We are back !!!

If anyone was wondering why the blog has been quiet lately we have been recharging our batteries in Majorca.

A lovely week spent people and Yacht watching !!! in Cala do'r marina.

If there is time I will post a few pictures later.

If anyone has been trying to contact us over the past 10 days and we havent returned your call please can you call again as we have had issues with our answermachine.

Well now its back to work, a huge backlog of Baby Portrait sessions awaits plus a wedding on Friday.

Diane and Matthew Pre Wedding Shoot

Diane and Matthew are to be married soon with their reception at Sedgebrook Hall, so it made sense to take their pre wedding photographs there.

Here are just a few images.

Award Update

I mentioned earlier about an award we had won.

We have won a merit award in the Fujifilm Envisage Awards.

The winning image is of Natalie and Adam, a young couple we photographed a few weeks ago.

Winning the award is a great acheivement as these awards are not given out lightly.

The image will now go forward to the final judging in December for the coveted Envisage Photographer of The Year.

Fingers crossed.

To celebrate the award we are offering a FREE studio or location session to just 5 lucky clients.

Just call us and mention the blog.

Your photograph could be next months winner and you could win £1000.

Call or email us Now!!

Jamie and Rachael Pre Wedding Shoot

I made a trip over to Wicksteed Park in Kettering last night for Jamie and Rachel's Pre Wedding Shoot.

The wedding is going to be a very colourful affair so we went for a very bright and colourful theme for these shots.

Uncle Frank !!!

I posted this little article last year but I thought it would be handy to bring it to the top of the blog for a while.

Good ol' uncle Frank.

He just bought one of those new-fangled fancy digital cameras. He's always liked photography, and now he's got a camera just like the pro's use. Why don't we just let Uncle Frank take the pictures at our wedding? I'm sure they'll turn out good. I've seen some of the other pictures Uncle Frank has taken. Remember the shots he got at the New Year's party? OK, so Uncle Frank had a little too much to drink... but the pictures still turned out OK. Didn't they? We don't really need a professional, do we?

Hopefully, you enjoyed the little bit of sarcasm in this blog entry. Actually, that is one of the biggest excuses I hear about why people don't want to hire a professional photographer, whether it's for their wedding, or just their latest family portrait. What is the difference between Uncle Frank and a professional photographer any way?

Well, for one thing (and this will seem nit-picky at first), Uncle Frank "takes pictures." A professional photographer creates portraits.
Uncle Frank (hereafter referred to as UF) will sit everyone down, or have them all stand up, side by side, have them look into the camera, say "Cheese," and... *snap*... there's your family photo at your daughter's wedding.
A pro has studied lighting, posing, and the technical aspects of his camera. He knows how to place his subjects in the light to achieve the most flattering look for that person. He also knows how to pose the subject so as to remove weight in the photo, or add weight if it's necessary. If the subject has one eye smaller than the other, he knows how to compensate for it and make the face look balanced. He knows how to place all of the subjects in the frame so that the composition is pleasing to look at. He knows how to adjust his camera to make certain aspects in the frame become more or less pronounced in the photo and, more importantly, WHY that should be done.

These are just a FEW of the reasons. Hey, is UF a member of the Master Photographrs Association? Does UF spend days and weeks studying the craft of photography so he can keep getting better and better? Probably not.

So, the next time you're tempted to let an uncle, cousin, best friend, or someone else create the images of you that you want to show to everyone else, think about the fact that a professional photographer does what he does to make you look your absolute best. Will Frank do that? Just a thought.

Thanks for reading.
Mark

Exciting News !!!

We have just been informed of some very exciting news from one of the major Film and Paper Manufacturers in the world.

We recently entered a national competition and they tell us we have won a prize !!!

I will post more when I know more details.

Martin and Gemma

You may remember Martin and Gemma's Pre Wedding Shoot pictures earlier on.
Well heres the Wedding. They were married at Moulton Church with the reception next door in the village hall (very handy).
Even the weather was kind, it rained before the service but stopped in time for the photographs afterwards.

Yes that is Martin and the lads enjoying a round of golf on the morning of the wedding, well 7am to be precise in the pouring rain !!!!

Thanks lads I owe you one :)

Jessica and David

Absolutely gorgeous weather for Jessica and David,s wedding at Flore church.

The post wedding bash was held at Sedgebrook Hall near Northampton.

Andrew and Amanda

Andrew and Amanda were married recently at St John The Baptist in Kingsthorpe.
The reception was held in a marquee at the Grammar School in Pitsford, and what a marquee it was !!!
Posh and Becks eat ya heart out.
Mind you Andrew does own the Marquee Hire Company so he pulled out all the stops. ;)