Portsmouth Wedding Photographer: Gaynor and Gavin get married at Portsmouth Register Offices.

Today I was at Portsmouth Registrar Offices for a second wedding that afternoon!! I was doing the wedding photography for Gaynor and Gavin, but rarely cover two weddings in the same day.
The ceremony was good to photograph, albeit late afternoon in December meant for most photos being indoors on the attractive staircase.

We posed for some photos at various locations around the Register Offices before the couple and their 45 guests headed off to a local Social Club for a wedding breakfast and an evening of celebrations. The Portsmouth Register Offices is one of my favorite Register Offices to cover, as the space and gardens are fantastic and the staff are always helpful to me too. You can see their website here: www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/580.html

The images will be available for viewing for Gaynor and Gavin and their families very soon.
As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

Portsmouth Wedding Photographer. Charlotte and David get married at Portsmouth Register Offices

Today I was at Portsmouth Registrar Offices. I was doing the wedding photography at the first of two weddings (for me!!) for Charlotte and David. Having taken some photos at the house, I headed off early to the Register Offices and was soon contacted by David who had arranged a surprise trip and arrival in a great Cadillac via one of his friends. The car made for some pretty unique photos as you can see.

The ceremony was good to photograph as the Portsmouth Register Offices has great light and an attractive staircase, gardens and ample space. The weather was bright and kind to us, albeit the early morning snowfall meant that even at 2.30pm we were the first onto the fresh snow for photos that afternoon.

We moved swiftly for photos into the gardens, after the ceremony performed by the Portsmouth Registrars: www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/580.html We posed for some photos at various locations around the gardens before the couple and their 20 guests had a short break, before heading off to The Royal Marines Museum for the wedding breakfast and an evening of celebrations.

The website of the Royal Marines Museum is here: http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/ All approx 100 guests had a seemingly fantastic evening and the superb catering was provided by Green Parrot: http://www.greenparrotcatering.co.uk/

The images will be available for viewing for Charlotte and David and their families very soon.
As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

Hampshire Wedding Photographer - Holly and Darrell get married at the Manor Barn in Buriton.

Today I was at the fantastic venue known as The Manor Barn in Buriton, Hampshire. I was doing the wedding photography for Holly and Darrell who live near Portsmouth. They originally booked me for their wedding in December 2008 but let me know in good time that they had postponed it until December 2009 and thankfully, I was free and available to work with them, a year later, on their revised date.

After some photos with Holly, Mum and the bridesmaids at the house, I tripped up the short journey along the A3 to Buriton which is a beautiful small hamlet with a duck pond, church and a couple of pubs – just off the South Downs. This barn is a great venue for a wedding and easily catered for the 100+ guests and family at the wedding. The ceremony was great to photograph, despite the fact that a huge Christmas tree was blocking the spot I might typically stand in!! The weather was as poor as it has ben pretty much continuously for the last fortnight, albeit we managed to get some outdoor shots before the wedding and a few of the largest groups after the ceremony too – We were lucky, armed with a white brolly and Holly’s pink wellies, we also managed to get a few shots of the happy couple in the gardens, before returning indoors for the remainder of the day.

The Manor Barn is one of my favourite wedding or reception venues in Hampshire, and has attractive grounds and gardens to the rear of the Manor House, and vast attractive spaces inside too.

You can view the website of The Manor Barn, Buriton here: http://www.themanorbarn.co.uk/ or call and speak with Janet. Tel: 01730 770 073.

You can also view the website of the fabulous Perks Ltd – The caterers run by Anna via the link here: http://www.perkscatering.co.uk/ or Tel: 01264 339 400 Mob: 07887 484 088 or email: anna.gallon@btinternet.com

Holly chose a surpise Classic VW 1979 Bay Window Bus (campervan to most people) as a wedding car. It was provided by 'Solent Bug and Bus' and they run three classic retro VWs, including a Karmann cabrolet Beetle and a spilt screen bus called 'Basil' too. Call them for more details on 02392 524 369 or visit: http://www.solentvw.co.uk/

The images will be available for viewing for Holly and Darrell and their families very soon and there are a good selection posted here too, to give you a flavour of the day and evening too.
As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

Hampshire Portrait Photographer. High key - Childrens portrait photography

This afternoon was dedicated to shooting some studio portraits in the run up to Christmas. They were all done in the fashionable 'high key' style. I focused on some individual and sibling portraits of children and babies, in family groups and was assisted by their parents. All of the families were from Hampshire with most being in the Emsworth and Southbourne areas.

The images will be available for viewing for parents and their families very soon and there are a good selection posted here too, to give you an insight into what we did.

As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.