Monday 27th November.

Today was the date arranged for the Fashion shoot at Alexander House Turners Hill West Sussex in conjunction with La Vida boutique of Horsham. Hair and Make up by Shona and Pete of Toni & Guy Knightsbridge.

An early start enabled us to get to Alexander House for a 9.30am start. The plan for the day was to shoot fourteen dresses, using three models and four different locations within the hotel.

The following pictures show some of the “behind the scenes” action together with on or two finished pictures.

The usual chaotic scenes of the hotel room !

Last minute cleaning to make sure everything was spotless.

Mary in make up.

Even a passing Alien got in on the act and tried abduct Hayley - luckly Pete was on hand to ward off the invaders. (Read on …)

Sunday night was rock n roll night - this time it was the Candian Pat Travers Band supported by the Zeds

The Zeds a energentic power trio consisits of Peter Woods - Guitar and Vocals, Dan Rowe Bass Guitar and Vocals and Ed Sylvester Drums and vocal.

Carol and Toby were married this Saturday in a civil service held at the Oaks Barn Shirley,Surrey this weekend.

Oaks Farm is a tranquil, period farmhouse situated in the heart of the Shirley Hills.

For hundreds of years the farm formed part of a large estate owned by the Archbishops of Canterbury the present owners have restored both the house and gardens.The beautiful grounds, with extensive lawns and a small lake, are an idyllic setting.

The weather was amazing, clear blue skies and not a drop of rain in the second week of November!

(Read on …)

It has been a very busy year here at the studio and at Jackies insistance, Mark and Jackie managed to take a short break between weddings and visited the island of Cuba for a much deserved break.

The following gives an insight into our recent trip. I’ll post more of the photographs on the online viewing section early next week when I’ve had a chance to catch up with my work.
They spent a couple of nights at the Hotel National de Cuba followed by a bit of RnR at the Seebreezes Jibercoa.
We left the UK bright and early Sunday morning up at 4.30am for a 5.30am depart for the airport. The nice clear skies of the UK…………………………….

where soon to be replaced with about 9hrs of on and off turbulance!

For those of you who know how much I enjoy flying you can imagine what a treat that was for me.
We finally arrived in Havana where we transferred to the Hotel Nacional de Cuba an imposing yet charamatic stop for a couple of days sightseeing.

(Read on …)

(Part of the grounds around the lake with the the mansion in the background)

The weather was fantastic on Friday for Sarah and Shaune’s wedding at Leez Priory in Essex. Bright blue skies and a crisp November day.

Many of the guests have travelled from far and wide to attend Shaun & Sarahs’ wedding and were rewarded with a magnifcent day.
Leez Priory is a magnificent Tudor mansion set in 40 acres of parkland complete with lakes lawn and a sweeping driveway. (Read on …)

Monday night saw Mark at the Boom Boom club photographing the Stony Curtis band.

The Stoney Curtis band are centered around their lead singer/lead guitarist Stoney Curtis who is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive Strat players on the circuit today.
Photos will follow shortly.

Last Sunday the Langshott Manor Hotel, Langshott, Surrey had an open day for existing and propective clients. As the preferred photographer Mark was invitied to attend the open day to meet couples who arranging thier wedding at Langshott.

It was a busy day despite the weather with many new couples being given the opportunity to view our new display albums and slideshows.

Langshott Manor is a beautifully restored 16th century manor house, set in its own award winning gardens.It is Surrey’s only AA Red Star and RAC Gold Ribbon hotel, the Manor offers the best in cuisine, service, hospitality and comfort and makes an ideal wedding venue.

Best wishes from everyone at the studio to Jo who is about to go on maternity leave this week.

This wet and windy saturday, Mark and Gareth photographed the blessing of Anna & Tez at the Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa Turners Hill,West Sussex, rated as a Top 200 UK 4 Red Star hotel and a Member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, this 17th century mansion which is set in 170 acres of grounds in rural Sussex has achieved the prestigious Inspector’s Choice 4 Red Star Hotel Award making the hotel 1 of 31 hotels in the UK to be awarded this accolade. Mark is the preferred photographer at Alexander House.
Anna and Tez recently got married in Australia, but unfortunately, many of Tez family were unable to attend, so Anna & Tez flew back to the UK for a blessing at Alexander House for those family and friends who couldn’t make it to the wedding in Australia.

(Read on …)

The last ten days have been very busy here at the Studio. In addition to the day to day activities we’ve been very busy designing, ordering and assembling albums.
As virtually all of our albums are hand made overseas, we have to work to very early cut off dates imposed on us by the manufacturers to ensure that we receive all of our albums in time for christmas.
I am pleased to say that we have been assured by our suppliers, that all orders placed by tomorrow will be completed and returned before christmas. Good news for everyone.