Studio diary of Hampshire photographer - Mike French
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Yesterday I photographed the baptism of one of the Wallis family at the St Mary Margaret Catholic Church in Locksheath near Fareham in Hampshire. As a previous portrait client I was delighted when I was asked to cover the baptism, and the family gathering afterwards.
This evening one of our 2009 couples collected their album containing images from their New Place wedding.
One of the Marwell Wildlife meerkats got in on the action during our recent pre-wedding shoot up at Marwell Hall for Danni and Stu’s pre-wedding shoot. It proved to be their favourite and I have just prepared a lovely desk framed print for them as a memento of the session. The 9×6″ print is encased in a 14×11″ oak frame with a matching oak fillet and comes with a desk stand.
Within an hour of each other there have been requests from two of my friends looking for cover for this coming weekend. Why ? – because they are stuck abroad and face the prospect of not making it back in time for this Friday and Saturday for weddings. They are not even in continental Europe with a slim possibility of finding a train or car that will get them back to France and then under or over the channel and back home
We have just photographed a lovely pre-wedding shoot for Sarah and Tom at the Manor Barn in Buriton, Hampshire.
We have spent the latter part of 2009 and early 2010 reviewing the albums we offer, parents albums to accompany them, and also the costs associated with our weddings and the prices our suppliers are charging us. In 2010 we held prices, partly because of the global recession, and partly because our suppliers had also managed to contain costs. However in light of some of the recent changes we do need to restructure some of our packages and also reflect some price increases which we have already had to take on and some which we know will be coming in late 2010 and in 2011 prior to us supplying any albums.
I was asked to come and take a look at Kuti’s Royal Thai Pier by a wedding planner that I’m working with. The pier is going to be one of Hampshire’s newest wedding venues and I got to take a good look around this historic waterfront property to familiarise myself with it, and whilst I was there took the opportunity to take some photographs.
I have just photographed Fiona and Rory at the Tithe Barn near Petersfield for their pre-wedding shoot. They are getting married in St Ann’s in the Naval Dockyard later in the year and having their wedding reception at the Tithe Barn, and so we headed up there for some relaxed portraits and natural images.
Another actors headshot in the studio and a second sitting for Harriet who had a location headshot session some weeks ago.
