Meet Fiona & Family!

I was recently in need of a new set of business stationery, having changed address in the last few months. I decided to try the local PRINTING.COM franchise in Guildford and was very pleasantly surprised indeed.

Given that my brand colour is apparently very difficult to print, especially across different paper stocks, the care and attention that was given to my order was simply outstanding. The resulting colours on the business cards, letterheads, compliment slips and stickers were absolutely spot on, thanks to Caroline, the Studio Manager.

Fiona Humberstone is the owner of the Printing.Com franchise in Guildford, and is a Marketing Guru Genius Lady! She recently introduced Jasper James into the world and we worked a corporate headshot shoot and family shoot into a single session.

It was a thoroughly delightful afternoon, and I was treated to homemade chocolate cookies as well as fairy cakes, which were decorated by the fair-fairy-hands of Jasper's elder sister, Ellie.

This is the adorable little lady in question:

and the cute & very happy little brother:

Ellie and Dad:

Pink and Green, as requested:

A couple of Fiona's headshots:

Jennifer Aniston-esque:

The ladies of the house:

One inquisitive JJ:

The family in its entirety:

We had fairy cakes:

and whilst Ellie ate the icing, Jasper ate, um, his toes:

After the fairy cakes, it was time for some flying-fairy-fun!

Thank you, Ellie, for my Fairy Cake!

Kirsty & Peter's Wedding

Kirsty and Peter were recently married at Esseborne Manor in Andover.

Everybody was in great spirits and the small intimate setting made for a wonderful day. Here are some of my favourites.

The venue:

The Ring-Bearing-Frog-Carrier, with said Ring-Bearing-Frog:

Da Boys:

Rings and Flowers:

The lovely Kirsty:

..with a very proud Dad:

The happy couple:

Off-camera-flash play:

The cash:

The Gambling:

Congratulations to Kirsty and Peter on a smashing wedding day!

National Wedding Show - a Great Success!

Even though it was only a few weeks ago, it seems like ages. Late February, we exhibited at the National Wedding Show at London's Olympia Exhibition Hall. An exhausting three day event with thousands upon thousands of visitors.

We would like to extend our thanks to all of you who found our stand amongst the hundreds of exhibitors and even more thanks to those of you who booked during the show. We have had many enquiries and bookings since, and the year is filling up nicely!

I also need to give a huge Thank You to two very special friends, without whose help I could not have managed.

My good friend, and fellow photographer, Gill Taylor travelled all the way down from her base in Stafford to help bring some business in.

As well as this, the lovely Kate, my bride from December, also helped out for the weekend - firstly by simply looking stunning (again), in her wedding dress, and also chatting to potential couples about her experience of Matt Pereira Photography.

Between the three of us, we had a fantastic few days.

Here are a few photos from the weekend.
A quick grab shot of a gorgeous, sunny London skyline:
Me, with Kate and Gill at the show:
Kate finds a random beau:
On Saturday evening we found an amazing new Italian restaurant called "Il Postino" on Kensington High Street. Authentic home-cooked food, from real Italian owners whose hospitality was simply outstanding. The food was just out of this world ...

Thank you again to everybody who made this weekend a success .. Kate, Gill and of course, the visitors!

Tracy & Lee - The First Wedding of 2009

Well, I just do not know where the time goes! It's been an enormous four weeks since the last post of Kate & David's wedding, and so much has happened in that time.

In the next week or so I will be posting images from the National Wedding Show, as well as the Designer Civil Partnership Show.

For now, however, we turn our attention to Tracy & Lee's wedding - my first of 2009. The day started lovely and sunny, & despite the blanket of snow on the ground we looked set for great weather all day.

The setting for the day was The Grove hotel in Hertfordshire:
Tracy, looking wonderful, before the long walk down to the ceremony:
The flowers:
The first kiss:
The first drink:
Going for a walk:
And then we had some fun with a few different shots:

These lovely heart shaped bushes were Tracy's reason for booking The Grove!


More fun:


A fun filled start to the year for me with two good sports, who were up for shooting outside despite the fact that it started raining and was freezing cold!!