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Pre-wedding photography, Donnington Grove, Newbury, Berkshire

Lesley Pattinson — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:25:32 +0000

I had the pleasure of doing a pre-wedding photo shoot at the Donnington Grove, Berkshire a few Saturdays ago. Neil and Charlotte will be getting married there in July and wanted a pre-wedding photo shoot so they could get in the mood for the big day, plus there are so many good places to take photos at the Donnington Grove we needed to have a good walk around to see how long we will need on the day for their bride and groom portraits.

It was a lovely sunny day which is good and bad, its great because all of the colours there are so vibrant; the greens of the golf course against the blue of the sky, but also not so good because bright sunshine means harsh shadows which is not so good on faces, but I wouldn’t be much of a photographer if I didn’t know how to cope with that.

Im really looking forward to shooting Neil and Charlottes wedding, they are a fantastic couple to work with and the intimate touches in decor they have chosen for their special day will really make for a very special album.

Here are a few favorites from their pre-wedding shoot.

The Vinyard, Stockcross pre wedding shoot

Lesley Pattinson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:51:51 +0000

Winter weddings are definitely getting more popular and to be honest I highly recommend them, I myself got married on 22nd December. The low light or in fact darkness can make for some great photographs.

Im off to the Vineyard and Stockcross this weekend to photograph Andrew & Kerry’s wedding day and we popped up there last week to go through the wedding day timings and take some test shots. A pre-wedding test shoot is something I offer free of charge to those couples that would like it. Not everyone takes up this option but Andrew and Kerry wanted it so that on their wedding day they know what to expect from me and so they could see just how relaxed I make them when doing their signature wedding images.

The Vineyard at Stockcross makes a fantastic backdrop to photographs both night and day, but the flames in the water feature at the front of the hotel really do come to life at night.

Below are a couple of my favorite images from the photo shoot, some great low light photographs!

Aruna & Claire’s pre-wedding shoot

Lesley Pattinson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000

Last weekend so me take the trip down to London once again, for two reasons the first being to photograph Aruna and Claire who will be married at Pembroke College in oxford on 16^th August, and the second reason, my 30^th birthday!!!

My husband was away unfortunately but that is one of the pit falls of being married to a F1 technician so while he was working hard at the Hungarian grand Prix, I went to celebrate in style with my girl friends. The champagne corks popped as the train pulled out of Newbury, so thanks girls for I had a fabulous time although my recollection of it is somewhat hazy, can’t think why!! ;o)

So yes the other reason was to photography Aruna & Claire, they live down there and having two children it was a good idea for me to go to them rather than the other way around. Rain threatened but never materialised so I was able to get some great shots, the cloud was quite low and menacing which for me made the shots all the more interesting.

So here they are the soon to be Mr & Mrs….

Brian & Helen’s pre-wedding shoot

Lesley Pattinson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:26:00 +0000

I will be shooting Brian & Helen’s wedding at Friars Court, Oxfordshire on Saturday so we got together a couple of days ago to do some pre-wedding shots.

It was a great idea as neither Brian nor Helen like having their photo taken so hopefully after this they will have relaxed a little for the special day.

Aaron & Harriett’s pre-wedding shoot

Lesley Pattinson — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Here a few images from my latest pre-wedding shoot, some couples like to arrange a shoot before their big day to get them used to the camera and then they use the mount around one of the pictures as their guest book.

Arron and Harriet are getting married on 31st May so we went to their wedding venue to so a walk round and the shoot, however I clearly jinxed things with my last shoot because the weather was horrendous so we had to do them inside, fingers crossed the sun comes out next week!