We were lucky enough to photograph Alex and Evonne’s wedding at Woburn in 2007.  It’s still one of our favourite weddings and those of you that have been to the studio will recognise Evonne from the large canvas of one of Karen’s images from the day.

Evonne’s keen to remind me that she’s had the full set of photo shoots: pre-wedding, wedding, love the dress, bump and now their lovely new baby Kaian.

It’s always a thrill to photograph a new family and yesterday’s trip to their London home was no exception.  The unconditional love between parents and a new born is palpable, and that’s what I try to bring out in my photographs. Not to forget cute little hands and feet and shots to show just how tiny a new born baby looks. Won’t stay that way for long

Here’s a few of my favourite pictures from the day.

Sue and Nathan are getting married in September so this is technically a pre-wedding shoot.  But they’ve had one of those already – last year – in the grounds of Rushton Hall (their reception venue).  They planned their wedding so far in advance that they asked if they could have two photo shoots before their wedding.  Which of course we were happy to do.

Pre-wedding shoots generally start off with couples a little nervous and as the shoot progresses they relax and get used to having their picture taken. Generally, though not always, we’ll use a rural setting for these shoots. We have a lot of fun and by the end of the shoot and the viewing we’re firm friends.  All that gives us a flying start on the wedding day and we get relaxed photos from the start of the day.

Because Sue and Nathan had already done a shoot with me this time we could be more adventurous.  I had an idea for a shoot with a cinematic feel with the theme being a couple on a glamorous night out in the city.  No jeans and T shirts on this shoot – I wanted Sue and Nathan dressed to the nines.  They didn’t disappoint.

I also knew that I expected most of the shots in the set to be lit by flash rather than daylight.  In early July that meant starting the shoot late in the evening.  Couldn’t be a weekday – too much to expect them to do after a full day in the office.  Not a Saturday – too much of an audience.  Which is how we ended up in Milton Keynes city centre at 8pm on a Sunday night.

As a final nod to the cinematic theme every shot in this set was taken in landscape orientation, and unusually for us, every shot is in colour.  The album of the shoot is going to be a panoramic with one picture per page.  Spectacular.  Big kudos to Sue and Nathan who were brilliant.  Uber cool in fact (private joke).

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