Studio diary of Hampshire photographer - Mike French
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Winchester Guildhall was the central venue for this evenings pre-wedding shoot with Becky and Ian. Although they will be getting married at a local church Becky and Ian will be going to Winchester Guildhall for their wedding reception and this was the natural place to do their pre-wedding shoot.
This afternoon I was again fortunate to be shooting food for Hampshire Fare as part of the Hampshire Food Festival. Today though I was at Vatika situated in the Wickham Vineyard near Botley – an beautiful setting for this excellent Indian restaurant. The event was an Indian BBQ masterclass hosted by renowned chef Atul Kochhar and the Executive Chef at Vatika – Jitin Joshi.
This evening I covered one of the Hampshire Food Festival events on behalf of Hampshire Fare. The Local Produce Supper at Setley Ridge Vineyard in Brockenhurst had already run once on the 6th July and this was the second supper in the month long Hampshire food festival during July.
My brief for the evening was to document the event without interrupting the guests and I was looking to capture a sense of place, some portraits, food preparation and prepared food and if possible everyone enjoying the supper.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Lianne and Iain’s intimate wedding aboard HMS Warrior in the Historic Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth.
Yesterday was the amazing wedding of Christie and Martin, two dancers from the Northern Ballet Company who were married at St Annes Church in Brockenhurst and the onto Rhinefield House for their wedding reception. I had met Christie and Martin way back in January 2010 at a wedding fair and immediately hit it off with them, and Christie’s family who had also come along.
I just got back from an excellent trip to the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011. Having missed it last year due to paid assignments I was really looking forward to this year and again opted for the Friday, hoping for it to be slightly quieter, and I lucked out with the weather.
