Slip sliding at Silverstone in the rain !!!!!!!!

This weekend we were at Silverstone photographing the World Superbikes. The season has started well for Britians James Toseland and the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team. James lead the championship going into the weekend, by a clear 35 points despite his closest rival Nori Haga taking an impressive race winning double at Monza two weeks ago.

Saturdays practice and superpole qualifying in near perfect conditions, saw the usual suspects on the pace from the word go.

Defending champion Troy Bayliss seemingly fully recovered from his injuries at Donnington Park at the end of March (including the loss of most of his little finger on his right hand) set a new lap record and took pole position for Sundays races.

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This Saturday Mark and Graham were at the Oatlands Park Hotel for the wedding of Sophie and Andrew.

Oatland’s is a historic country house Hotel located in Weybridge Surrey. The hotel has been operating since 1856, with a traced history to 1538 and reign of King Henry VIII. For further information of the history click here.

Set in ten acres of picturesque parkland the Oatlands Park is a fantastic venue for wedding photography. Sophie and Andrew had a civil ceremony in the Broadwater suite of the hotel.

Sophie and the bridal party arrive at Oatlands in good spirits!

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Last week Mark was up in the West End shooting bridal portraits - here is just a few from the days shoot.

This was shot early afternoon on the Embankment

A quick break for a Costa coffee.

We will post some of on the main site in a fee days.

This weekend saw the return of World Superbikes Championship to Donnington Park after a five year absence.

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Last week we shot a whole day of our increasingly popular brides to be sessions. This time we used the Alexander House Spa and Hotel West Sussex as the location for the shoots.

The Spa boasts three pools all with their unique features, all waiting to be discovered or pamper yourself and relax in our changing suites, each with its own steam room, sauna and monsoon showers. A subterranean setting of the pools with their stone columns and domed ceilings are truly what a spa is all about - water and relaxation.

For our shoots we used one of the deluxe Spa suites which are located directly above the spa. The photographs from the days shoot were great and we have had some brilliant feed back from all those involved.

We will not be posting any photographs from the shoots here - but if you’d like book in for our next Brides to be day or you would like some more information or would like to see some of the bridal books, just contact the studio - but don’t leave it too long as these day book up very quickly!

Last week we had a bit of variety in the studio as we were asked to shoot some photographs for Toni & Guy Knightsbridge - who were entering a Wella colouring competition.

Here’s a few pictures of what we came up with.

The background colours and accesories were chooen to complement the hair colouring.

Control of lighting is very important with these types of shoots.

No retouching is allowed, so these photographs are “straight” out of the camera.

Good luck with the competition girls !

This weekend Mark and Pam attended the Eltham Palace open day. Eltham Palace is one of London’s best kept secrets, tucked away in the corner of South East London.

(sorry about the photographs only had my P&S with me)

The Palace is closed to general admission and guests are invited to meet with thevenues Hospitality Managers and there preferred suppliers.

Our stand was quite busy at times,

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Last Sunday, Mark was invited to attend the Alexander House Hotel & Spa
open day.

Alexander House Hotel & Spa is a 17th century mansion set in 170 acres of grounds in rural Sussex. It has been home to some of England’s most famous families including that of the poet Shelley.

The Main House is a beautifully kept 17th Century Mansion set in 170 acres of stunning gardens and parklands, including the rose garden and a conifer tree planted by the late HRH The Queen Mother.

Mark is the recommeded photographer for Alexander House and the picture below show our”stand” for the day - we would normally use our “gallery style” display for events such as this, however due to space constraints we were limited to our table setup. (more…)

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. (more…)

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.

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