Happy 50th Birthday to Kate!

We were booked as official photographers for Kate’s 50th birthday celebrations at Trinity College, Cambridge on Saturday 27th June. Cambridge colleges are great places to photograph any sort of event but Trinity College on a beautiful summers evening is really fantastic. The drinks part of the evening took place in one of Trinity’s large courts and provided us with some fantastic light for portrait photography! Not only was this a bit of a bonus for us but the people were on top form and gave us all the moments, expressions and emotions that make up great event photography! The drinks were followed by a sit down meal, speeches and coffee. We were there to photograph it all informally and in the background. Our photography highlights follow:

The Christening of Baby Alexia

What a busy day of photography today but what a gorgeous one! We left our Cambridge portrait studio this afternoon to shoot a couple of location photography sessions in Cambridge. After a pre-wedding photography session on Granchester meadows we headed back to Cambridge city for a baby photography session for baby Alexia. Alexia is two and a half months old and today was her Christening at the Catholic Church on Hills Road so we also did some Christening photography for her! She was full of beans (and more amazingly full of smiles) when we arrived at the house and she stayed that way for the rest of the afternoon. We managed to capture some nice portrait photos of her as well as some general photography of the day. Professional portrait photography at a Christening provides a lovely record of a Christening day and one that I am sure will be treasured my Mum & Dad for years to come! Our photography highlights are below:

The Wedding of Ian & Jenny

Congratulations to Ian and Jenny who were married on Saturday 6th June 2009 in Surrey. Their wedding service was held at St Paul's Church in Hook with their wedding reception at Woodland's Park Hotel, Cobham. It has to be said that is was a wet one and the first reminder to us of last year’s terrible summer for wedding photography! The rain didn't actually cause many problems as it was more like drizzle so the bride, groom, most wedding guests and all the children enjoyed the lovely outdoor setting of Woodlands Park Hotel. By the evening the rain had stopped and we were witness to a game of over-sized outdoor chess and plenty of children running wild in the gardens - the weather can't stop a wedding party from having fun! Our wedding photography highlights are below:

Woodpeckers In The StillVision Studio Garden

As if the lovely weather wasn't reason enough to avoid doing any portrait photography today, our family of Great Spotted Woodpeckers gave us another! The birds are nesting in the grounds of the StillVision photography portrait studio in Girton and are getting very active as their chick gets ready to fledge. The little chick is really rather sweet poking its head out of the hole and it's remarkable how hard it is making its parents work. Perhaps this is an insight to how hard the Mums and Dads of the babies we see in the portrait studio have to work!

We had no photography appointments in the diary and the sun was shining so we thought we'd try a family portrait session with a difference and set up the camera on the woodpecker nest (very Spring watch) to capture some video footage. For those non-birders, Dad has the red hat on his head and Mum doesn't. Dad is also the one who gets attacked by what must be a VERY hungry chick!

Enjoy...

The Wedding Of Stuart & Abby

Congratulations to Stuart and Abby who were married in Scotland on Thursday 21st May 2009. We were booked to photograph their wedding reception/wedding party two days later at the University Arms Hotel in the centre of Cambridge. It was a large party of friends and colleagues and very little family (who had all been part of the actual wedding day). There was an upbeat, party atmosphere to try and capture with photography and plenty of 'moments' to keep an eye on! We took advantage of the late afternoon light and photographed the newly-weds out on Parker's Piece which was a nice thing to do as the couple had not had any bride and groom wedding photography as part of the actual wedding day. Our wedding photography highlights follow:

The Wedding of William & Sarah

Congratulations to William and Sarah who were married on Saturday 16th May 2009. Their wedding ceremony was at All Saints church in Little Shelford with the wedding reception only a short walk away in the village hall. The wedding reception was actually an afternoon tea party (but with cake cutting & speeches) so was a little different but just as appealing as the more typical wedding breakfast! The weather was much better than forecast (ignoring the strong wind) so there was a lot of weather talk amongst the wedding guests! We left the tea party along with the bride and groom to get some evening photography in the grounds of the church. This was really enjoyable and resulted in some great photography. Our wedding photography highlights are below: