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

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

Had a good day at Frencham Ponds Hotel on 24th Jan 2010, what a beautiful hotel for weddings and civil ceremonies. A huge lake out the front with a small stream and a bridge to cross over for feeding the water birds. There is also a nice area round the back for photographs, a nice rural venue for a wedding or civil ceremony.

photograph of Frencham Ponds Hotel front view

photograph of a great wedding venue

photograph of rear of venue for wedding photographs

Sherfield school is a beautiful old building converted to a school that allows wedding receptions to be held at the school. Huge fireplaces and beautiful grounds give some stunning backgrounds to your wedding photography or civil ceremony photography. Call me on Basingstoke 01256 333205, your local female wedding photographer for quotes and a personal discussion.

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.

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.

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

At the weekend we went to Bristol Balloon Festival to see the balloons flying and spend some time in Bristol (a city I am not that familier with). What a lovely city, the old harbour area has been turned into a tourist centre with shops and restaurants and the most amazing water feature which children are allowed to paddle in (’ealf & safety not gone mad here thankfully). There is an enormous mirrored ball by the water feature and lots of different and interesting statues dotted about. During the afternoon some young men came to the mirrored ball and showed us their trick cycling in the pavement area around the ball. Very clever they were too, here is one of the chaps showing us how to ride on the side of the rear wheel.

I went to the Brighton Gay Pride Parade on Saturday and had a fantastic time, what a great atmosphere there was, so much like a carnival and I got some great photographs here are a couple for now. There was a fun fair and a couple of stages with bands performing live music all free.