Had a beautiful little girl come to the studio to have her photo taken, she smiled the whole time and was most obliging, unlike most children who get bored after a very short time. Here are a couple of photographs just to show what I mean:

photograph of young girl (portrait)

portrait photograph of little girl

Had a brilliant weekend with Solent DA camping near Bishops Waltham over the weekend of 5th Nov 2011. Huge bonfire, loads of guys to burn and a brilliant fireworks display. Here are a few photos from the event.

photograph of the bonfire

photograph of the guys on the bonfire

photograph airborne firework

photograph of ground based fireworks

I recently had the pleasure of photographing a family of 4 for a present for the father. The toddle was well behaved (most of the time) and spent much time facinated with the camera I was carrying!!! Don’t they just do that? Below are a couple of the images taken from then:

On 5th December Bracknell held it’s now annual santa run in aid of a hospice. As part of the entry fee you get a santa suit to wear and at the end a mug and a bar of chocolate and a couple of other goodies. It was amazing to see so many people dressed in red in one place. First they let the ‘Reindeers’ go these are the people that can run and think they will do it in under 30 mins. The they let the ’snow men’ go these should run it in between 30-50 mins and the ‘puddings’ are let loose, these will take over the hour and were followed by 2 men dressed up as Christmas puddings on bikes (I guess they were rounding up the stragglers. Below are a couple of photos from the event for more please go to my facebook photos album at 600 santas running.

photograph of some of the 600 santa claus' running in Bracknell Forest Dec 10

photograph of the 2 'puddings' at the 600 santa run

photograph of some of the santas at the end of the run

As a birthday present for my husband I paid for a trip to the Royal Berks. Shooting School near pangbourne. Along with some friends of ours who also shoot and their wifes we had a great day walking round the beautiful grounds and then a very nice barbeque with wine and beer provided. below are a coupld of photographs from the day:

photograph taken from below and in front of the gun!

photograph of the shells poping out and the puff of smoke that goes with them

photograph of husband preparing to fire at the clay

Once again I was back at Tylney Hall this week photographing a birthday party of a couple celebrating their 80th and 70th birthdays with all their family. We had some fun down by the pond taking photographs across the pond and with it as a background. The children ran round playing tag which was great, Tylney Hall really is a great place to have an event and have phtographs taken (particularly good for weddings). Below are a couple of the photographs from the event, the 2 young men decided they would try to look like Jame Bond!

photograph of all the family at the party

photograph of the family acros the pond at Tylney Hall

photograph of the young men at the birthday party at Tylney Hall

What a beautiful setting for a wedding!  This Victorian era building still has many original features like high ceilings with plaster mouldings, chandaliers hanging from rosettes in the ceiling, huge fire places and wood paneling. The extensive grounds have tennis courts and football pitches and 72 acres to roam in. A wedding here is a very special event.

front view of Sherfield School a beautiful venue for a wedding photographer in Basingstoke

There are some beautiful spots within the grounds of Trunkwell house all very close to the house so no long treks to get some nice photographs.Below are a couple of views of the back gardens:

At Trunkwell Mansion House, Mortimer near Reading, Berskshire they have the most beautiful room they use for the civil ceremonies, a real old fashioned fireplace and classic chairs with antique oil paintings on the wall. Below is a photograph of the room.

I have finally choosen the albums to replace those supplied by Spicer Hall field who recently liquidated, they are now populated and prices sorted ready for the new wedding fair season. Call me to arrange a time and date to view them. Basingstoke 01256 333205 or the mobile 07818 858217, photographs coming soon on the prices page to show youwhat they look like.

wedding album photograph layout