Hello. The title of this blog is not strictly true. If you are one of the many couples who got married without a swing band at your wedding reception your wedding still means just as much. It does. I’ve checked. Luke and Kirstie’s wedding does win first prize for being hands down the nearest wedding [...]
This was the most intimate wedding I’ve shot. A party of eight, including the bride and groom. Immediate family only. The day had the potential to be a little socially awkward for everyone. Both sets of parents had met the night before. Neil’s family being British and Leslie’s family having flown in from LA the [...]
Here, for your delectation and coffee break internet idling, are a few sample photos from Leslie and Neil’s pre-wedding shoot. I’m always keen to do something a little different with pre-wedding shoots — something that sets the images apart from the wedding photos themselves. Leslie and Neil had suggested the steps of the British Museum, [...]
Here are the fruits (literally in a couple of photos) of last week’s bridal fashion shoot. The shoot was to showcase Lisa Redman’s stunning and timelessly elegant bridal dresses for Luella’s Boudoir — a fantastically welcoming wedding boutique in the heart of Wimbledon. The remit was to be a little different and go for something [...]
Christina and Alistair’s wedding in Hampshire (about 5 miles outside of Winchester) was a wonderfully British affair. A village church, a horse drawn carriage, extraordinary hats, waistcoats complete with fob watches, a marquee reception that barely took up a corner of what can only be described as a gently rolling back garden, rock oysters brought [...]
Somehow, booking over a year in advance, Gawain and Mary-Kate managed to land their wedding day on pretty much the only period of warm spring sunshine so far. The day was absolutely perfect for a park wedding, bright blue skies, golden light, wispy clouds and pink Japanese blossom. The day started out at the grand [...]
Below are the photos I shot for Charlotte, an instantly charming and chatty aspiring actress, who wanted a vintage look for her portfolio. I knew ahead of time that Charlotte would be great for vintage, but I didn’t realise just how great until she rocked up in victory rolls and the best cheesecake pout this [...]
These are the photos taken from my latest wedding. In Dorset, on a day that oscillated wildly between torrential downpours and brilliant sunshine. Lucy is an amazing old friend. In fact I was a writer when I met Lucy and didn’t even own a camera, so things have changed a little since then. It was [...]
There’s an ineffable beauty to a great Holga image. In part it’s the dreamy soft-focus that gives each image a genuinely vintage feeling. The other part is it’s so damn hit-and-miss. The Holga has two aperture settings — sunlight or cloudy (but basically really you need sunlight — and four vague, hard to pin down [...]
While I was out in India I took a few photos from an animal rescue charity called Mad Dogs Trust based in Fort Kochi, Kerala. Run by Penny Shepherd its aim is to rescue, care for and repair all the wounded, malnourished and often half-dead street animals of Kerala it can. (Mostly cats and dogs [...]