I’m firmly of the belief that it is critical for professional photographers to shoot personal photographic projects. I’m not in anyway suggesting that they need to be charitable, life-changing, in South-America, only in Black-and-White, or using some vintage or toy camera. Just that they need to be divorced from an immediate or existing client, direct payment, and on the terms of the photographer within the reasonable constraints of the subject matter/sponsor.
Yearly Archives: 2011
This morning we completed a commissioned editorial shoot for a series of high-end lifestyle magazines. With no available images it was down to us to create a set of photographs that fitted the brief and gave the designer variety and layout options. Working closely with a senior member of the publishers staff who provided art direction we brainstormed some scenarios and scenes, and then sourced some models to feature in the shoot and a location.
It’s that time of year again, and whilst we are just finishing off the retouching of a newborn portrait session, and preparing a gallery for the family, it won’t be long before we close the studio for the holiday period. The studio will be closed from Christmas Eve through to the 3rd January 2012 after which we will be open again for business. During this time we won’t be taking any appointments, callers, and it is likely that any phone calls will route to the answerphone. Please do leave a message !
This beautiful little girl was only 7 days old when she came in for her newborn portraits to our Hampshire based studio. We met mum, and gran at the Southampton Baby & Toddler show back in October, and they called us on arrival to arrange a session.
We have just uploaded and show the images from our most recent newborn portrait session to her parents and they are very pleased. Having posted a sneaky peek to Facebook a day or so earlier we knew that the images were getting good feedback from the parents, family and friends but they have now seen the whole gallery.
Now that the “Christmas at Marwell – be enchanted” experience is well underway I’m pleased to reveal that I was the photographer behind most of the images used in the PR materials for the event.
We are conscious of the fact that it has been about a month since we last posted anything on the blog. That’s a pretty long time for Meonshore Studios to be quiet and we didn’t want you to be worried !
Well I just got back from the Hampshire Baby & Toddler Show in Southampton. The show started very busily, and the large cruise centre terminal filled with prams, toddlers, expectant woman and friends, dads, husbands, partners and parents. Our stand drew lots of admiring glances, and wonderful comments and we spoke to lots of people...
The second annual Hampshire Baby and Toddler Exhibition takes place this weekend on the 2nd Octovber at the City Cruise Terminal. It runs from 10am to 3:30pm and should, based on last year, be an amazing event. We will of course be attending again and will be in our regular position at stand B12, close to the refreshments area.
This was the last of our weddings for 2011, and it started at New Place to meet Matt and his family rather than with Debra for her preparations. I started with some bright overcast sky allowing me to photograph Matt, his family, and best-man in perfect light in the driveway area of New Place and in front of the house, before heading out to find some guests arriving, touch base with the coordinators from New Place, and get a view of the wedding ceremony room and plan my angles. It wasn’t long though before the guests were ushered in, and Debra arrived in a lovely old Riley wedding car which eased it’s way through the large feature gates onto the drive stopping near the house and allowing a reflection of this stunning property in the chrome of the bodywork.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing this little one for his newborn baby boy portraits. He was 15 days old and with the cutest little mohawk head of hair I have ever seen.
Wendy and Martin wanted their day at Marwell Hall to be a party with a wedding also happening, and it certainly was that. These are the wedding photos from from the day at Marwell Hall in September 2011 featuring shoes, face painting, lemurs, cigars, & a wedding !
Last Saturday we photographed Becky & Ian’s wedding at St Boniface Church in Chandlers Ford followed by a reception at the Winchester Guildhall. Typically it seems for August weddings it started raining during bridal preparations at Becky & Ian’s house but this didn’t affect the mood as Becky, her bridesmaids and lovely flower girls got...
This evening I met up with Debra and Matt at the De Vere property in Shedfield – New Place – for their pre-wedding shoot and meeting. Whilst we hadn’t had the torrential rain forecast it was a little misty and drizzly and so we worked as much of the venue outside as possible to give a good flavour of this lovely old house and it’s grounds.
I’m shooting Wendy and Martin’s wedding at Marwell Hall later on this year and so this morning we met up at the gates of Marwell Wildlife and headed up to Marwell Hall for their pre-wedding shoot. On the way up we managed to talk a little about Wendy and Martin’s plans for the day and we soon arrived at the Hall which was deserted at this early hour.
