Studio diary of Hampshire photographer - Mike French
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We are pleased to announce that we will be showcasing our wedding photography at Marwell Hall during their wedding fair this coming Sunday. As a recommended photographer we will be showing our display album, also used by Marwell Hall themselves, containing three beautiful weddings in the Hall and photographs from around the hall, grounds,...
This morning I met up with Tanya and Mike for their pre-wedding shoot at Marwell. We arranged to meet early at the entrance to the wildlife park and walk up to the Hall overtaking most of the general public and ensuring that we had some peace and privacy for the duration of our pre-wedding shoot.
This evening Gemma and Dan came and collected their beautiful Marwell Hall wedding album. This contemporary panoramic matted album features cedar timber wood covers and a distressed mocca leather spine with white leaves.
We photographed a wedding on this weekend in 2008 at Marwell Hall and two years later returned in similar weather for the wonderful wedding of Danni and Stu. This wedding was beautifully animal themed from the tiger and leopard ties, and the wedding breakfast room and table plan.
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.
I spent this morning with Danni and Stuart at Marwell Hall for their pre-wedding shoot taking some photographs around the hall and surrounding features.
As a recommended photographer for Marwell Hall, the listed building within Marwell Wildlife in Hampshire we are pleased to announce that we have a stunning new display album in place showing three of our recent weddings.
Marwell Hall in the zoo was the setting for our first wedding of this wonderful late summer weekend, and Hampshire was blessed with good weather again this weekend of the year, ideal for wedding photos. Gemma and Dan are a lovely couple and it was great to finally get the opportunity to photograph their wedding.
Today I photographed Gemma and Dan who get married at Marwell Hall, Hampshire in September. We used both the front and rear of the house for some images of both some classically posed portraits and also some more contemporary images to get them used to being photographed as well as finding some locations they liked for some time alone on the day.
I’m taking advantage of some of the weekends in the run up to the 2009 wedding season where I have a “spare” day to do two things. Firstly I’m starting to push my cameras to their limits in tricky shooting situations as preparation for the romantically lit churches and wedding venues around the South of England where I’ll be photographing critical, unrepeatable and emotional moments – and secondly shooting some personal work (OK I know – busman’s holiday) to relax and enjoy myself.
Marwell Hall wedding photos of Joanna and Grahams wedding held in Marwell Zoo, Hampshire
Sunday’s shoot was for Joanna and Graham, who will be getting married in Marwell Zoo in Hampshire at the Hall in August. On a bright, and warm day we ventured up to the lovely Marwell Hall and got some lovely images in preparation of their wedding photography and then headed back to the Marwell Hotel for a drink and a talk through the details for the day.
Todays wedding was at Marwell Zoo – well Marwell Hall and Hotel to be exact, a favourite location of mine as an annual pass holder a frequent haunt for me both shooting weddings and visiting with my family. Fiona and Rob’s wedding was a wonderful day full of laughter and fun.
This morning saw us spend some time with one of our June couples Fiona and Rob who will be getting married at Marwell Hall in the zoo and then onto the nearby Marwell hotel for their reception.
