providing excellent service before you could even think of asking for anything! Thanks so much for your help Graeme.

I look forward to being back at the Woodlands Park Hotel and photographing Andy & Kim's wedding later this year..

South Africa - February 2008

I recently went back to South Africa and as it may be several years before I return to my old hometown, I wanted to document some of my favourite beaches there. Here's a few from sunrise at Umtentweni beach:

We took a drive all the way down the coast as far as Port Edward and stopped at all our favourite beaches on the way back - Trafalgar, Southbroom, Kids Beach and Ramsgate. These are from Palm Beach:

SWPP Convention

I attended my first SWPP Convention at the Novotel, Hammersmith from the 17-21 January 2008 and heard some amazing speakers. I'm so excited about all the knowledge imparted over the last few days and know 2008 is going to be an amazing year.

I attended Doug Gordon's master class on the Monday - here are a few shots of him in action showing us how to do flow-posing:

Wedding: Congratulations Greg & Amy!

Our friends Greg and Amy were married at the Merton Registry Office on Saturday. I feel very priviledged to have photographed this part of their wedding for them. Here's a few of my favourites:

Celebratory lunch followed at Cannizaro House and was absolutely divine!

Lots of congratulations to you two.. wishing you much love and happiness for the future. Look forward to celebrating with you in South Africa! xx

Happy New Year

To my great family, friends and clients - Thank You so much for you encouragement and support throughout 2007. It's been a special year with lots of hard work, amazing experiences and even more fun and laughter. May 2008 be another wonderful year..

Wishing you all a very special year. Happy 2008!