Sarah & Richard's Wedding - Leigh Park Hotel

Last month I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Sarah & Richard at the Leigh Park Hotel in Bradford-on-Avon. Sarah was recommended to me by her colleagues at Future Publishing as I have photographed a number of their weddings.....thank you very much everyone who recommended me!

Sarah & Richard got married in a very moving wedding ceremony at the Leigh Park Hotel and stayed there for their reception. It's a beautiful location for a wedding with lots of gorgeous places to photograph. Despite the cold once we had done the group shots we braved the chills and took advantage of some of the grounds for some lovely photographs of the two of them.

Sarah & Richard have a gorgeous little boy, George who was lots of fun to play with and after we had done their group shots we had a great time playing with the autumn leaves...I don't know who had more fun me or George!!

It was a pleasure to be your wedding photographer and I hope you had a wonderful day and have a great honeymoon.

Sarah & Richard are coming in the New Year to have a family portrait in the studio and I look forward to seeing you all again.

Venetia x

P.S. Sarah I hope these few keep you going! x

The Somerset portrait studio is coming along.....

I promised an update on the new, exciting portrait studio in Taunton and here it is.......

The studio is in an existing building which was in very good condition anyhow so I just basically needed to convert the inside to a portrait studio. We started out by double insulating it and then gave it a thermal skin all over to make it warm and comfortable.

I've got so many clients wanting family portraits, child portraits and baby portraits done before Christmas that it was all hands to the deck and here is my lovely (and very supportive) husband laying the second layer of insulation!

We've then had the floor completely boarded to give a firm, even surface....

And sealed to ensure a totally flat, safe surface.....

As a portrait photographer it's so exciting having your own portrait studio and I just want it finished NOW! I had two weddings to photograph at the weekend so work was temporarily stopped but commences again in ernest tomorrow......I'll update you again with more photographs tomorrow evening!

Venetia xx

Lucy & Mark's Wedding

I am lucky enough to be one of the recommended wedding photographers for Cadbury House Hotel near Bristol and this is how Lucy & Mark found me.

Having done the initial consultation at their beautifully decorated and co-ordinated house, it became clear to me that Lucy was going to be organising a wedding with lots of attention to those gorgeous little details!! How could I miss to photograph them all.......

Lucy's tiara......

Her shoes.....

Her jewellery.....

Her flowers.....

The gorgeous bridemaids flowers.....

And the co-ordinating rose petal confetti.....

The ceremony was in a beautiful Catholic church with lots of lovely little touches like lighing a single candle from two seperate ones......

And as a beautiful touch afterwards Lucy & Mark released two white doves......

The simply stunning reception carried through the bird theme from the tabel plan, the place names, through to two gorgeous lavishly decorated bird cages....

The favours were even little woodland trees (thank you both for mine....it's in a pot in the garden now!).....

Both Mark & Lucy looked gorgeous.....

It was a bitterly cold day but I managed to persuade them to spend a few minutes outside getting some gorgeous pictures off the both of us. Thank you for bearing with me guys......I think the shivering was worth it!

Venetia xx

The excitement never ends.....new portrait studio in Somerset!

As some of your know, as well as being a busy wedding photographer, I also take on a few commissions for portrait photography. This has been mainly requests for location portrait photography and if I've ever needed a studio then I simply 'borrow' one off a friend. However, the requests have been growing year on year and in 2008 I've been inundated with them. So.......I have finally decided to build my own studio here at the new house in North Somerset......how exciting!

It's going to be a home based potrait studio as I love the benefits that it brings. The majority of my portrait work is babies and children whose parents bring them to me specifically as they know how much I love kids and the rapport I build with them. They know that the shoots will be fun for their children and stress-free for them!

It's imperative when you do a baby portrait or a child portrait that they feel relaxed with you and their environment before you start to shoot. Having a home portrait studio not only means I can make it exactly as I want and have all the little things to hand that makes life easier (building bricks, toys, bubbles!) but also means it's in a much more informal environment. I can spend time playing and getting to know everyone before I even take the camera out of the bag.

As those of you who know me well know once my minds made up I'm not one to hang around......so building work starts tomorrow!

I'll of course keep you posted on progress and of couse, post a few piccies!!

Venetia x

Bristol & Somerset Your Wedding magazine

I've got very exciting news! I got a call last week from the editor at Bristol & Somerset Your Wedding magazine. She had been browsing through Folio magazine last month and spotted the wedding feature I had photographed for them. After visiting my site, browsing through the photographs and reading all about me, my style & approach as a wedding photographer she contacted me and asked me to be on their panel of experts. My work has been published on many occassions but with so many great wedding photographers around Bristol & Somerset it was a real privilege to be thought of and chosen as a expert.

The magazine is bi-monthly and they also have a web-site with lots of helpful information and tips on planning your wedding. I was asked to answer a couple of questions that readers had submitted about wedding photography and these will go into the magazine and also on the web-site. Readers are then able to submit more to be answered by me personally. There is a little biography about me and even a picture of me for those of you who have never met me!

I hope to have much more involvement with the magazine going forward and really look forward to answering more wedding photography dilema's.

Look out for your issue of the magazine in popular venues across Bristol & Somerset in the next week or so.

Venetia xx