~ Kevin the Horse ~

I met up with Jane and Sos the week before their wedding and we enjoyed a lovely relaxed shoot at the stables....well they were relaxed I was having an internal meltdown because I only took my brand new camera along for a run out and not my normal spare body as well...so when I pressed something weird and broke it I had to shoot the whole thing in manual focus.....eeeeeeeep !  


One phone call later and the legend that is Warren Millar   sorted it out...that's what happens when you don't read the manual and confuse your spot metering for your focus buttons... *slaps head*


Anyway...they laughed at me the whole way through and were chilled in the extreme....we got on like a house on fire...I flippin LOVE these two x 

Sos is super cool..... like seriously slick....I could shoot him all day...he has the perfect face for a camera....so it was no surprise to find out that's what he used to do....he has appeared doing horse stunt work on music videos and TV

 Jane is just gorgeous....funny....warm....instantly connecting and engaging ....I felt I had known her for years...she is a riding instructor and is passionate about her horses....when I posted this photo and one of the two of them together on my Facebook page she rang and said " I flippin love that photo of Kevin it's fab " ...I had a panic because I was sure Sos's real name was Dave and that was what I had put....I didn't realize she was on about her horse :)

 Last time I got this close to a horse it took off....jumped a six foot fence...threw me off and then danced on my head ! ...I thought I better make my self a bit more visible so I wore my new hat......made especially for me by Boo Marshall  ...I always look a bugger in a hat.....but I especially like this one ...even though she said she mucked it up and made it look like a certain lady bit....but I don't know what ever she meant ! :)

Anyway.......I shot their wedding yesterday and I can't wait to show you when I catch up with my blog posts...it was a beautiful...warm...almost Spring like day ....I knew Jane was secretly longing for a snowy wedding........but when your best mates are Hollywood stunt men...and Granada studios happen to have a spare snow machine....the love of her life even managed to sort that..... eeeeeeeeeeep !


Jane & Sos (Dave) thank you so much for letting me share in your day....I can't wait to catch up with you both again


Love
Andrea x

~ A Time To Think ~

2012....a time to think


So...here we are.....dashing headlong into this a brand New Year...it's hard not to get excited at the freshness and possibility it hold's...a clean page to write upon our dreams and wishes... the days seemingly endless ahead...waiting full of hope to make them come true... I know I am inspired by what this year already holds for me


It is also a time when I find it hard not to reflect... peeking back on what I have achieved..the wonderful people I have met.....that have helped and inspired me...I have had quite possibly the most exciting year ever for my little photography business..... 


But it was also a year that will for ever be coloured with sadness ....I lost a true friend...a supporter...a secret ally...a listening post....someone who inspired and inspires me still to try to be a better..more patient ..kinder me 


Margaret...this is for you x

Welcome to the wedding of Helen & Duncan...they are both Doctors....and I am in awe !


They help bring life into the World....keep it precious...and offer comfort and care in the end of our days...I can not find word's enough of thank's for the job you do 


and so...this is their wedding... it was beautiful...snowy...filled with buckets of love...fun...laughter and just pure brilliance


I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed shooting it...it was quite simply a joy <3

Dear Helen's Mum...if I had a bigger camera bag...I would have stolen that cushion !

I was sooooo very lucky....Vicky Sudberry ...my friend and fellow Click collective member came along and 2nd shot for me ...I love having a second shooter... I love to see how we see the World through a camera with different eyes....these freezing snowy captures are hers...whilst I was in the warmth of mum's house...thank you sweetie I loved having you along xxx

ahhhh..."stick it to your head"...got to be a firm party favourite....and the "after eight" game....its the chocolate stain on your forehead that cracks me up every time 

  Mum's...you are adorable......

...the first dance....sigh...
It started off so beautifully....elegant... graceful ....and then .....well.....hilarious does not cover it ......cue "Mr Whiteside" and we all watched...cheered and whistled as the choreographed wonderment progressed..it was just brilliant...these two sure know how to throw a celebration  

Helen & Duncan

Thank you for allowing Vicky and I to be a small part of your amazing day

Love 

Andrea x