Wedding Packages – we will be absorbing the VAT increase for bookings for the time being but are considering changes due to increased costs of everything.
Prints – online order prices will be increased on 4th Jan to cover the VAT rise and increased material costs although they will still be around 10% less than they were 2 years ago!
Wishing all our clients, suppliers and friends a very Merry Christmas.
David & Sandra
The snowy weather had past for the Wedding of Charlotte and Robert at The Fennes Estate, Bocking. Charlotte and Robert chose to spend the whole day at Fennes from the preparations, to the Civil Ceremony, through to the Wedding Breakfast and the Dancing. Most of the pictures were taken outside due to the milder weather. Charlotte and Robert invited us to enjoy a meal as two of their Guests were unable to attend at the last moment, and it was nice to confirm that the food and hospitality at Fennes is as good as it always has been. After the Wedding Breakfast we took a few portraits of Charlotte and Robert with the night lighting around Fennes, just before the First Dance.
Another lovley note received this time from Musa & Kate who were married this summer at Leez Priory and have a beautiful Queensberry album:-
“Wanted to write to thank you but just can’t find the words to express enough how delighted with the photos we are but also with your service as a whole. We loved having you as part of our day and all our guests commented on how unobtrusive you both were.
We love the photos too much – our walls are still bare! We just cannot decide which ones to display 🙂
It is no surprise that you have a sucessful business the ammount of hard work that you both put in you deserve nothing less.
Many thanks again – here’s to a happy & prosperous 2011.”
The heavy downfall of snow added an extra dimension to the Wedding of Emma and Jamie at Prested Hall, Feering. After the Civil Ceremony we used the ample space in Prested Hall for the family group shots. Emma then put her wellies on, as she wanted to have some fun in the snow, as we did as well, and the grounds of Prested Hall provided us with some great picture opportunities. After photographing the Speeches we took a break before we photographed the cake cutting and the First Dance.
Our day started with Kate and the Girls at their Hotel, followed by a Church Ceremony at St. Helen’s, Cliffe. Shaun arrived at the Church with his Best Man in a vintage Rover Police Car. Following the Ceromony we took a few formal groups at the Church door and then left to go to Cooling Castle Barn, Nr Rochester, Kent. This stunning Venue was another new Venue for us. The weather was sufficiently kind, enabling us to take a few pictures around the grounds. After the Weddding Breakfast Kate and Shaun wanted a few pictures of themselves around the inside of the Barn which we were more than happy to take. After the Bride and Groom’s First Dance the Guests were treated to a surprise display by a travelling cast of River Dance, which was superb.
On Saturday night Sandra was presented with her Associateship Certificate as part of the National Photographic Awards Ceremony.
The evening was a ‘black tie’ dinner held in the Orangery of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire which created a fantastic atmosphere and it was an honour to be in the company of some of the UK’s most talented photographers. Sandra was presented with her certificate by Dave Lee-Travis and Chris Harper the Chief Executive of BIPP
