Kylie

Well I hope everyone enjoyed the glorious bank holiday weather. I made the most of my time by day of shooting with the lovely Kylie Kefford. We walked through the Hampton Court side of Bushy Park (which was surprisingly quiet!) before stopping off for a quick drink. The setting of gorgeous spring flowers, lakes & ponds made for some very colourful shots.

Baby Shower

One of my very good friends, Helen, is due to give birth in a couple of months, so yesterday was her baby shower. A gorgeous sunny day and a handful of close friends made for a really relaxed afternoon. An amazing array of food by the talented planner, Trina, meant that an afternoon nap was required! I am looking forward to doing a proper pregnancy shoot with Helen in a couple of weeks.

Abandoned Building Shoot

One of the many things I love about photography is that there is always something new to learn and thanks to http://photographymeetups.com/ I get access to lighting rigs, models & amazing locations in which to have a bit of fun, experiment and try out new poses for any upcoming client shoots.

So on Sunday I had one of my most interesting shoots to date, at an abandoned building near Holborn. I am really pleased with the outcome - some of my favourites are below. Enjoy!

And some of the actual building....

Great Fosters

I did a shoot for Lily's Flowers at an gorgeous venue yesterday. Great Fosters near Virginia Waters is stunning and Rebecca and her team did an amazing job with the flower arrangements.

Lily's Flowers

I am very pleased to start working with Lily's Flowers www.lilysflowers.co.uk and did my first job for the lovely Rebecca on Monday. The venue, Wentworth Club, was pretty impressive, as were the flowers!

Surrey Search & Rescue

I spent this very wet Sunday morning with the Surrey Search & Rescue team www.sursar.org.uk while they were being filmed & interviewed by ITV. The team are all volunteers who train hard to help the local emergency services when called on. Despite the terrible weather, the spirits were high.

 

 

Studio Work

I had a fantastic opportunity yesterday to work with models and studio lighting in a great location. I have to admit, I am an usually an advocate for using natural light, but I loved the results I got from the strobe lighting so much that I think I may be investing in some of my own!

Guns II Roses

Had quite a lot of fun photographing a local gig for tribute band Guns II Roses on Saturday. They are the UK's No.1 GnR tribute band and have been approved by various members of Guns N Roses, they even have the original GnR drummer Steven Adler playing with them from time to time! Excitingly, there is a possibility of  photographing them at the O2 Acadamy in Islington so watch this space!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=151218511555022

Very enthusiastic warm up band, Kitty Lipps

And the main event, Guns II Roses

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

I have just spent a lovely Christmas period visiting family and friends. Very relaxed and of course an overindulgence of food and drink. I hope you all had an equally lovely festive period.

Boxing day was spent with my husbands Grandparents and family. Here is a shot of my gorgeous sister-in-law and my undeniably cute niece Amelia.

Mad Hatters

I had a great day yesterday photographing Mums and babies from Camilla Cambell's yoga classes; Camilla organised a mad hatters tea party. I thought this was a really lovely idea and it looked like both the Mums and children were having a fantastic time!

http://www.camillacampbellyoga.com/

Snow & Fog

We have had some very extreme weather recently so I tried to get out and utilise it as I don't often get to shoot in this kind of environment.

The Cutmore Family

I had a lovely morning with Justine and her family in Richmond Park. The boys were amazing; surprisingly, they were natural born posers so made my job very easy! Here is a handful of the shots, a perfect day with some beautiful autumn colours.