Chris & Kellys Wedding

Fern & Marks Wedding

I had the great honor of photographing a very close friends wedding today.

Arriving in the morning to take bridal prep photos, I also became dress-fitter and we had a lovely relaxed morning while I took photos of hair, make up and her beautiful engraved gold sparkle bag & Jimmy Choo heels.

Knowing the bride so well added a lovely dimension to the day that I haven't encountered before, and also an extra depth of responsibility to provide my best photos.

As it was an intimate family affair I was the only friend who had the pleasure of attending the ceremony and wedding breakfast. To top it off I was on the staged platform with the happy couple while they took their vows... I was so overcome with joy when they were pronounced husband and wife that I temporarily lost myself clapping and cheering before remembering that I was there as their photographer and quickly continued snapping away!

The Paradise was a stunning and quirky venue... the wedding party had use of a secluded rooftop garden where we took a few group photos in the late afternoon sun before the evening guests began to arrive.

 

As Fern is a very successful Personal Trainer with celebrity clients I was able to add photos of models and singers such as Lauren Gold and Rachel Stevens to my portfolio.

It is very easy to take good photos when the subjects are such beautiful people - Thank you Mark & Fern for trusting me to take photos of your special day and I do hope you love them.



Joanne x

Phoebes Christening

The quaint little village of Hertingfordbury was the location for todays Christening and I absolutely loved the beautiful old church.

 

Phoebe was a little angel throughout the whole ceremony and her sister Amelia provided lots of cheeky grins and entertainment.

The small gathering headed back to the local pub afterwards for some drinks, food & a bit of fabulous Christening cake created by Neesha Govender Harris... I wish I 'd been able to stay to eat some - I heard it was divine.

Thank you for letting me be a part of such a special day in Phoebes life xxx

Vanessa Talbot

Vanessa was desperate to update photo's of her beautiful daughter Lucie, as she had only been a few months old in the last professional photos they'd had taken.



We agreed months in advance to a location shoot at their house in the late afternoon for great natural light. Unfortunately this is England so what we got was dark clouds and rain.

 

We spent the afternoon rushing outside whenever the clouds passed for the odd minute, but in the end I was so happy with the photos we got inside that it didn't really matter.

Thankfully Vanessa was happy too and ordered two HUGE framed prints which were gorgeous - I hope you're very happy with your new wall decor.

 

Jenny, Rich & Sophia

Only a week before Christmas I had a last minute photo shoot for family Christmas Presents.

Jenny, Rich and their beautiful new addition to the family, Sophia have just had an extension and redecorated which gave us a lovely clean backdrop for our photos, and I even got them lying on their fronts at one stage with wonderful results.

We had to get in some pictures in front of the tree to remind everyone of babies first Christmas.

What a wonderful shoot, and a lovely multi-picture photo frame was purchased as a present for mum - I hope she likes it :o)

Vanessa - Abigail & Rachel

Vanessa hadn't had many opportunities to take any photos of her little girl Rachel since she was born, with tiredness and two little girls to look after, not to mention a lost camera charger certainly not helping.

She said she regarded a professional photo shoot as a luxury, but realised how important it is to have a record of this special time in their lives as it goes by so fast when they're young.

Abigail was rather rough with her little sister. I was a bit worried when rachel slipped down slightly in her big sisters arms and she responded by yanking her back up by her head :-/

Eventually we got settled with some nice Christmassy photos in front of the tree which Vanessa is using for Christmas cards, and some photos of Rachel on her own in a hamper - Cute!

  

Thanks Vanessa for having me over and I hope you love the photos xxx