Archive for May, 2011
Emma and Darren – The Compleat Angler – Fab 4 + 1
Posted by: | CommentsWhy does half term always come at the wrong time? With two weddings this past weekend and two next having only one day to work this week due to childcare etc is going to make life a bit challenging. I’m only able to do this because its 6:30am and the kids are with their Grandparents for a few hours. So the big blogs for both weddings won’t come until Thursday.
This was a special one for me. Emma and Nicola have known each other since school…quite when I’m not sure (and she’s not here to remind me). But safe to say at least as long as boys have been interesting. I could really make Emma gasp if I scanned a photo from my own wedding album where you can find her and the rest of the girlies standing outside a church near Guildford nearly 16 years ago. But I won’t — at least for now. So Saturday, whilst a full on working day, was also a day for seeing a few old friends and meeting a few new ones. I sat at a table with my wife and perhaps shot more dancing than I ever have. Of course I also enlisted the help of 3 different assistants. The first being Darren (my Darren, not the groom), the second Darren’s (this time the Groom — how very confusing) son and the mad Jo (of Jo and Vicki fame). In fact, I seem to recall a few taken by Debs as well. Royalties are going to be difficult!
Here’s a few — a Fab 4 +1
Half moon
Serbia’s finest :)
More on Thursday
Lisa and Duncan – Great Fosters Wedding Photography – Fab 4
Posted by: | CommentsRemember Fab 4….from last summer. Its what I do when I can’t blog the full ride quickly but I’m keen to give my couples something to chew on. These guys are off to Zambia in the morning so here is their Fab 4.
I had worked at Great Fosters once before. I knew it was going to be a sensational venue but I was struck at just how sensational it was. Simply lovely spaces to work some incredible images. Of course having Lisa and Duncan as the Bride and Groom certainly helped. Thanks for being open to my suggestions. The ticking watch and soothing tones of my voice had nothing to do with it. Have a great honeymoon and remember to check back in Jo’burg.
Sorry Duncan…just realised that you only appear as a small Lego figure in the second image. Trust me…I have loads :) Besides…I don’t want to tempt the ladies too much!
Family Friday – Holly Yet Again
Posted by: | CommentsSeriously…Evan is so getting the shaft lately. But ever since the UK Child Photographer of the Millenium, Helen Bartlett, came round to do a day with the family Holly has been really into having her photo taken. Good thing too. Evan just puts on the most obnoxious grin. His time will come! Tuesday night, after bath, Evan gets into his dressing gown. Holly, in typical fashion, has to do the same. I hadn’t actually seen it as its new. I never ran so fast down the stair. She was (is) adorable…despite being the spawn of the devil only the next day. Rough/smooth and all that.
Pete and Phil’s Big Gay Wedding at Cain Manor
Posted by: | CommentsIn keeping with the in joke I am here to present to you Pete and Phil’s Big Gay wedding. As a Cain Manor photographer I’m keen to try new and interesting situations. This wedding certainly didn’t let me down. Of course, technically its not a wedding. Its a civil partnership. But here is what I can tell you about Pete and Phil. I sat through many speeches and countless ceremonies and I have come across very few people who so clearly loved each other, with such conviction, caring and tenderness than I did at the WEDDING on Saturday at Cain Manor. No BS, no exaggeration, no tall tales. It was a wedding I was only too happy to say at the end “man…that was great”.
Of course, being a civil partnership there are some things which invariably will change. In this case we had two Father of the Groom speeches. We had two Groom speeches. Despite having two Best Women, we didn’t get to enjoy a single speech from the lovely ladies. What didn’t change? The biggest NON change was the time it took both Pete and Phil to get ready. Classically groomed and ready to go in under 15 minutes. Nice!
Above all, their strong connection and love for each other cascaded from the top down. Friends and family alike carried on with the warmth throughout the day. A day won’t soon forget and provided they don’t send their album choices through on a Saturday afternoon (they know what I mean) then its one album I’m totally looking forward to designing.
A couple of links for you.
The venue: Cain Manor part of the Bijou Venue Group
The florist: Emma Lappin
The amazing cupcakes: Crumbs and Doilies
The hottest saxophone quartet around: A Good Reed
As usual, there are more photos to view on Facebook. In order to tag yourself (and I whole heartedly encourage you to do so) you need to ‘Like’ my Facebook Business Page (Facebook’s rules, not mine). But what’s the worst that could happen except you get forced to look at outstanding, creative and emotional wedding photography every week. Hardly a hardship! A link to the Facebook page will appear at the end of this post…as well as a link to how you can get 20% off reprints for a limited time.
Finally…in the immortal words of Pete Bell. “Tolerance and equality” — oh and “Big Gay Wedding”
To add a bit of balance, the first of my bookend Cain Manor photos
Seriously…getting shoe shots of men’s black shoes is a PITA. OK…so I found something I didn’t like :)
Symmetry…apart from the fact Phil ties one shoe before putting the other on…same as me. Pete, on the hand…a rebel?
More symmetry…right down to the hangers
’twas the first time I heard it…they all shouted it…BIG GAY WEDDING!
I kept getting the De Niro “I’m watchin’ you” from Meet the Parents from that kid
There’s something very street photography about this…not your typical wedding shot but something that I really like about it
Oh man…I’m back in heaven. The ceremony room light at Cain Manor! Yeehah!
Why couldn’t you just wear these shoes…heck of lot easier to photograph!
Aww…bless.
DOPPLEGANGER….today its Simon Calder
KYLIE?
Kylie, Kylie, Kylie!
Next stop…prison for breaking an entering — or rather just entering an opening — either way I’m not entirely sure Cain wanted me to use this space
No Butch Cassidy, but two sunflower kids
“Look through me” — so they did
4 x 2
Best Wo-Men
This almost warrants an animated GIF!
Pete’s Mad Dad!
No need to shout!…ok, there was!
The bookend complete!
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Phil and Pete – A Cain Manor Wedding – Just One
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve got lots to say about Pete and Phil’s ”Big Gay Wedding’ (part of what I have to say is why I can say that)…however I’m rushing off to London this morning to see a friend I’ve known since I was 4 or 5 years old. So basically, I’m going to do a Just One and then leave it with you.
I was kind of trapped during the speeches. At Cain Manor (a lovely Hampshire and Surrey borders wedding venue — there’s the SEO bit out of the way). there is a 30 ft window that sits behind the top table. Sometimes this isn’t a problem…but today the sun was in the worst position and there was a shaft of light that stopped my from moving in certain directions. When I took this picture I, at first, was pleased with the emotion and the moment but would have liked it more if I could have moved to crop out the ‘lovely lady’ on the right. Not that I don’t like the ‘lovely lady’ but perhaps this needed to more about Pete and Phil and no one else. Now I sit here and I see it and I think…”pah…she helps make the image”. A context, a supporting feeling. ‘Lovely ladies’ do that you know. (I hear photographers across the land say…move forward then…got burned by that earlier – HUGE shaft of light…let’s just say rock, paper, scissors is going to be a recovery job)
More tomorrow afternoon. Safe journey to SF guys!
Family Photography in Liss and Petersfield
Posted by: | CommentsA few weeks ago I took a local family to a nearby location for a family photography session. The session came as a result of a silent auction at the Liss Infant School Christmas fair. No pressure then considering I see them in playground on my school run days. Yikes. I don’t have buckets to say or even any quirky comments. Just a few nice photos of a family…well, I think they are nice :)
