Coleese Hair and Beauty

It's official Christmas is on its way!! I know this because and only because we have done the shoot today for Coleese Hair and Beauty and their Christmas advertising! This has actually done the trick for getting me to think about this festive time of year in a celebratory way in November..... an unheard of phenonemum.... I may even go buy a present or something!!!! Oh yes, the images: Jody was great, Stevie had created a big luxurious style for Christmas and Jodie carried it perfectly. The turnaround on these needs to be speedy so must now get on with the editing!

Lisa and Jos Wedding

Lisa and Jos had a lovely November wedding day, Earle and I met up with each of them as arranged before the ceremony was due to take place. Lisa was just returning from the hairdressers as I arrived at her home and met with her lovely mum, Sandra who was waiting to welcome her. Lisa and her two bridesmaids, were straight into the next stage of the preparations with make up artist Helen Spenser from Made Up who looked after all the girls brilliantly leaving them all completed with plenty of time to get into their gowns and off to church looking totally stunning.

Jos and the other boys were all at Strouden Park Chapel greeting the guests, Jos's father was actually the Pastor for the ceremony giving an extra personalised touch to this wonderful occassion. We have in fact photographed several weddings now at this Chapel and this wedding was like meeting groups of old friends again, very special for us indeed to see the couples and their growing families! Lisa and Jos beamed with joy throughout the ceremony and we had the 'formal' group shots completed promptly in the grounds of the Chapel straight afterwards freeing up the guests to make their way to the Orchid Hotel, Bournemouth for the reception while we raced onto the beach for some beautiful shots of the bride and groom as the sun was setting, my word are we pleased with those ones!!! Jos and Lisa were wonderful and completely natural together, their happiness shone through the sinking light.

The whole day was racing by and we returned to the hotel just in time for the wedding breakfast, speeches and the party was to continue late into the night.

Congratulations Lisa and Jos on your marriage, your wedding day was a marvellous success a really special day for you both and a huge thank you from Earle and me for making us so welcome.

Scissors Hair Salons

We recently completed a shoot with Scissors Hair Salons. The day was very intense and busy with an army of models, stylists, artistic directors and our brilliant makeup artist work mate Robyn Vallender working closely with the Scissors team and us!

After a full days work everyone finished feeling very happy with the results, Scissors adverts will be featuring our images throughout 2008.

Wedding Divas - Jenny and Mark

Hi all, well have we had a terrific time photographing with Jenny and Mark. We knew back in the early summer we were all going to do a post wedding shoot, Jenny and Mark were keen to have some images down on the beach and living up in Cheltenham we thought the best plan was to enjoy a weekend together and incorporate the Wedding Diva shoot when the weather looked most promising. Who would have thought that November would have served up such a brilliant day and to say Jenny and Mark were fantastic is really an understatement but we are posting a taster of the images we were able to capture with them and I guess those will do the rest of the talking.......











Thank you Jenny and Mark for a truly fun time, that comes from 'Ben' also the visiting dog that took a particular liking to you Jenny!!!

Clare and Jamie wedding

We met Clare and Jamie at the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks in Poole for their wedding day. Clare was busy with her bridesmaids preparing for the day ahead when I met with them up in one of the rooms at the hotel. Earle spent time down in the bar with Jamie and the guests until it was time for Clare to make her way to the ceremony room where everyone had assembled to welcome the bride and witness the marriage of Clare to Jamie.

Following the ceremony and everyones congratulations to the bride and groom we were able to have all the 'formal' photographs taken with the minimum of interruption of the celebrations which always has to be good news! While everyone was enjoying their reception drinks and nibbles Earle and I popped over to the beach with Clare and Jamie to capture those all important pictures of just the bride and groom together doing what they do best..... being themselves!!
Like all wedding days the time was racing on by and the party soon were sitting down for their delicious wedding breakfast and then the speeches and cutting of their lovely cake which we were on hand for to photograph of course just as it all happens.

There was a fantastic disco later in the evening with Jamie and Clare doing a stirling job with their first dance and their friends and family joining in at just the right moment! The party was then officially underway.
Earle and I send our congratulations to Clare and Jamie on their lovely wedding day and best wishes for their life together which already holds some extremely exciting adventures for them to enjoy together in the very near future.

Claire and Ian Wedding

We first met Claire 3 years ago when she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her close friend Karen which Earle and I were photographing, well this time was Claire's turn to be the bride and Karen travelled all the way back home from the sunshine in Australia especially to be a bridesmaid for Claire and Ian.

I met Claire and her bridesmaids at the home of Claire's parents where they were all busy with their preparations along with other close friends. It was very busy with loads of excitement and giggles from us all however everyone managed to be ready on time and we all made our way to the church. Earle was already there of course with Ian and his bestman greeting all their guests.

Claire and Ian love everything about the countryside and really wanted this to be reflected in their wedding day and it certainly was. The beautiful, intimate ceremony was held in the ancient church of St Peter's in Church Knowle near Corfe Castle in the Purbecks, the reception was held at The Old Barn at Tincleton. We had planned with Claire and Ian to stop off at Kimmeridge with their wedding car en route to Tincleton for some wonderful beach cove photography, it worked fantastically well mostly thanks to their brilliant attitude towards whatever we suggested doing. I think they got the drift that they would not be just standing by their car near the slipway when we advised some extra footwear came along for Claire to use, her wedding shoes were just not going to be suitable! There was a degree of concern over the likelihood of the Kimmeridge moment happening owing to poor weather earlier in the day but we were fortunate again with a lovely dry spell just at the right time. We do have an inckling though that Claire and Ian would have been game for the Kimmeridge stop even in the pouring rain!!!
Finally we all caught up with the guests at The Old Barn who were enjoying drinks, canapes and a good chat before the receiving line and wedding breakfast which was followed by the evening party and live band providing the music.
The whole day was a fantastic success for Claire and Ian, everyone had a wonderful time and partied well! Thank you both for making Earle and I so completely welcome and for your kind hospitality. Congratulations to you both on your marriage and a super day.

Kerry and Mat Wedding

Last Saturday was a beautiful September day perfect weather for Kerry and Mat's wedding. The girls and I met up at Kerry and Mat's home, where it was a sea of make up, hair dressing and clothes, with the odd bottle of champagne floating around a mass of excitement. Kerry's poor Dad, Pat is well used to living amongst the fairer sex, but even he decided the best thing to do was have a kip in a quiet corner!!! Earle and the chaps were at the hotel preparing before departing to the lovely Corpus Christi Church in Boscombe where the full wedding ceremony was taking place.
Kerry and her father arrived outside the church in good time and Earle was able to spend a little time photographing them both with Kerry's 4 fantastic bridesmaids and 2 delightful flower girls, Lauren and Emma. During the ceremony Lauren and Emma came to the front of the church and read a prayer for everyone, this was a special occasion indeed, not a dry eye in the house. Following the recessional and 'formal' photographs at Corpus Christi all the guests departed to the Anglo Swiss Hotel for the reception and party while we raced off to Hengistbury Head with Kerry and Mat for some photography of just the two of them in their favourite location. It was quite a rush but very well worth it, we have loads of images from there we are completely thrilled with. Everything was right, the weather, the location together with Kerry and Mat made the perfect ingredients. We could have spent ages there with them but recognised the need for them to join their guests and we kind of think we may be doing a return trip with them for the Wedding Divas!
Kerry you looked an amazing bride and Mat was obviously completely thrilled to be marrying you, congratulations to you both on your marriage and a super day.