Weddings at Hampshire court hotel are much better since they replaced the old tennis court with some landscaped gardens and a covered seating area. The new area has lovely decking and uprights to use as props and the group shot can now be taken from an upstairs window. Below are some photographs from a recent wedding at Hampshire Court Hotel Basingstoke:

photograph of a recent wedding at Hampshire Court Hotel, Basingstoke -the bride

photograph of bride and groom at a recent wedding at Hampshire Court Hotel

wedding photography - hampshire court hotel -group shot

I have just come back from a very relaxing week in Cromer, Norfolk. A beautiful part of the UK with lots of nature reserves and miles of beaches to walk along. Below are a couple of photographs I took during the week.

photograph of seals at Blakeney point near Cromer, Norfolk

This was a very exciting boat ride as the spray was coming over the sides and the boat was rocking about like a see-saw on the large waves and drenched everyone and I had £2K worth of camera and lens with me, trying to keep it dry was quite difficult.

photograph taken on Cromer beach using the fisheye lens

I made good use of the fisheye lens during the week. This was a very old tractor used to pull the lobster fishing boat up the beach.

A testimonial from a very happy customer:
Hi Brenda,

OUR WEDDING PHOTOS AT OAKLEY HALL 19TH JUNE -ARE FANTASTIC !

Alan and I just wanted to take the opportunity to say a very big thank you to you, for the wedding photo disc received in
the post yesterday. We are sincerely over whelmed with your professional photography. They are beautiful and tell the
story of our wonderful wedding day. We feel they are very natural pictures and you certainly worked very hard on the day to
ensure we all tried to relax for the poses you required.

We are just sorry that the registrar was late and put pressure on us with time. We were very prompt ourselves and you
encouraged us to run to your specific time scales. But in some areas, we missed the opportunities for a few extra photos
to be taken, I wanted to be at the front of Oakley Hall with my dad and bridesmaids but unfortunately was waiting for the
registrar and was very late in arriving to you. I am very thank full you gave time, in taking the photos with my mum and dad
in the courtyard before this, excellent on your part.

You have captured so many wonderful memories for us to keep for the rest of our lives. Our family and friends can’t wait
to see them on the web next week. We now have a very difficult decision of what we choose. I feel like displaying so many
of your images in our home. We look forward to receiving your video once you have completed and produced.

Alan and I had a fantastic wedding day, and all our family and guests did too.

Thank you for being such an important part of our incredibly special wedding day, we will be in touch with you.

Yours sincerely,

Lyndy and Alan

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

I photographed a super 50th wedding anniversary at the weekend, a lovely couple with some great family and friends and super harpist playing. The venue was Tylney Hall in Rotherham near Hook a super place for any event and as usual the room was laid out beautifully. Below are a couple of photographs of the venue and flowers.

photograph of Tylney Hall laid out for a 50th wedding anniversary party

photograph of Tylney Hall, flowers on table at 50th wedding anniversary party

I exhibited at a superb wedding venue in late January, Fredricks Hotel in Maidenhead, it has a small but beautiful garden with some amazing statues in it and a swimming pool that goes outside (hence the mist in the photos) and it is very warm so you could easily swim in it. There are some great places within the property that could be used for wedding photography. The inside is very nice as well and could be good for indoor wedding photography. Take a look at the photographs below:

photography of Fredricks Hotel Maidenhead a great place for some great wedding photography

wedding venue for great wedding photography

One of the many statues that could be used as a backdrop for wedding photography

Another statue from Fredricks Hotel great for wedding photography

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.

Trunkwell Mansion House near Mortimer, Reading in Berkshire is a beautiful old country hotel with beautiful gardens and a peaceful environment. They cater for weddings, civil ceremonies, civil partnerships, corporate events, christmas parties and much more. Below is a photograph of the front of the property with some of the wedding cars from the wedding fair still outside.

What a super unusual venue! Milestones Museum in Basingstoke is open for wedding receptions and events. You can wander amung the exhibits to your hearts content. They even open the 1940’s pub so that you have access to beer and spirits during the evening festivities, unfortunately the prices aren’t 1940’s! There are some great places to have photographs taken, like this one outside the green grocers.