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I love ruins & I love doing photo shoots in the ruins – so I was absolutely delighted when Molly & Stuart agreed to mmet me at Witley Court for their photo shoot.
Molly & Stuart live in Bristol so we needed to find somewhere to meet about half way between the both us for their engagement shoot. I found Witley Court on the English Heritage (I like ruins enough to be a member ) website and suggested it as a location. It was a wonderful, magnificent place – and I would encourage anyone who is in the area to visit.
We were the only visitors on that cold day in February and what a place to have to ourselves. I can imagine that come Spring/Summer when the fountain is switched on and the gardens are in full bloom it will be glorious. But even on a winters day it was very impressive.
Many thanks to Molly & Stuart for braving the cold and their initial apprehensions at having their photos taken. They rocked and I can’t wait for their Bristol (Naval) wedding in April.
This shoot is one of my all-time favourites and I cannot believe I never got around to blogging it! I was chatting to some fellow photographers last night at a twitter shin-dig when this shoot came up in conversation. I vowed to them that I would blog it today – so here it is.
The story:
My aunt & uncle were trying to think of a gift to give to the assistant pastor of their church, and his wife, who was leaving to take up the pastorate of a church elsewhere. They asked me if I would do a photo shoot of their children as a surprise gift. Of course I would, then my uncle told me there were six children in this family – ok! - no problem, I said.
Well – it was definitely no problem, these were the most amazing group of siblings I have come across (bearing in mind I have worked with children for 15 years)
Aged from 3 years to 12 years, five sisters and one brother.
All very different in looks and personality.
They played together, cared for each other, laughed together & had fun together.
Everything that is depicted in these images happened spontaneously and naturally – and I had the most fun!
The most amazing thing about this shoot is that their parents never found out until presented with an album of images 3 months later. Yes, there were tears.
So here is my homage to a bunch of fantastic siblings: Laura, Catrin, George, Lucy, Eleri & Meredith
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