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Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Wedding of Nerys and Pete, Athelhampton House

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 couple of course!) is the gentle beams of delicate spring sunshine. Well that's an ideal of course, but what we had last Saturday was far far from the ideal (I think you will get the general idea from the theme we have running through the few taster images we have below - Umbrella anyone?), High winds and torrential rain, and then some! All day and all night it pelted down, with exception of a ten minute lull to at least allow a few outside images, even then it was cold and the brolly was never far away. Nerys and Pete are a lovely couple and their love for one another and their family and friends was evident from the very start, so no matter the rain and wind the occasion was a warm and happy one.

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Camilla & Lexie in The Studio

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.

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Cameron, Joe, Toby - Win Green Dorset

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 runs from Win Green right along a ridge line for about 20 or so miles ending in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. We weren't attempting to go that far today, might be just a bit too much for small legs! But a few miles would be good. After about twenty minutes or so we came across this burnt out car - a real eye sore in such a beautiful spot - but a perfect opportunity for me to get some great shots of the boys. The juxtaposition of the very urban burnt out car wreck with the stunning and serene Dorset countryside made for some very eye-catching shots.

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Featured in Digital Photo pro

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 :)