Thomas is a fabulous Pianist, who studies at The Royal College of Music in London, was the keyboard category winner of the BBC Young Musician 2020 competition, and a thoroughly lovely chap who on our photo shoot played the theme to Super Mario on the spot because I asked him to!

Luke approached me and asked I could do some photos of him that he could use as headshots and for promotional material for his performances. He was very keen to add a splash of yellow into the photos to add a lovely pop of colour, and me being a lover of colour I eagerly agreed.

We managed to get some different types of shots  too without so much colour pop, including some black and white photos with some more moody lighting. Why does black and white work for portraits so much, particularly for musicians? Is it the black and white keys on the piano, maybe that has something to do with it... 🤔

Feel free to check Luke out here, where you can also find links to all his social media and beautiful piano performances to make your ears happy too: ​www.thomasluke.co.uk

Back in March I took part in the first wedding suppliers photo shoot I've done for AGES at New Barn Farm, all organised by The Events Co.

Yes yes, I am more a candid documentarian kind of photog, but I do also love getting together with some of the best suppliers the Isle of Wight has to offer and getting all creative 🔥

It's also nice to have a good catch up and a chin wag too quite frankly, because normally on a wedding day when we see each other we don't have a lot of time for that!

All the suppliers are listed below, so please check them out if you're in need for anything for your wedding:

The Events Co.
Karen Dornellie Artisan Collection
Sarah Matthews Flowers & Styling
Personalize
Finishing Touches
Frostbite Bakery
Captured Videography
Megan Dye Hair Design
Visual Impact
Summer Kay MUA
Wight Entertainment
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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING FABULOUS & TALENTED ♥️

​Oh Jack & Millie what a wonderful beautiful sunny and windy day you two had, and I LOVED IT!
 
This day was packed from start to finish, and Millie always made sure there was plenty of time for photos, we even made a stop at Freshwater Bay to grab a quick drink on the beach whilst doing their couples photos 😂 thanks to Isle of Wight Bars Travelling Tavern.
 
They had a beautifully personal ceremony conducted by Elaine Cesar Celebrant, and Mel and all the team at East Afton Farmhouse excelled themselves, which believe me is really saying something!

​Also the end of Millie's speech is possibly the best end of a Bride's speech I've ever heard:
“I want to give one more thank you to... me.”

*Still D.R.E by Dr. Dre starts playing*

“I thank myself for making this dream wedding become reality. For me being me, for me doing all this hard work... I want to thank me for getting everyone here tonight and let's get ready to get fucked up wooooo” 🎤😎
 

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I am so pleased for you both that after 7 years together you two got such a beautiful wedding, which definitely could have been rainy with the awful “summer” weather we were having at that time, super lucky.
 
Thank you both so so much ♥️
 
Captured Videography
Chezabelles Florist
Calleo UK
Seasoned Kitchen by Kevin Hendy 
Bouijee Backdrops

​It is always a pleasure and more special for me when I photograph a wedding for my friends.
 
Rachel and Phil have been together for 13 years and it was such a joy to watch these two beautiful people get married at The Lakes Rookley, even more joyful to watch when every detail was so personal to them 🎃
 
Amazing BLACK (yes, black) wedding cakes by the incredible The Cakesmith, and along with the help of Finishing Touches their venue was FULL of pumpkins, flowers and details grown and made by their families, including hand crocheted skulls for wedding favours made by Rachel’s nan and Mum (mine is beautiful and lives on my desk 🥰), and the button holes and bouquets were made by Phil’s Mum and family.
 
They had their first dance to "As the World Falls Down" by David Bowie, and all their table names were some of their favourite horror films 💀
 
If you’re thinking that this wedding was probably very cool and unique, I can confirm you are 100% correct. Thank you both so much for asking me to be your photographer ♥️ it was an honour and a joy!
 
Megan Dye Hair Design 
Cosmetics By Lisa
BelleMariee Bridal
Theodosia Jewellery
Tatty Devine 
Zoe Bradley Design 
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Last year I was honoured ​ to be asked by my amazing long time second shooter and dear friend Lana Jones, do a family photo shoot with her and her family 🥰

So we hit Freshwater Bay on a beautifully sunny day in June, and had a little walk around and up the cliff.

Getting kids to do what you'd like them to on a photo shoot can be tricky, Lana's son also has Autism, and so my ethos of "just let the kids do what they want, and let them be happy" worked very well and we had two little happy people the whole time we were together, always a win in my book!

Plus if I can get them to do a lot of running about, it'll probably increase the chances of them having a nap afterwards, a win in a parents book too I am sure.

Thank you Lana for that sunny chilled photo shoot and for being one of my favourite people.
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Check out more of Lana's fab wedding work here: www.hollycade.co.uk/secondshooter

​Alice Jordan & I definitely topped up our step counts for the day when we went for their engagement shoot 😆

We revisited the very spot where Jordan proposed at Alum Bay, and ended up chatting about so many things including man bags, twins, dogs, and of course tales of their proposal itself. (Also props to Alice for realising she was stood in an ants nest for a photo and being totally cool about it 😂 photos of shoes for proof)

On Jordan’s parents wedding Anniversary, he married the lovely Alice at Holy Trinity Church in Bembridge.
 
Lana Jones was by my side on that day, so it made the day even better as it always does for me, check out the photos of Jordan getting ready with the lads and a couple photos from the back of the Church in this blog - all fantastic and all taken by Lana!
 
Ant Goodall Music did a beautiful job of providing music on his guitar for the church ceremony, and gave us a soundtrack for when we all walked down the hill to The Pink House.
 
Crave Ice Cream, Chloe Alexandra Studios  and Wight Entertainment when you arrive at a reception, and the boiling hot sun even decided to make an appearance from behind the clouds when we arrived, just in time for group photos and couples portraits 😎
 
This wedding had so many personalised pieces and bits and bobs which really made it so special, there was even a guest book which was a puzzle with one of the photos I’d taken on Alice & Jordan’s engagement shoot, how cool is that?
 
THANK YOU BOTH ♥️ Lana and I had such a great time photographing your day.
 
 
Megan Dye Hair Design 
Flowers by Nic at The Floral Boutique 
Angel In The Kitchen 
The Party Shop Isle of Wight
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This family shoot believe it or not actually happened in the summer of 2023.

I know, it really doesn't look like it, and this was definitely a day I also took an umbrella with me incase we were unlucky, but we were it turns out lucky, and the most we had to deal with was a sky full of grey clouds.

This photo shoot was all the lovely Sally's idea, and it was fair to say everyone (even their dog) was feeling pretty camera shy. But we got walking around the beach area, chatting, being silly, Sally even got silly enough that she felt the need to go for a paddle! Sally was adamant that because she was at the beach, she wanted to dip her feet in the sea. Unfortunately the sea had other ideas and she got I think a little wetter than she planned, which we both had a good laugh about.

Thank you all for coming out on such a grey day to have you photos taken together as a family!