Wedding Photography, Portrait Photography and Family Photos in and around: Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds and Somerset.
Wedding Photography, Portrait Photography and Family Photos in and around: Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds and Somerset.
Welcome to my blog! I am a full time professional photographer specialising in natural, creative wedding photography and a range of different types of portrait photography including maternity, new born babies, families and pets.
I love my work as, for me, a photograph is a split second in time, which is shaped by the emotions of a moment. Every photograph tells a story and particular images can conjour up strong and sometimes powerful memories. I count myself lucky to really love what I do as I have a passion for taking photographs and finding out what makes people tick.
I am based near Bristol and Bath in the Chew Valley. For weddings, I work mainly in the Bristol, Bath, Somerset and Gloucestershire areas and photograph weddings regularly at some of the best venues in the region including: Hunstrete House, Thornbury Castle, Ston Easton Park, Maunsel House, Kingscote Barn, The Park, The Matara Centre and Guyers House. I am happy to travel to other parts of the country and abroad. To find out more about my wedding photography please click here. For portraits I work either in clients' homes, on location or from my studio in the Chew Valley and aim to offer a relaxed, fun and personal experience, particularly as many of my clients have known me since photographing their wedding and come back to me for their family photographs. For more information about portraits, please click here.
I hope you enjoy looking through my most recent work on the blog. If you are interested in wedding or portrait photography specifically and would like to search for posts related to that, just use the categories button to refine your search.
Last week Katherine and James came over for a maternity shoot. I had not seen them since they collected their wedding album about 3 years ago – so it was lovely to catch up over a cuppa and to share their excitement! katherine was in the process of packing her hospital bag so b day was was getting very close!
Here are a few favourite images (watch this space for their gorgeous baby in a few weeks’ time!):
Here are a few favourites from the rest of Penny and Steve’s day:
Coming up are katherine and James’ maternity shoot and Rachel and Andy’s wedding
Two weeks ago I had another double wedding weekend – on Saturday a drive down to the Quantocks and Sunday, a bit closer to home at Priston. The weather stayed dry on both days which was great – as Penny and Steve on Saturday had their hearts set on an open air ceremony, so it was a good job it was dry!
I arrived at their venue; Coombe Manor Hotel, a wedding venue I haven’t shot at before, and met up with Steve who was having a pint to steady his nerves with Best Man Stuart and looking after little Ellis – who looked very cute in his wedding outfit. Little boys don’t stay pristine for very long though and in no time he was sitting in and playing with the gravel unaware he was in his smart outfit! I left the boys having a drink and a chat on the lawn and went to catch up with Penny.
The hotel has a little beauty/spa area in the grounds which was a great place for Penny to get ready with bridesmaids Hayley, Vicky, Cat and Natalie. The hotel’s own make up people had just started doing Penny’s make up so I spent some time with her and the rest of the girls before heading back outside as guests were arriving.
The ceremony was in a little gazebo off the garden and looked really nice laid up with the chair covers and flowers – I definately think chair covers make even more of a difference to outdoor ceremonies as they just look really nice all white.
Penny and Steve looked really delighted all the way through the ceremony – I don’t think I took one shot of them when they weren’t smiling – particularly as Ellis decided half way through he wanted to be part of the action and toddled over to join in!
Afterwards guests enjoyed the lovely grounds and I took Penny and Steve off briefly for a few shots of them together. They had a relaxed BBQ wedding breakfast with some very nice Cumberland Sausage (a favourite of mine!) and then speeches before having a little break outside and then into the evening dancing.
Here are a few favourite images from the first part of their day:
The last time I saw Tina and Clayton a few weeks ago, Tina was 8 months’ pregnant and about to pop! This time they came with their gorgeous twins Goerge and Jonathan for their newborn shoot. Having 2 babies is obviously a lot of work, though Tina and Clayton seemed to be taking it in their stride - 2 babies does also mean there are enough babies to go around so everyone gets a cuddle!
We started off doing some skin pictures with both Tina and Clayton and also managed to get some of the boys on their own – here are a few of my favourite images:
Last week I met up with Sarah and Steve. whose wedding I photographed about 18 months ago. They now have a gorgeous little girl Emily, so it was so nice to see them again – now a family and take some photos for them. As Emily was sitting and beginning to crawl, we did some in the studio and then wandered along to the lake for a few outdoor shots.
Here are a few of my favourite images:
A couple of weeks ago I photographed gorgeous baby Isaac in the studio. He was very good and we managed to get quite a lot of lovely shots – some awake and some more sleepy which is really nice with a newborn baby. Next time I see him, I am sure he will have grown a lot and won’t quite fit in his Dad’s hands again!
Here are a few favourites:
Just before the August Bank holiday, I photographed Emma and kris’ wedding at Coombe Lodge in Blagdon, Bristol. Coombe Lodge is only a 10 minute drive up the road for me past Chew Valley lake so it was a very short commute! I had not been there for over a year and, in the meantime, it has had a fabulous refurbishment, courtesy of the owners of Priston Mill, which is another venue I really like and shoot at regularly. The difference was quite amazing – the house has always had a nice setting and gardens overlooking the lake – but the new decor is really lovely (particularly the amazing new guest ensuite wetrooms – I got proper bathroom envy!!!)
Emma was getting ready upstairs joined by some friends and her gorgeous flower girl – Prue. I stayed up there for a while and then headed down to catch up with Kris who was having a drink with guests and chatting to his Best Men Vic and Ram. We were wondering if the weather would hold as there were quite a few heavy showers and Emma and Kris were planning to have the ceremony outside if possible. In the end it was a bit wet for that so the new ceremony room was readied and guests assembled there. Emma looked amazing walking down the aisle and they both looked incredibly happy all the way through the ceremony.
Their luck was in and the weather cleared leaving a nice blue sky and some very welcome sunshine! It is really nice if you can get outside for some of the day – if not all of it so everyone seemed to enjoy drinks on the lawn and live violin music. I took Emma and kris off for a short while to take some photographs in the lovely grounds and then it was time for the wedding breakfast. Emma had chosen a really nice purple and green colour theme which worked really well and looked fresh and bright. They also had a fantastic purple flowery slanted cake!
Here are a few favourite images:
It feels like absolutely ages since I have blogged – and after a week away in Ireland and then pretty much a week in bed last week ill – it has actually been quite a while!
It was my first day back in the office this morning and when I popped across to the house to grab something to eat, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a thank you card waiting for me from my lovely couple Hannah and Lloyd who had popped over last week to collect their album: ”Thank you Sarah – For our beautiful album and for just being lovely to deal with, Hannah and Lloyd x”
Thank yous are always nice but to get such a gorgeous gift on a Monday morning – well it was a pretty nice start to the week!
I will do my best to catch up with the blog – coming up are Emma and Kris’ wedding, baby Isaac, Babies George and Jonathan, Penny and Steve’s wedding and Rachel and Andy’s wedding – so watch this space!
Last week I caught up with Penny, Steve and baby Ellis. Penny and Steve are getting married in a few weeks’ time so it was great to see them again, catch up over a cuppa and take a few pictures for them. Thinking Ellis would like a bit of a run around we headed up the field to do a few shots in the long grass and to enjoy the sunshine.
Here are a few favourites:
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