The wedding of Klina and Lee

It was a busy day for Klina and Lee, first tying the knot in the Oxford Registry Office and then ambling to their alma mater Lady Margaret Hall for a renewal of vows ceremony, taking in the University Parks (and some pink champagne) with close friends and family en route. Klina wore a beautiful white dress made by her mother, and Lee wore striking purple shoes to accompany his morning suit. The day was full of similar fun, quirky details, summed up by the fancy dress code for the evening do, which the guests and the happy couple willingly took part in. Lee was transformed into Will Riker from Star Trek (though in his words: "a wig malfunction meant I ended up looking more like Ensign Ro Laren"), and there were rumours that he'd found a secret stash of Saurian brandy. It's difficult to do justice to all the fun, amazing things that happened that day, but hopefully the following pictures will give just a flavour...

Klina and Lee's engagement shoot

I met up with Klina and Lee on a lovely sunny summer's day for their engagement shoot. They're tying the knot at the end of August and fingers are crossed for similarly lovely day then.

We started off with a few portraits in Klina and Lee's beautiful and very characterful flat in a development converted from a lovely old church and including the original church windows, which I included in some of the shots. We then moved on to Hampstead Heath, a short walk away. I was worried that the crowds on the Heath would make things difficult but we managed to find some relatively secluded locations for the shoot. At the end we came across a lovely little clearing which framed the couple wonderfully. The sunlight was very strong and the sun was fairly high up in the sky, so I shot in the shade and used off-camera flash on some occasions in order to add some emphasis and to counterbalance the bright background. Klina and Lee were a fun couple and I very much look forward to the wedding, which I understand will incorporate a fancy dress element. Marvellous. Can't wait.

Jewellery exhibition at the Academy of Medical Sciences, 41 Portland Place

Thank you to Hannah and the team for making this job such a pleasure to work on. The Academy of Medical Sciences in Portland Place provides a great central London venue in a charming building. They've done a lot of conferences and dinners and the like (I understand) but are looking to branch out into exhibitions and the like. As you can see from the shots, that's something that they seem to do well!

The full set of photos on facebook

Sophie and Steve's wedding

Hugely belated congratulations to Sophie and Steve for tying the knot back in May 2009. The bride and the venue were beautiful (and the groom handsome, I'd add, in case Steve feels left out).

The Big Chill 2009

This was the last year that the festival ran under the Canteloupe banner. It was notable for a zombie-themed first night in an attempt to break a world record for the largest undead gathering at a public event or somesuch. A lot of the following shots were used in official publications and also in an advertising/web campaign for Vodafone (not strictly speaking with my permission but more on that later).





Basement Jaxx rocking the main stage



It was great to see Lamb back - cracking set












Friendly Fires






Emilíana Torrini

Back from the dead

It turns out that juggling two jobs and a baby/toddler (thankfully not literally) is somewhat time-consuming, and things like blog posts can fall by the wayside for considerable periods of time. There's light at the end of the tunnel now, so I think it's time to start catching up on some of the stuff I wanted to blog about...