Winter wedding

On Saturday I was lucky enough to be photographing my nephew's wedding in London.  My concerns about low light proved unfounded with a bright sunny day, but I couldn't entice anyone outside into the sub-zero temperatures after all.  It was a real privilege to be so closely involved in the wedding day of two such lovely families.  The day was full of laughter and the bride didn't stop smiling.

Here is a slideshow of images from the day:

Winter in the woods

I recently did a family portrait shoot for a family who chose to have outdoors rather than studio style images.  We were lucky with a fine winter day before it got too cold and the boys enjoyed playing hide and seek and searching for suitable branches that Mum was lucky enough to take home with her!

Wedding venue

I am taking photos at a winter wedding next week and thought I would visit the venue - Fulham Palace - to see how it will be looking.  At 3 pm in the afternoon, the light will be fading which will be something of a challenge.  But I took the opportunity to catch some lovely riverside photos - the wedding party will be walking along this part of the river at dusk but I suspect I might be rather too busy on the day to fit in these kind of shots, so it was good to get them taken up front.

Twins photos!

I have always wanted to photograph twins and recently had my chance with a couple of lovely half Japanese girls.  I used to think they were quite alike, but by the end of our photo session I couldn't remember why I ever thought that.  Here they are having some fun in the studio:

Nursery photos

October and November have been pretty busy with nursery photos ... lots and lots of children having their photos taken studio style whilst at nursery.  It's a busy day for the nurseries and me, but a great way for lots of parents to stock up on photos of their children in time to give as Christmas presents.

Many thanks to the nursery staff for their energy and enthusiasm in getting the children photographed.

Autumn Colours

Recently I have constantly found myself out and about amongst beautiful autumn colours, but never with my camera.  So I set off this afternoon with my camera and two little helpers to make the most of a lovely warm autumn day.  The girls had great fun:

Video

I recently discovered Animoto which I can now use to make video clips that can be shared via email, blog, Facebook etc. So here is my first experiment - you may find it needs a bit of time to buffer unless you have a better internet connection than me:

Rugby photos

October was filled with lots of rugby, at schools and local tournament.  The Amersham & Chiltern tournament started with bright sunshine but rapidly became very soggy.  I was pleased enough to capture that moment in between when we were blessed with a rainbow.

But I did get very wet for the rest of the afternoon - never again will I forget to take my waterproofs with me!

SWPP Silver award!

I recently joined the SWPP - the professional body for portrait and wedding photographers.  They are a mine of information, full of useful advice, and also run monthly competitions, in which the images are graded from Unclassified to Gold.   I entered some images in the September competition and was delighted to scoop a Silver on my first attempt - with the London night shot below.  Getting cold and wet that night was worth it after all!

Family portrait shoot in the studio

The last shoot of the summer holidays was to capture some images of a client's children as a present for Grandma's 70th birthday.  The weather was fine so we did some indoors in the studio and some in the garden.  My favourite was also what was chosen for Grandma - the sepia looked lovely in a bronze frame.

Interior design website

Earlier this year I took photos of a fabulous country house in Gloucestershire for an Interior Designer.  The house, cinema and "pool room" were all stunning and had been beautifully furnished.  The interior Designer has now updated her website to include these images, and those of a London town house that I had photographed last year.

http://www.mcquinpartnership.com/