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It's always lovely when a couple come to us through a recommendation from a previous client, in fact we are lucky that most of our couples come to us this way and Emma and Andy were no exception to this. A wonderful sunny day (at last!) arrived at Emma's house just before she returned from the hairdressers - soon the house was full - bridesmaids, make-up artists, Mum's and Dad, oh and of course

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Francesca and Tatton finally sealed their love with a civil ceremony in the beautiful Combe House Hotel - A wildly romantic grade 1 Elizabethan manor in Gittisham, the very heart of the Devon countryside. After the civil ceremony, the Bride and Groom and all their guests, climbed aboard a vintage bus and made their way down to the parish church St Michaels for a blessing ceremony. This was a

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I was really pleased to be asked to be featured in the Spring issue of Pregnancy Baby & You. Of course magazine coverage is always nice but this one was particularly significant to me. Five years ago a magazine would simply never have featured pregnancy photography. It was not considered a 'safe' mainstream subject, and pregnant women in the UK wanting to record their pregnancy in images with a

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Now I love Athelhampton House, nestled in the heart of the Dorset countryside just down the road from the historic Tolpuddle (apt name as you will see). Once the home of Anne Boleyn, now a beautiful location for the perfect wedding. Wonderful architecture, stunning gardens, with pyramids of Yew and flowers to compliment all seasons. All thats needed to make the recipe perfect (apart from a loving

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This is the third session I have done with Millie and the second with Lexie - both had Newborn Portrait sessions and this time Mum wanted some sister shots. Lexie wasn't very happy, just getting to that stage of awareness but we soon had her laughing thanks to big sister Millie. Here are a couple of favourites from the session.

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I was really pleased to be asked to contribute to this months Professional Photographer magazine. This time the article was one concerning the latest trends in Wedding Photography - what todays savvy Brides really want. It's a long article - 6 pages - and I'm one of a few contributors. It's aimed at fellow photographers, but has a lot of interesting points in it for any bride to read also (if

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I hadn't really got a clue what I would be able to find in Folkestone, not knowing the town brilliantly. But I spoke with Georgia (who had organised the shoot) at length beforehand, and we discussed the kinds of locations we could use. On the day we simply did a whistle stop tour of the town, and I found some really perfect locations along the way. The graffitti'd underpass has to be one of my

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I had SUCH a great time with Georgia and her friends for the shoot last Thursday, it was just great to be able to try some new things. Being 17/18, they are far too old for the more usual Family Fun stuff, and wanted something a lot edgier. I was only too happy to oblige! Taking my inspiration from a lot of the new scene of Seniors lifestyle photography in the US, it was brilliant to be able to

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Went for a wander this weekend with the boys to one of our favourite spots, Win Green just outside Shaftesbury in Dorset. Its the highest point in the area and on a clear day you can see for miles around. It was a beautiful sunny winter day and not wanting to waste this rare occasion we set off for a good few hours. Now there is a track known as the Sheep Drove ( for fairly obvious reasons) which

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and will never do to your wedding! If you don't have time to watch it all, whip forwards to about 5minutes... Just for the record - we don't use flash, we don't get between your parents and you, we don't wave the camera over your shoulder during the ceremony, and we don't do anything that will distract you from your partner during your vows. Ugh!

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Finally. At long long long last. The work is complete - the new sites are launched. After months and months of painful decisions, questions, bafflement, fear and excitement - and the longest week in history - we finally have two entirely separate sites, all under the new Courtenay Photographic logo and colours. So weddings are remaining at www.courtenayphotographic.co.uk, but pregnancy & baby

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I was asked to provide information on pregnancy photography for a feature in Febs issue of Digital Photo Pro. It was a special Portraits edition - they got the packages I offer all wrong, but apart from that its quite a nice article :)

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Sam is the child we sponsor in Zambia - we just got our Christmas card from him, with the most fab picture he's drawn us: I'm keen to hear from anyone who can tell me where I can get me one of these...

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