Cherub of The Year - £10,000 prize

New 'Cherub of the Year' Competition launched – £10,000 cash prize!


Professional photographer, Mark Betts LMPA, has announced his immediate, local exclusive involvement in a brand new national competition to find the UK's bonniest baby.

Cherubs is the longest running and most respected baby photography promotion, set up by the Master Photographers Association in 1993. Tens of thousands of babies have been photographed over the years and Mums receive a complimentary Art Leather Folio with three photographs recording baby's first year.

Now, for the first time ever, a life-changing £10,000 cash prize is on offer to find the baby chosen as 'Cherub of the Year'.

"As the exclusive Cherubs photographer for Northampton and surrounding areas , we are very excited that the Cherub of the Year could be a baby from our area and this new competition is a fantastic additional reason to use a professional (Master) photographer to record the key stages of baby's development

In addition to the main prize, 20 runners-up prizes of £25 Shopping Vouchers will also be awarded on a quarterly basis (80 in total).

For details about how to register on the Cherubs Baby Programme, please call the studio 01604 416005

Kara and Richards Pre Wedding Shoot The Orangery Whittlebury

Kara and Richard are getting married in August at St Andrews Church in Billing Northampton, and their reception is at the splendid Orangery at Whittlebury Hall.

We spent an hour or so walking round the venue , discussing their plans for the big day and also taking a few pictures.

Here is a sneak preview of some of the shots taken.

We look forward to photographing their wedding in August.

Falcon Wedding Fair Castle Ashby

Not long now until we attend the Wedding Fair at the wonderful Falcon in Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire.

The Falcon is one of my favourite places to photograph weddings and I am honoured to be invited to exhibit,

The fair starts at 11am and finishes at 5pm giving plenty of time to chat with the variety of suppliers from florists to DJ's.

Also we have a special offer of a free 18x12 Print from your wedding for booking on the day.

See you there !!!

Babies, Babies and more Babies ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

We have been extremely busy lately with what seems like "Wall to Wall Babies".

Also we are running The Kodak Portrait Awards promotion for children of all ages with a prize of £1000 to be won, plus our Little Angels sessions are in full swing as we are looking for subjects to be included in our book at the end of the year.

Here is a small selection of Babies we have photographed over the past week.

If you would like details of the Kodak Portrait Awards or our Little Angels Promotion call the studio on 01604 416005 or be a fan on our facebook page and send us a message.

Studio Shoot

On Monday Jess came to the studio for some new images.

Using different lighting techniques we came up with some great shots.

A few of the shots here also feature our new prop which is a Light Cube.

To book your Makeover Studio session please call the studio in Northampton 01604 416005







Using different coloured gels on the studio lights creates interesting shots






The Light Cube in action












Mark Betts Photography Northampton Your Moments Makeover Studio and Location Shoots

www.markbettsphotography.co.uk www.your-moments.co.uk

Wedding Fair - The Falcon Hotel Castle Ashby

Today we got invited to exhibit at the forthcoming Wedding Fair at The Falcon Hotel , Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.

The Falcon is a lovely Hotel set in the Northamptonshire countryside a stones throw from the historical Castle Ashby House.

We have photographed many weddings there over the years and are always offered a friendly welcome.

From a photographers point of view The Falcon offers everything, beautiful grounds for the photographs and if the weather is a little damp the inside is lovely.

The wedding fair is on Sunday 21st March so please come along and say hello.

Here is a link to The Falcon and to view our wedding website click here Mark Betts Photography

Grey is the new White

I recently painted a spare wall of the studio Grey.
This has given me an extra shooting area which is very versatile.

I can either have a Grey background ,or by lighting the wall with different colour Gels I have an infinite choice of colours.
A nice refreshing change from the White dont you think?

Here are a few shots from recent sessions.

Let me know what you think.

Peter

Here is 4 month old Peter who came in today for his first Cherubs session with his Mummy Helen.