Bump !!!!!!

We did our first Maternity Shoot yesterday.

These shoots are very popular so we thought we would offer the service.

If anyone is interested in a Maternity Shoot do call us.

Just for Fun

Last night (Tuesday) we ventured into the depths of Northamptonshire ( well ok a Rape seed field just off the A43 !!!) to produce some photographs just for the heck of it.

The Model was Katrina and I was joined by the very quiet and shy photographer Carole Kelly from Kettering ( quiet ? Shy? , Ok I got that bit wrong )

Our first stop was off a main road in a rape seed field.

After much whinging and griping from the girls because they had to walk 100 yards in their heels (they were pulling my leg) , oh and carrying no less than 4 cameras, lenses, 3 reflectors and an all important plastic box for Katrina to stand in in the field, we started our shoot.

Carole and Katrina fighting with the Voile

Carole looking delighted because she realised she doesnt need to put film in her Digital Camera

Carole and Katrina Lookin at Images

Ok now the good stuff, here are a few images taken in the Rape Seed field

After taking a few shots in the field and realising we were losing the light we packed up our gear and headed to another location.

This location was only 5 minutes down the road but lent itself to some very atmospheric shots






Thanks Katrina youre a star.

Katrina,s website is www.beautyartistry.co.uk

We are planning on doing more of these shoots throughout the Summer so watch this space.

Beauty Artistry

Katrina popped over on Sunday with 4 of her friends.

The purpose of her visit was to photograph her friends for her website.

Katrina is a Make Up artist that we work with her website is www.beautyartistry.co.uk.

We had a great time with the girls and produced some lovely results.

I have posted a few here.

How ridiculous !

Its a pet gripe of mine that a lot of Registrars wont let us photograph the couple actually signing the marriage register after the service.

Its an integral part of the wedding that couples want recording but due to red tape a lot of the time we are not allowed.

Click this link to see how our government is being absolutely ridiculous !!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=565423&in_page_id=1770

What do you think?

Getting Married on 8th August 2008 ??? DEADLINE EXTENDED !!!

deadline extended to 14th July - call us with your best offer starting at £600.00



Are you getting married on the 8/8/08 ?

Unfortunately due to sad circumstances we have had a cancellation for this very popular date.

Now obviously we would rather be working on this day than sitting around kicking our heals!! (or mucking around on the internet haaha)

If you havent booked your photographer for Friday 8th August this year we would like to make a very special offer.

Our normal package price is 1100 pounds but we are auctioning the date starting with a reserve of just 600 pounds!!!

So if you are getting married on this date and still havent booked a photographer e mail us with your best offer.

You still get the same service including unlimited photography, all the prints as 7x5 finished proofs, a DVD plus all the files on a cd for you to print.

We can also offer you a complimentary Pre Wedding shoot (time permtting).

Oh and of course one of the best and friendliest photographers in Northamptonshire ;)

To see what we offer visit our website at www.markbettsphotography.com and if you like what you see give us a call on 01604 416005.

Busy Week Ahead

Next week is promising to be a varied week.

Over the weekend I will be photographing 4 models for a friends Make Up portfolio.

On Tuesday I have a model shoot to do in a local Rape field, it should be a fun session.

Then on Wednesday we have a Trash The Dress session arranged around Northampton.

Trash The Dress is becoming very popular in the UK. Originating from America it basically means photographing a Bride in her wedding gown in various location, fields, the street basically anywhere different.

Although called Trash The Dress we dont actually Trash The Dress, that would be plain silly !!!

It gives the Bride the opportunity to wear her dress again after the wedding and produce some wonderful fashion type images without the time constraints on the wedding day.

Pop back later next week and I shall post some of the images - weather permitting.

Cherubs Sessions

Here are a couple of Cherubs session taken this week.

We always seem to get the cutest babies to photograph.

What a Doll

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Little Amy for her last session for her Cherubs folio.

As it was a nice sunny day we ventured outside to take some portraits.

Where we are based we are lucky enough to literally walk through our back gate into a beautiful country lane that leads to a Lake.

It has been our intention to utilise this as much as possible but due to the wet weather yesterday was our first chance this year.

Little Amy loved it in the sunshine picking the Daisies...........

Here are a few from the session

SWPP April Competition

What a month !!

It has been over 12 months since I entered The Society Of Wedding and Portrait Photographers print competition and we picked up 3 merits then.

Well this month I decided it was high time to get back on the competition circuit and entered 6 prints into the Monthly competition.

This competition is entered by photographers all over the world and is an excellent way of seeing where we are compared to the rest.

Well, I picked up 2 Bronze Awards, 3 Silver Awards and a Gold !!!!!!

Now can you spot the Gold Award winner?

Heres a little competition.

E mail me with what you feel was the Gold winner, at the end of the month I will select one entry and award a free location session worth 25 pounds.

You can enter by completing the contact form on our main site at www.markbettsphotography.co.uk

Good Luck, here are the images