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Wedding of Nick and Laura at Valentine’s Mansion

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:44:40 +0000

Nick and Laura had a beautiful and intimate wedding at the fabulous Valentine’s Mansion in Ilford, East London. Their gorgeous son Owen was on his best behaviour, smiling and laughing his way through a lovely summer’s day. I would recommend a look round this wonderful building and grounds which has a lovely cafe and courtyard where you can sit and bask in the sunshine.

Family Portraits – ‘A Day in the Life’

Sat, 14 May 2011 19:58:07 +0000

I did a really fun ‘A Day in the Life’ shoot of two gorgeous children over in New Orleans, Louisiana at their beautiful home in the Lower Garden District. I followed them while they spent the day playing, watering the garden, having a bath and doing all the fun stuff you get up to when you’re little. They were great models and after their initial shyness they inevitably began to work the camera!

Engagement of Anoop and Rakhee

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:17:03 +0000

I am Anoop and Rakhee’s wedding photographer next year and I was really pleased to be asked to photograph their engagement party as well, which was held on a beautiful spring day at Bisham Abbey, near Marlow.

Everyone had a great day celebrating and it was lovely to see Anoop and Rakhee with all their family. I’m really looking forward to their wedding next year and I hope they have a great engagement – just the wedding to organise now!

Here are a few of my favourite images from the party – and one small guest I was totally enamoured with!

Kids Kids Kids!

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:03:50 +0000

Happy New Year! I got to thinking just how much I really like taking photographs of children so had a look at some of the work I have done previously and here is a selection of my favourite images.

The Wedding of Rapinder and Chris

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:07:50 +0000

I had a brilliant day shooting the wedding of Rapinder and Chris at The Node in Codicote, Hertfordshire. They are a great couple and they and their guests were great fun. The weather started off rather dull but the sun soon came out and everyone relaxed and had a good time. Here are some of my favourite shots of their special day.

Amazing Georgia Aquarium

Sun, 02 May 2010 10:48:27 +0000

I know I probably shouldn’t admit this but I LOVE aquariums! So when I visited Atlanta recently and discovered it’s home to the largest aquarium in the world you can imagine my excitement.

Can’t help it just have to go watch fish! It was a brilliant experience and the size of the main tank (as you will see from one of the photos below) left me gobsmacked. I highly recommend a visit to the fantastic Georgia Aquarium if you ever find yourself in Atlanta.

Fundraising for YMCA

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:54:54 +0000

On Saturday 30th January I took part in a fundraising event for YMCA Central Herts for the homeless. It meant that I and another 75 people slept out for the night in sleeping bags and cardboard boxes at a section of the car park of the Hatfield Galleria. I can honestly say I have never felt so cold in my life and it really made me think about what it is must be like for homeless people to sleep out night after night in these freezing temperatures.

At one point the temperature was down to -4C. We were lucky, the Galleria put on a security person to patrol all night and the local police were informed of our fundraising event, so I never felt that I was in any real danger. There were times I could hear people walking, shouting and laughing in the middle of the night and a number of really loud cars and motorbikes went screeching past and even though I knew I was safe I still felt apprehensive.

Again my mind turned to what it must be like to live on the streets and be in such a vulnerable position. I don’t have any answers about how to end homelessness, but the YMCA Central Herts raised around £13,000 that night and if that helps take even one person off the street, it will have been worth it.

Check out an article in the Welwyn Hatfield Times to read all the details.

Work Foundation Annual Media Awards 2009

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:26:38 +0000

It was great fun to shoot this event at the Work Foundation’s offices in Westminster last week, especially as my brief was quite a mixed remit of images of the outside of the building, shots of the individual awards, the ceremony and the reception. As ever, I loved having the opportunity to not just shoot, but also listen to all the speakers and acceptance speeches. Greg Dyke gave an interesting speech on the future of the media and Alan Jones, who bagged the Lifetime Achievement Award, spoke candidly about his work as an industrial correspondent. I felt I had won an award some days after the event when the head of external affairs called to congratulate me on the quality of the images. Job done!

London Portrait Photographer | Baby Ben

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:57:19 +0000

Little Ben was a little sleepy at his first photoshoot, managing to nap for nearly five hours! I’ll be returning to catch him another time.

London Reportage Photographer | Brand New Blog!

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:50:42 +0000

Hello and welcome to my brand, spanking new blog. I’m a London wedding and portrait photographer and I hope to keep you updated with the work I’ve done recently. First up, kudos goes to Shakraj Soornack for landing the part of bass guitarist in the new film, Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll. A while back I took some shots of Shakraj in action.