Hampshire Wedding Photographers specialising in Contemporary and Documentary wedding photography| Fareham Portrait Studio | Commercial Photography bio picture

Welcome to my Blog!

Hi my name is Mike French, and I'm a Fareham - Hampshire based photographer, and the owner of Meonshore Studios, a family run business. I'm passionate about my photography, and running the studio and I like to think this shows in the way I interact with my clients and of course in the images I create.

I adore shooting weddings, and I'm always looking to capture those special moments as well as document the day as it unfolds - my style is a fusion of contemporary, classical & documentary photography. However I also love portraits showing families growing together and of course my commercial work.

All the images you see below are mine, I hope you enjoy them and that this blog gives you some insight into what we do and how I work.

Meonshore Studios

Meonshore Studios is based in Fareham, Hampshire and covers clients all over the UK and beyond. Weddings are typically photographed in Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire, Surrey and Dorset although we have been asked to cover weddings across the UK and indeed Europe.

Our portraits are most likely to be taken in Hampshire in the studio or on location and of course we travel anywhere for our commercial clients.

We are an award winning studio, and recommended by many venues, wedding planners and vendors and agencies.

This blog is the diary of the studio and contains a mixture of the work that we do - we have dedicated websites for our different types of photography.

Chilworth Manor reception follows Southampton wedding for Karen and Tim

Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:59 pm Posted in weddings

Yesterdays wedding saw us stay in Hampshire and travel the short distance to Southampton for a wedding at St Christopher’s Church and then on to the lovely Chilworth Manor. Karen and Tim’s wedding was a word of mouth referral from another Hampshire wedding we did in October 2007 where Karen was an evening guest. It was lovely to see some familiar faces as well as to meet some new people.

Starting at the church today and ending later after the dancing we had another good day with a mixture of cool breeezes and bright weather, although Chilworth kindly provides many shaded areas. Karen looked stunning and arrived in a rare Bentley from the Romsey Carriage Company, flanked by a Rolls Royce and a Riley wedding car for the bridesmaids.

After an entertaining ceremony which I was allowed to freely document by the very friendly Vicar Jeff, and a short trip to Chilworth, we quickly completed the family photographs before heading to the room where dinner was served. The speeches were then followed by some time alone with Karen and Tim using the lovely features of the gardens; columns, stone steps and seating before settling into the evening reception and a first dance again captured unobtrusively.