The Memories Thru a Lens Blog

In one of my last posts I explained how I add my photoshop magic to my wedding photography and portrait photography and this post will explain a bit more about my style of photography.

Anyone who is looking for a photographer to capture their wedding day of the wonderful memories of their child growing up will often be asked if they know what style of photographer they are looking for; indeed I will often be asked what style of photographer I consider myself to be so that the potential client can weave their way through the field of potential photographers out their and pick the one that best suits what they are looking to achieve in their photographs.

When asked what my style of wedding or portrait photography is I would say I am bespoke and artistic, but why would I say this.

Firstly lets address bespoke; the dictionary definition of this is “made to order” which I feel couldn’t describe my service better, to me each and every client be it for wedding photography or portrait photography is different and deserves to be treated as such.  So I don’t head off to a wedding shoot or portrait shoot with a list full of poses that I use each and every time, instead I judge on the day and the person and adapt how I take photographs to that, so therefore each and every shoot is made to order.

So that brings me to artistic; now the dictionary definition of this is “having a creative skill” do I have creative skill in my photography?  Well that would be a question for my clients but what I do know is that I certainly put my own creative mark on all the images I take.  First its the actual shot being taken, how I do this is something I find very hard to describe I simply look around, look at my subject then look through my lens and out the shot comes.  Luckily for me its the most natural thing in the world to capture a photograph, a skill which I certainly cherish.  Next I edit the photo adding my photoshop magic, I guess this is where my creativity really comes into its own to make the shot a work of art that when my clients see it will love it and be proud to hang in on their walls.

To follow are  some images that I really feel are artistic…. enjoy!

Happy New Year!  I hope its a prosperous one for everyone.

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.

Back in February it was Andy & Jill’s special day at Wasing Park just outside Newbury.  We had been up to the wedding venue to do the pre-wedding shoot a couple of weeks before when it had been snowing, we all hoped the wedding day would yield some snow too as looked so fab!

I was really pleased to see snow on the day, enough to make nice shots but not enough to stop the guests getting there!

The day went really well, it really was the prefect setting especially with the snow, Wasing Park is a relatively new venue but a fabulous one, the converted barns with tea lights in the alcoves really do make for a magical day.

Andy and jill had a hot chocolate van parked up to get rid of the chill and it was delicious a virgin one for me being as I was working, but there was a tipple of whiskey in most I’m sure!

Thanks Andy and Jill for being so easy to work with, I really enjoyed the day and hope you did too.

Here are my favorites from the day:

Looking out of my window at the glorious blue sky makes it hard to remember all that snow we had a month or so ago.

At the beginning of February I had the pleasure of shooting Andy & Jill’s wedding at Wasing Park just outside Newbury.

Before the day Andy and Jill had asked if we could do a pre-wedding shoot, Andy in particular wasn’t very keen on having his picture taken so wanted a trial run. So a couple of weeks before the we

dding we headed to Wasing Park for a pre-wedding life style shoot.

The snow made a fantastic backdrop, so here are some of my favourites.

Another one of my winter wedding was at the Notley Tythe Barn near Thame. Steve and Juliet tied the knot at Garzington Church in Oxford and then headed over to the Notley Tythe Barn for the rest of the celebrations.

Garzington Church really is in a fabulous spot atop a hill looking out over the Oxfordshire countryside, once you have managed to find the small latch gate and path that leads you to it that is!

It was a lovely day and Steve and Juliet smiled all day long making it easy to get some cracking shots. It was a pleasure to photograph them and here are a few of my favourites form their wedding day.

Just before Christmas I covered Stuart and Ashia’s wedding at The Thythe Barn, Launton.  It was a fantastic day and a fantastic venue, the candlelight and fairy lights really helped create a romantic atmosphere. 
  
Both Stuart and Aisha looked fantastic on the day and we got some great shots, sadly it rained all day so we where only able to get one shot outside, but being such a  picturesque barn it didn’t matter and we still got some great shots. 

Here are a few of my favourites form the day. 

I was lucky enough to cover a wedding earlier this year at Blenheim Palace, a stunning venue! Leo and Rebecca where the bride and groom and where as fab as the venue, I thank them for making so much time to ensure we got some great shots.

Blenhiem Palace is certainly a stunning venue and in January it seemed all the more magical with the low light.   It’s the place Bec held in her heart as a wedding venue from an early age and its easy to see why; The Orangery is a fantastic place to hold a sumptuous wedding buffet and being January it was dark earlier which added to the romance of it all, with dimmed chandeliers and candles providing the light for the wedding breakfast it really was a very memorable day.

Leo and Bec jumped in the golf cart with me and Bec was even happy to don a blanket to stop the shivers after all 5th January was a pretty cold day (still gave them a chance for some quiet cuddles to keep warm!).

Thanks guys I got some fantastic images and you where a brilliant couple to work with, I hope your as happy with the images as I am.

Here are a few of my own faves from the day: