www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en mikefrench@meonshorestudios.co.uk Mike French, Meonshore Studios Ltd Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:04:10 +0000 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:05:00 +0000 iBlog 1.4.6 Mike French, Meonshore Studios Ltd Meonshore Studios - Diary of a Fareham Wedding and Portrait Photographer covering Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire, Surrey, Dorset and beyond Photographer Mike French shares an insight into the working of his photographic business - Meonshore Studios. Based in Fareham, Hampshire and specialising in Weddings, Portraiture and Corporate photography Mike also has a passion for Nature and Sports photography. Mike French, Meonshore Studios Ltd mikefrench@meonshorestudios.co.uk Meonshore Studios - Diary of a Fareham Wedding and Portrait Photographer covering Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire, Surrey, Dorset and beyond Arts & Entertainment www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20090104210209/index.html Well every good thing has to come to an end, and this iBlog created blog which I started in February of 2006 is now being frozen as of today.

Over the last couple of years blogging has become mainsteam and my blog has gone from being a relative exception to pretty much the norm for many wedding and portrait photographers, meaning that finding and accessing the content (the real differentiator between photographers being the images themselves) is more and more important. At the time the iBlog system was pretty much de-rigeur for photographers using Macs but I have been unable to migrate it to a newer version and it has no upgrade path to the other better developed systems out there now.

So that's it. Of course I'll be leaving it online, and linking to it from my new blog so new visitors can check back at some of the many weddings we have photographed in Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire and Surrey and of course our portraits and commercial work - I'll also be pulling forward some of Decembers posts into the new blog format and apologies if you get to see them twice - I'm also hoping to fill in some of the gaps left due to a busy month - new 2009 posts will certainly start to appear from the 10th when we have our first pre-wedding shoot of the year planned.

To get to the new blog just click on this link - it will be live from our other websites very soon.

Meonshore Studios New Blog

If you need any incentive to view it I have a new Bio image taken by my good friend and amazing photographer David A Williams only visible there.....

Look forward to seeing you.

Mike. ]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:02:09 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20090104210209/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20081220121223/index.html It is nearly that time of year again and here are our opening hours over the Christmas period.

The studio is closed from the 23rd December 2008 through to the 5th January 2009.

We will be monitoring emails on a limited basis over this time - specifically for any wedding enquiries which come in so as to be able to arrange initial meetings as early in January as possible for those couples wanting to book a Hampshire based wedding photographer in the new year for their 2009 wedding.

Portrait enquiries will be answered on the 5th, when we re-open our diaries for portrait sittings and location photographic sessions.

As our photographic labs and album manufacturers are now closed any print orders and album designs will be batched ready for submission on their re-opening.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year and a prosperous, and peaceful 2009.



All at Meonshore Studios...... ]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:12:23 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20081220121223/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20081220124633/index.html It might be the equivalent to the Christmas Letter but here we go....

It is the end of another year and one which has seen some great investments here at Meonshore Studios from which we will see many of the benefits in the coming years, one of which we hope to talk about in more detail at the end of January.

We have had a busy season photographing weddings all over Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey. We were blessed with good weather at Rhinefield House, Berrydown Barn, Bishops Waltham Palace Ruins, Chilworth Manor and the Gate Street Barn to name but a few and even at the Tithe Barn in February. We coped with both good and bad conditions at Portchester Castle and Marwell Hall across multiple weddings and was throughly rained on at Mottisfont Abbey but still got some lovely images.

Our premium bespoke album range from Australia have this year benefitted from photographs coming from one of the best print labs in the world - also down in Australia - and the quality is hard to believe. Every couple who has received their album this year has been blown away with the quality - as we were - so much better than anything we had been able to source in the UK.

Next year we will be back at some of our favourite venues, as well as a foray into Bournemouth for a wedding in June for our first Dorset wedding and are very much looking to speaking with couples for some of our remaining dates as well as seeing some of you coming to the Langrish House wedding fair in February.

Our portrait business has increased this year significantly with so many more families in the Fareham, Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Titchfield and Hill Head districts having their children photographed both in a studio environment and out on location at the beach, park and woodland. We will be launching some new portrait products next year as well as completing our portraits specific website in January - and will publish a link once the galleries are filled, and pages prepared.

Finally our commercial business has again delivered high quality event coverage of corporate balls and recognition events as well as industry awards nights, and again we look to strengthen our web presence in this area over the coming months.

As usual we haven't just been using our cameras and this year we invested heavily in improving our own skills with valuable time spent on seminars with leading portrait photographers but most importantly with some priceless 1:1 consultancy and training from one of the very best wedding and portrait photographers in the world. We will be bringing some of the insights we gained from those sessions to our offerings and products in 2009. Finally we made a big investment in new photographic equipment at the end of this year to ensure maximum quality and reliability in 2009 so we can just concentrate on delivering the best photographic images to you.

It is trade show time in January and February and so we will be scouring for new suppliers of high quality presentation options for albums, frames and anything new and innovative as well as catching up with some of our regular suppliers and friends. Hopefully we will have some news from those in a few weeks....

To all of our clients from 2008 it has been a pleasure working with you, to all of our 2009 couples we wish you a relaxing Christmas before it is down to business planning the final details for your weddings and we look forward to our pre-wedding shoots with you - and for all new visitors to the site please do give us a call or drop us an email to enquire about how we could work with you on your wedding, deliver high quality images for your business, or beautiful portraits of your family.


Merry Christmas, Seaons Greetings, and a Happy New Year

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:46:33 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C961806928/E20081220124633/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C199749624/E20081223201344/index.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:13:44 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C199749624/E20081223201344/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C1123348142/E20081223193507/index.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:35:07 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C1123348142/E20081223193507/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C1633121559/E20081220120128/index.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:01:28 +0000 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C1633121559/E20081220120128/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C199749624/E20081223194810/index.html Today saw us at the De Vere Grand Harbour for their Autumn wedding fair down in Southampton meeting lots of brides and couples as well as a few mums looking for a Hampshire wedding photographer for their 2009 and 2010 weddings.

On a windy and wet day prospects for people to want to come into the warm were high and indeed we saw and spoke to a lot of Hampshire brides looking for photographers for their weddings. It was lovely see see everyone as well as to catch up with some of our close friends that we work regularly with at other weddings such as Lynda Robson from Exclusively Weddings floristry and also Helen Spencer and exceptional bridal make up artist, and of course some of the other Hampshire wedding photographers.

This is the last faire we do in the Autumn and we will be back in the new year - more to follow.

Our next visit to the De Vere will be in Autumn 2009 as the spring show conflicts with a boutique fair we will be attending in February, when the show will be run directly by the De Vere and no longer by exceptional fair planner Yvonne De Mellow who continues to run the Solent Hotel and Botley Park Hotel fairs.




]]> Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:48:10 +0100 www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C199749624/E20081223194810/index.html www.meonshorestudios.co.uk/B1175838692/C199749624/E20080924222733/index.html We attended the Solent Hotel wedding fair on Sunday, it was great to meet all of the couples, and bride's to be with mums or friends that came to our stand and spent some time looking at our albums, and images.

We are looking forward to hearing from some of you, over the coming weeks, and if anyone was unable to attend, or didn't manage to speak to us but would like some more information then please do get in touch.

We also sponsored the event with a complimentary pre-wedding (engagement) session and are looking forward to receiving contact with the winner who will get some fantastic images with their partner to celebrate their engagement.

Our next show is at the De Vere Grand Harbour on the 5th October, and we look forward to speaking to anyone looking to book a creative Hampshire wedding photographer for their wedding in 2009 or 2010. I'll blog an entry after that date and will get some images of our stand as well, time didn't allow for that at this show.


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