Although it’s lovely to shoot newborn baby portrait photography, for some it is not always possible and so I often photograph babies and their parents at age 3 months. The baby is still tiny and so i can capture all the small details as I would with a newborn. Robyn is a beautiful happy baby and I shot some lovely portraits of her and her mother Siobhan. Siobhan also booked me to shoot photography at Robyn’s christening. I will post on this shortly.

Robyn and Mummy

The fab amber wall

Happy!

On a sunny day in March I travelled to Chenies in Buckinghamshire to photograph the wedding of Ron and Sue. They had quite an interesting story because although they had been together a number of years, this was the their second time together. After their first relationship ended they had met each other a number of years later and got together again. It was such a lovely story.

I was also surprised to see the same registrar that had conducted Lucie and Marco’s wedding. Although wedding photographers often meet the same registrars and priests etc at their regular shooting venues it is quite unusual to see them covering different geographical areas.

Ron and Sue

Together

I love the symmetry in this image and the texture of the tree bark

I shot a sequence of these tree images and they work so well together

And the third image in the sequence

Whispers

I photographed Stephanie and Rachel’s civil partnership at The Bury, Hemel Hempstead’s Register Office, Hertfordshire. I often don’t meet my couples before their wedding day and so I hadn’t met Stephanie and Rachel, but we had got to know each other very well with chats on the telephone and also via email. They both arrived together and were so excited about making their civil partnership commitment to eachother.

I mentioned in a previous post about the wedding of Lucie and Marco, that theirs was the smallest and most intimate wedding I had photographed. Stephanie and Rachel’s civil partnership also was very intimate with only two very close friends as witnesses.

The Civil Partnership

The Wall

Confetti at The Bury

Jump!

Back in February I was contacted by Thomas, Anastacia’s Father, to shoot some newborn baby portrait photography of his new daughter. Anastacia was 20 days old and so tiny.  I photographed all the little details, her tiny fingers and toes so that Thomas and Nicole (Anastacia’s Mummy) had a true and beatiful record of their daughter at such a young age.

Anastacia Smile's

Anastacia

Ananstacia Two

Tiny Fingers

Crying

Lucie and Marco held their civil wedding ceremony at Spring Cottage, Cliveden House, Berkshire. Cliveden House is a spectacular location which is owned by the National Trust and Spring Cottage (part of the Cliveden estate) is situated on the River Thames.

Lucie and Marco’s wedding celebration is the smallest and most intimate wedding that I have ever photographed. There were four people in total including the Bride and Groom. They were both Italian and so two close friends had flown over from Italy to participate in their celebration. I found myself racing against sunset as this was a winter wedding and sunset is about 4pm. The light just before sunset is a favourite of mine as it is so warm and soft. I shot some gorgeus wedding photography using this light.

The Bridge

Lucie & Marco

Butterfly Kisses

The Mariage Register

Amelia is two! I shot baby Amelia’s birthday portrait photography in Watford, Herts. She was such a lovely child – soft blond hair, rosy cheeks and lots of smiles.

Amelia

Wide Eyes!

Fingers and Toes

I shot Jim & Tito’s Civil Partnership at Harrow Register Office in London. They had a small intimate affair with close family and friends. Afterwards they had their reception at The Grims Dyke Hotel in Harrow, London also. Please take a peek at some of their civil partnership photographs below.

Jim & Tito

Jim & Tito are Married.

Jim & Tito

Tito & Jim

I shot these family portait photographs earlier this year in Watford, Hertfordshire. Julie wanted quite formal portraiture, rather than lifestyle portraits, as she planned to order prints for her family in Ireland and they would expect a more traditional style of photograph. I brought my portable studio to Julie’s home as it is easier to work with Children in a location they are comfortable with.

Kyle 1

Kyle 2

Father & Son

Julie & Pete

I was Phil & Nicola’s wedding photographer at St Michaels Manor, St Albans, Hertfordshire and also at The Pre in St Albans. This was another winter wedding but luckily the weather behaved. I’m beginning to think I might be lucky as I can’t remember the last time I shot a wedding when it rained (touch wood!).

Phil and Nicola were concerend about getting decent photographs at The Pre as they didn’t think it was the most attractive location. For me this is part of the challenge of being a wedding photographer. I want to produce unique images that my couple are chuffed with and so I will find some fantastic locations even if the Bride and Groom don’t think there are any. I have heard of wedding photographers informing clients that it’s not worth buying an album as the location isn’t attractive enough to justify it. Needless to say i’m pretty disgusted with this attitude as I believe there are truly great images to be created anywhere. I loved Phil & Nicola’s wedding location and was truly excited about shooting at The Pre, which was totally the opposite reaction to what they where expecting, but as their wedding photographer I was looking at it in a different light.

The Pre was surrounded by some stunning Hertfordshire Countryside with St Albans Abbey in the distance. I love my romantic novels and I was visualising images along the lines of Wuthering Heights. My only concern was whether Phil & Nicola were adventurous and would they bring wellies? The answer was yes to both questions.

Nicola

The Stairs

The Kiss

Red Wellies

Winter Wedding

Rachel and Chris opted for a winter wedding at Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey. This was a truly gorgeous location and luckily the weather behaved (most of the time!). Rachel looked stunning in her wedding dress and Chris was dressed to impress in his military uniform.

Rachel

Wet Feet

Rachel & Chris