The Memories Thru a Lens Blog

Well I can believe how quickly the summer has gone by and the wedding fair autumn season has come round.

Tomorrow will be my first outing for the autumn and I will be exhibiting at the wedding fair at The Randolph Hotel in Oxford.

If you in Oxford do come along and have a look at my work, meet me and have a chat about your wedding photography.

The wedding fair also has fashion shows with wedding dresses and outfits for your groom, plus bridesmaid outfits and mother of the bride outfits, so something for everyone.  There is always a free glass of fizz and some pims floating around so its well worth the trip to enjoy the show.

I look forward to seeing you there…

I’m very excited for this weekend as I will actually be attending a wedding as a guest, I shall be leaving my heavy camera bag at home and replacing it with a clutch bag to match my outfit.  My husband is home too so I can’t wait to go and be on the other side of the lens and drink some of the fizz rather than photographing it!

Most couples arrange their photographer very early in the proceedings and then don’t think anymore about it as us photographers do get booked up especially in the summer months.

Luckily for Ryan and Emma however I had a Saturday free in September, Emma had been a guest at Brian and Helen’s wedding at Friars Court earlier this year and had seen me work and had look at the finished photographs which go up on-line as I do for all my clients. 

I was very flattered to receive the email from Emma asking if I was free for her wedding day as she has seen the pictures, seen me at work and asked Helens option of me which lead her to decide her and Ryan simply had to have me to do their photos.

I have to say I’m extremely honoured when anyone asks me to join them on their wedding day and document it for them, so to receive such a compliment of being referred by someone really does flatter me immensely.

Emma and Ryan are a great couple so I can’t wait for photograph their wedding day at The Oxford Thames Hotel in a couple of weeks time.  

Well yesterday was not a nice day, in the weather stakes I mean which did not bode well for me in the Race for Life.

I pulled up at Newbury Showgound in the middle of a near storm, the wind was howling and the rain was coming down in droves, I satin my car for several minutes why on earth I had thought it was a good idea to do this in the bleak English summer. 

Never the less I hauled myself out of the car and plugged myself into my ipod and got going, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought the rain and wind in fact kept me from overheating, I managed to get round in 31 minutes and ran or jogged I shold say the whole way, so I felt pleased with myself and can tick that off and can safely say I don’t think I will ever be doing a run again, its really not for me!

I have a new found respect for anyone who runs the London Maraton I did 5km and couldn’t have gone any further I can imagine running 26 miles.

So thanks to everyone who sponsored me.

I am not a fan of running and never have been to be honest…. from the first time I had to put on my trainers, airtex and gym shorts and run the cross country course in sub-zero temperatures while my games teacher told us all to run faster from the warms of her full ski suit, bobble hat, scarf and gloves!

None the less I have often thought of taking part in a charity run but have never actually done it, so this year I thought it was about time, plus having a run that is just for women on my door step gave me the inspiration I need.

So on Sunday 06 July I am taking part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Newbury to raise money to help beat cancer.

Please visit my sponsorship page at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/lesleypattinson/ and sponsor me today! Thanks!

I will post my time after I have done it so you can all judge just how fit I really am!!!

Well today is the big move my husband and I have brought a house in Newbury we are both very excited as we have been in apartments until now so we are very much looking forward to having a garden and more space.

Not sure I’m looking forward to stair I think I will be exhausted for the first few weeks until I get used to them. 

I have to be honest I have left the move to the care of my husband and some very kind friends as I’m off to The Holt Hotel to shoot Aaron and Harriett’s wedding… I do hope they look after my shoes!

I decided to take Easter off this and visit a very good friend of mine in Germany who is looking forward to soon being a proud mum for the first time.

 It was lovely to see her and of course I couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a few snaps of her in her preggers bloom.

So being as this is my first post in my brand new blog I guess the subject should be why I am blogging in the first place!!

I have toyed with starting a blog for some time, and have decided it would certainly be a good idea, mainly so you as a bride and groom, groom and groom or bride and bride can learn a little bit more about me, after all choosing a wedding photographer isn’t something that should be taken lightly, the end result will not just record your fabulous day but it will become and air loom (well the album at least!).

So that’s it really hopefully you will enjoy my posts and it will give you more of an idea of who I am.