Laura & Chris' Wedding

Laura and Chris were recently married at the beautiful Lainston House Hotel in Winchester. They have broken the record for the longest time between booking and shooting, having booked me over 18 months ago!

Despite a little morning stress, the day went smooth as you like, with much fun and laughter throughout. Lovely bridesmaids, lovely friends & family and a lovely couple who were willing to go with the flow and allow me to get creative !

I have to give a huge shout out to Peter Rowland of PR Cars Ltd, a private car hire company. I could not have achieved some of my great creative shots on the day without his expert flash-holding!!

So, without further ado, the shots ...

The Church:


Escorting a very special lady ...

Inside the ceremony:

Arriving at Lainston House

Chris and his harem...

Yummy strawberries!

The ladies...

Chris & Laura doing moody, rather well ...

The sisters ...

Love it ...

Looking smashing ...

... and now for something arty ...

... and my favourite from the year so far, with a touch of off-camera flash ... (assisted by Peter!)

Congratulations to you both on a wonderful day & my thoughts are with you for Nanna ...

Joanne and Family

I recently had the delightful pleasure of doing a shoot for Joanne and her lovely family. For once, I decided to try and shoot entirely at their home, despite the size of the family, and despite the fact that my favourite Pembroke Lodge was just up the road.

Everything shown here was therefore done in and around the house, definitively proving that you don't need a studio and you don't need to be out in the park.

This was a smashing shoot and we were going for ages - their energy and cooperation was relentless and we all had great fun.

And so, to the photographs ... a few of these are some of my absolute all-time faves ... enjoy!






























Can you believe that these two are twins ??








We ended the session with some trampoline fun! Everybody made it on the trampoline ... but i have saved mum & dad the embarrassment and not posted those shots !






What a gorgeous family, eh ?

In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle!

Well, well, well ... it's funny how things turn out ...

27 years ago, I remember standing in front of the TV with my little tape recorder and recording various songs from Top Of The Pops .. things like "What's the Matter You, Hey!" and the Gumbay Dance Band with "Seven Tears are Flowing to the River ..." and all that jazz ... hey, come on, it WAS 27 years ago!

Well, one band had a hit in 1982 which was called "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". To save you struggling for the name, it was Tight Fit! I am not too proud to admit that i LOVED that song when it came out - Africa & Lions were a real attraction to me as a young kid.

Imagine my complete and utter "gobsmackedness" when, through the power of the Internet, one of the original Tight Fit members found my website during her search for a photographer. It seems that they are have a little get together again and doing a number of gigs around the country over the next few months. Denise told me that they needed a photographer who would give them something that was a cross between lifestyle & commercial and could I help!

Needless to say, I jumped at the chance and we arranged the shoot for last Monday - unfortunately, it happened to be the worst day of weather for about a week and absolutely tipped it down all day long - it was relentless. So, our options were limited and we ended up having to do the whole shoot in an underground car park, of all places.

So, without further ado, here is what we came up with. I was stood in the pouring rain, with an umbrella over me, whilst the girls and boys did their funky stuff in the cover of the car park.

You have to admit, almost 30 years on, they all look fantastic!!!

Denise, Steve & Julie - the original line-up:

Sylvio will be standing in for Steve for a few of the gigs:





Using the "props" in the the car park:

.. and finally, trying to use the "grunge" to best effect:


All in all, it was a tough shoot, in terms of location and weather, but i think we managed nicely! We were all happy with the end result and that's what counts!