Rosie and Lee

A few weeks ago, I had the massive honour of photographing the wonderful Rosie and Lee from the Photography Parlour. If you haven't come across this site, it is a fantastic new resource for UK wedding and portrait photographers. Rosie is also an amazing wedding photographer and her site is here.

This shoot was a surprise for Lee's birthday and in fact, Rosie didn't tell him what was happening until they drove into the car park at the bluebell woods in Wiltshire! He did look a little shocked but rose to the occasion beautifully.

I can't wait for the photographers get together on the 15th, guys!

Eating fun

Finger foods are such fun at this age....

Redheads rock

I had a wonderful shoot today with the K family at Alexandra Palace. Gorgeous children and so well behaved. My new favourite subjects are 7 year old girls!

Two sneak peeks for tonight, more to come soon.



Cheeky chappie...

May is my favourite month

I'm fortunate to live in a particularly leafy part of North London. Today I noticed how many different gates there are on each street.








If you squint at the left picture, you can just see the bunting going up ahead of the World Cup where, no doubt, we'll go out on penalties. Tsk.







Poor abandoned bunny.

Why you should always keep a camera handy ;)

Al Lewis and Sarah Howells

More blog catching up here. I've photographed Al several times over the years (he was one of my first portrait bookings and found me through MySpace). He is a solo artist but recently he has collaborated with a wonderful singer called Sarah Howells. I love their voices together, they work so well. Have a listen - http://www.myspace.com/allewismusic

For this shoot, we went to the Proud Gallery in Camden. It has huge skylights so the whole place gets loads of natural light. They were fantastic models and did everything I asked of them. I guess you are less shy when you have to get up on stage and sing in front of people.

Late spring in Highgate Woods

Shooting another photographer is always stressful and nerve-wracking, and this shoot was no exception *ahem*, but could you ask for two better models? Max stood up for ages which he's never managed to do. So proud.

This shoot is a prime example of how important it is to plan your clothing for portraits. If Leon or Max had been wearing mismatching, branded clothing, the images wouldn't have been as effective. It also shows that you don't have to play it safe and wear white tops and blue jeans.

Spring has sprung, people.

And about time, too.