Last Sunday we met up with Sarah & James for their pre-wedding shoot in Castle Park Colchester and amongst the ruins of St Botolphs Priory Colchester, we had a fantastic time and I am really looking forward to their wedding in about two weeks time at Gosfield Hall.

Had a great time on Tuesday evening on the judging panel of a local heat of the Miss England contest at the Geisha Hotel Clacton on Sea, all the girls looked beautiful and it was extremely difficult to choose which two were to go through to the next round, I've been invited to be on the judging panel on all of the local heats being held at the Geisha Hotel during the following weeks.
We delivered Amy & Matthew's wedding album today and they are over joyed with it.

We had a great time on Thursday 26th February at the Clacton County High School fashion show helping to raise funds for their Prom Night.
We will be at the Russell Hotel Maidstone this coming Sunday 8th March, the Russell Hotel is holding a wedding fair and we will be exhibiting along with a good few other wedding professionals.

I've just had my photograph taken by Essex County Newspapers and I find it such a weird experience being in front of a camera rather than behind it, but it's all for a good cause, trying to get publicity for photographers4charity.

Where has January gone?
Well, I have had a very busy month photographing owners and employees of local businesses in North Essex and the surrounding areas for their up and coming advertising campaigns, it's been a challenge as well as being good fun. Above is Andrew Beavers of Positive Solutions.

This week has been real fun, most of the week has been devoted to editing the photographs of Amy & Matthew's wedding which took place at Prested Hall in Essex, most people are surprised how much work I actually put into a photographic assignment be it at a wedding or a portrait session and post processing can take up a lot of my time depending on what I'm trying to achieve for my client and what my client actually wants.
We managed to get into London as well for a few hours break for the Nikon Expo at Earl's Court Olympia at which we bumped into a couple of dear friends but more of that on another day...but for now it's back to work editing the photographs of Amy & Matthew.

Gold Award
I've recently been given a Gold Award by The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers for the above picture, the picture has also done rather well recently in an inter-club photographic competition.
At the moment I'm editing pictures from Amy and Matthew's wedding (Thursday 4th Dec 2008) which took place at Prested Hall in Essex.