Em & Ian brought little Eva over for a family portrait today. Making the trip from across the river, they could have chosen an Essex photographer, but I was pleased they came to Blackheath for their portrait photography and I’m sure they will be thrilled when they see the results.
Em & Ian wanted a good number of black & white photos, which suits my style perfectly & I was only to happy to oblige. I have to say, Eva was the perfect model, smiling throughout and not at all bothered by the studio lights constantly flashing.

So a big shoot at Uniqlo’s flagship UK store in Oxford St saw us photographing families to promote their brand new range, Uniqlo Undercover. This shoot was a lot of fun and something completely different from the norm. Family portraits, couples portraits, group portraits and kids portraits all rolled into a massive fashion shoot! Uniqlo had set up two backdrops, each with a huge gold frame to step inside for a portrait. I was stationed at one, while the hugely talented Jeremy Walker was photographing at the other one. Sarah was looking after the nerve centre where all the images were immediately beamed to via WiFi, (although I am aware she couldn’t resist taking a sneaky photo herself!). While I’m doing the credits, a huge thanks to Darren our runner on the day and Kat of Uniqlo who made sure everything ran to clockwork.
A great privilege to be involved in a project of this scale, Uniqlo Undercover has had a worldwide launch. The photos below represent a small portion of shots taken throughout what was a real fun day.

Tonight saw us fighting our way home in thick snow from an Essex Charity Ball. Event photography can be good fun, with everybody getting dressed up for the evening, all in the name of a good cause. Friern Manor Country Hotel is a fabulous venue and I’m sure it would be great to be a wedding photographer at Friern Manor.

Isabelle came to the Blackheath studio today for some funky portraits. There was a number of great shots to choose from, but I quite liked this one.

Well the SWPP Convention draws to a close and as a South London wedding photographer, I thought it was a good couple of days. If you’re a cheap wedding photographer or a contemporary London wedding photographer, I’m sure you would have found something of interest. I’m sure all the best wedding photographers were there, along with the best London portrait photographers and the best portrait photographers full stop!

So many good photographers there, how would a wedding couple choose their photographer? I guess the two biggest ways would be either recommendations or google. But how would you search, a broad brush or quite specific? If you have your venue booked, you could refine it to that, for example, Sundridge Park Wedding Photographer would be a good one, or Cooling Castle Wedding Photographer. If you live in Essex, Stockbrook Manor Wedding Photographer would be a good one. Or you could just search by location such as Essex Wedding Photographer, or Kent Wedding Photographer.

Feel free to leave a comment & let me know. How did you find this site for example?

Not just the best wedding photographers in London, but from Kent, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, in fact, from all over the UK. Yes it’s that time of year again when the great and the good meet up in London’s Hammersmith for the Society of Wedding Photography Professionals, or SWPP Convention as it’s known. The likes of Julia Boggio, Nick Ghionis, Damian Lovegrove, Gordon McGowan, to name but a few, will all be lecturing there. As a Greenwich wedding photographer, Hammersmith is not to bad a journey for me, and so I along with many others will be making the annual trek next week. If you’re a wedding photographer London based, or any of the home counties, it’s well worth a visit. The journey for me, from Lewisham is pretty straight forward. I guess all the local wedding photographers will be there from Lee, Depford, Eltham, Sidcup, Dulwich, Brockwell, Bromley, Orpington.
Full report to follow.

One of the great things about shooting weddings is you meet some amazing people and sometimes they become friends. This is true of Ali & Richard, a real fun couple who made our day at their wedding not seem like work at all.

Probably my favorite moments of any wedding are just before the bride and groom get to see each other for the first time. The bride with her father, just before walking down the aisle and the groom anxiously waiting for his bride to appear. With Sarah being up front with Richard and myself sticking with Ali, we managed to capture both these memories of a wonderful day.





For a Blackheath wedding photographer, it was great to return to my roots and shoot a winter wedding in Essex

Had the privilege to shoot Maggie & Steve’s wedding today, great couple and Maggie looked stunning! Really pleased with how this worked out in the tight confines of a hotel room at Selsdon Park Hotel. Fantastic venue, amazing day, and some fantastic photos!

Not just Ian and Nancy, but the whole family inc brothers, sisters, nieces, grandparents et al. This shot caught my eye though, I love the bond there between father and daughter

Full day of portraits today, firstly Cassie with her two children. For whatever reason, I seem to be getting a run of two year olds and today was no exception. At two years old, you can no longer sit children down in a position & get some good shots before they move, but they are still not old enough to take direction. So, all you can do is hope that whilst running around on the backdrop, they turn and face you for long enough to get some decent shots! Joking aside, the whole family was a lot of fun & we got some shots I know they will be thrilled with.



Next up was Steve and Laura whose two boys were thankfully old enough to take direction, which does make my job a little easier

Incidentally, Steve and Laura had intended to bring their dog, a six month old Labradoodle. Now that would have been interesting!



Then we had Kris with his family who brought a range of props which really made my job easier. Ask for an impression of Frankie Cocozza from X Factor and cue Victor on the guitar!