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Boho bridal photography shoot in the Hampshire countryside

Hampshire bridal photographyAlthough I am a Surrey wedding photography, I do live right on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire and as a consequence I often work in both Hampshire and Berkshire. So back in the summer (when it really was summer!) I had the pleasure...

Sandford Springs Hotel, Berkshire wedding photography || Dan & Heather|

Living on the borders of Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire means that I can easily photograph weddings in all three counties. If you drive North out of Reading and keep going for a few miles down the winding country lanes, you come to the tiny but beautifully-formed St...

Really important questions to ask when choosing your wedding venue

One of the most pivotal decisions for your wedding will be the venue. Both it’s availability and the decor and space will be major factors in the overall look and feel of your wedding day. Often when we’re little, we imagine that we will get married in a...

Oakley Hall Hotel, Hampshire wedding photography || Dave & Sallie

Drive a few miles West out of Basingstoke,on the road to Andover, and you come to Oakley Hall. It is a stately Georgian mansion that was completed in 1795 by the Bramston family - apparently Jane Austen often used to visit the family here - so think Pemberley and...

Choosing your dream Wedding Dress

For the next in my Wedding Inspiration blogs I caught up with Kerri Ashworth of Bridal Indulgence, based in Crondall, near Farnham. Kerri 's dream of opening a wedding dress shop came to fruition when, on her thirtieth birthday, she handed in her notice to work so she...

Swinley Forest Pre-wedding photography || Andy & Clare

My initial meeting with Andy and Clare was at the beautiful Barnett Hill Hotel, where they will be getting married. And it was at that meeting that I suggested they have a pre-wedding photo session; it is a helpful way for us to get to know each other a little more...

Current trends for choosing your Wedding flowers

I'm starting a blog series on inspiration for the wedding day. For each I'm interviewing an expert in their field. And to start it's the turn of Katherine West, owner of Wild Orchids in Farnborough. ME: What trends are you seeing in 2017/2018? KW: It's going back to...

St.Michael’s Church, Camberley wedding photography || James & Julia

Julia and I go back a long way - over twenty years in fact; we've seen each other's children grow up. So I was pleased that she asked me to be her wedding photographer. On the morning of the wedding I met her in my home village of Bagshot, where she was getting ready....

St Michael’s church in Camberley wedding photography || Dave & Abby

I was honoured to photograph the wedding of Dave & Abby, not least because they are family friends, so it felt all the more important to get it right for them. Initially my second photographer was going to spend the morning with the boys but they decided that they...

The Village Hotel, Hampshire wedding photography|| Chimezie & Doris

The dancing. Wow. The. Dancing. This was a sensational wedding. I started the day with the groom and his family at the house while my fellow photographer, Bridget, was with the girls in the hotel getting ready. They were so laid back in their approach and they didn't...

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