Lisa and Bill are due to be married on 5th July this year and have asked me to photograph their wedding for them in Southampton, Hampshire – and also wanted a pre-wedding photo shoot so we could get to know each other a little, and have a play with some photo ideas.
Since this was originally going to be a weekend off for me, it transpired that Kevin and I had a couple of extra ‘assistants’ in the form of my two kids, Daniel and Katie. The kids were very patient as we took our pictures- and so were rewarded afterwards with a trip to the funfair in nearby Southsea! A fair exchange, one might say (Oh, I know… that was dreadful wasn’t it?)
Anyway… back to the matter in hand! This was the first time I’d met Lisa and Bill, and I found them both to be most agreeable and open to suggestions for their photography. I’ll be looking forward to photographing the wedding for them in a few weeks time and I’m sure we’ll get some great shots. Let’s take a look at some pre wedding pics then. Here we are just outside the grounds of Portchester Castle not far from our couple’s home.
A nice embrace to start with.
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They look pretty good together I’d say. Here’s one of Lisa on her own…
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…and one of Bill. I did a little ‘playing’ on this one, adding some texture and a nice sepia tone that I thought worked well for the picture.
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Another shot together. By this time we’d managed to attract some attention from the locals, and both Lisa and Bill did a fantastic job of just ignoring them and carrying on regardless. Sterling stuff!
And finally, another shot together with more texture added – along with a heavy vignette to draw the eye in to our couple. A little different…
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Well that’s it for now. As always, your comments are very welcome and I hope you’ve enjoyed viewing the pictures. See you again soon.
Rob.
