​I LOVE GETTING MESSAGES FROM PAST CLIENTS WANTING TO BOOK ME AGAIN FOR A SHOOT 😍

Plus it’s even more special if there’s a new addition. Here’s a few from a family shoot I did earlier this year with Mallory & Peter (and gorgeous little Penny), who I’d previously worked with WAY back in 2017 when Peter proposed, picture from back then below:

​What a very special day this was! This beautiful couple got married on a gorgeous sunny day in May in Blackheath.
 
Jacks sister Bryony Lloyd sang at the ceremony and then again at the reception after dinner, and both times it made everyone cry it was so beautiful.
 
Being in London it felt so right to get to the ceremony and back on a red bus with London Retro Bus Hire, and on the way back everyone shared bottles of champers and bags of crisps 🍾
 
The Everest Inn is Annie & Jack’s favourite restaurant, and whatever the special occasion it’s there that they celebrate, so to have their wedding reception there made complete sense, plus the food really was delicious!
 
Annie made all the cupcakes at their evening reception, and I had to include a photo because they were so good and there was so many of them! Oh and their “First dance” was the two of them playing a game of beer pong, brilliant!
 
Thank you both for everything!  ♥️ Your wedding was so fantastic and it was a honour to document it for you both.
 
Clarendon Hotel Blackheath
Zerodegrees Blackheath
Little Moments Films
Harnikraa Brides
The Standard Studio
Fenton & Co
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​Ross & Lindsay’s wedding was actually my first ever wedding at Appuldurcombe House and it was so beautiful 🤩
 
The whole day was amazingly coordinated, plus food and bar by The Events Co, and the mini golf by Wight Entertainment and the bouncy castle by Isle of Wight Bouncy Castle Hire were both a huge hit.
 
There was not only a first dance in the evening, but a first bounce just after they tied the knot on the bouncy castle.
 
Just before dinner we did a confetti throw, and Ross & Lindsay’s guests did a wonderful pretty expert job at throwing confetti, such joy to photograph, and I was so in the moment I nearly fell into the water fountain behind me 😂 Thanks Khia for stopping me fall!
 
There was a singing flash mob including Lindsay’s mum and also a great playlist for the evenings music, such classic hits that got everyone dancing 🕺
 
Thank you both so much for hiring me and congratulations! ♥️
 
 
Centrepiece Cake Designs 
Those Wee Doodles
BelleMariee Bridal 
Rathbones Tailor
Medina Community Choir
The Jewellery Cabin

At the end of October last year, I got a very sweet email asking to do a shoot with a family who came down to the Isle of Wight on a fairly last minute trip.

The weather this time of year can be temperamental so it was grey that day - boo! But it was dry - so yay! Plus the trees had started doing their gorgeous changing colour of leaves thing, so it was a total win that at Woodside Bay Lodge Retreat, there was lots of trees and a nice path to go out in for photos, and a lodge to run back to if the weather turned!

I actually turned up earlier than planned, so Grandparents that had be planning to go out for a walk and avoid the photo shoot, actually got in a few photos with their grandson before taking off.

Thank you all for asking me to do a shoot with you whist visiting the island, it was such an honour for me and I hope you had a fabulous stay here!

I'd like to share three stories today about three previous attendees of my "Get Me Off Auto" Photography Workshop for beginners.

​To celebrate them for taking the leap into starting something new, learning a skill that has brought me and many other so much joy, for not letting fear hold them back and not letting ye ol' photography industry intimidate them, because let's be honest it can really be quite intimidating and snobby, BUT NOT HERE FOLKS!

I hope you enjoy, and if any of this sounds like something you would like to do yourself and you want to come along to the next workshop feel free to get in touch.

It was such a joy to have Hannah, who also runs Wight Entertainment, come along to my beginners photography workshop. She wanted to learn how to take more professional photos with a DSLR camera of her handy work at weddings, and also because she wanted to take better quality pictures of her children as they grow up.

From someone who didn’t know how to shoot in manual when she first came along to my workshop, to seeing these great photos taken only a couple of weeks later totally in manual (shown above), no tutor could be bloody prouder!!

When reviewing the workshop, Hannah said "Today I attended Holly’s ‘Get Me Off Auto’ workshop. It was excellent! Holly was super friendly and made it easy to relax and ask questions. The way she presented it made it so easy to understand and I finally feel like I understand my camera and can take great quality pictures. Thank you so much!"

Follow Hannah's photography journey here.
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​This was my first 2023 wedding, and it was a beautiful day with a great couple to kick the season off with!
 
The morning bridal prep easily ranks as one of the most chilled wedding mornings ever for me. Kate’s veil was her something borrowed, and had been already worn by two of her bridesmaids already Charlotte and Lucy, so cool!
 
After their ceremony at St Saviours Church, and couples photos in Freshwater Bay, it was off to The Cow at Tapnell Farm. I’ve been here before for grub, but this was the first time for a wedding, and this was such a great reception venue. Plenty of room without feeling too big I think, plus the food is scrummy! 🐄
 
Kate not only did a speech but she included a poem she’d written herself, I mean, how brilliant is that? Plus it went down so well.
 
Thank you both so much ♥️ I loved being your wedding photographer.
 
The Little Fox Baker 
Summer Lilly Flowers
Style Sisters
Spotlight Duo 
The Island Photo Company 
Serendipity Diamonds
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I love of seeing familiar faces come back for more photos with me. It's so lovely to catch up with superb people, and to watch their families grow and change over the years.

Here is some of Rosie & Dhruve’s family shoot and their gorgeous little chap Kai last year.

We returned to Culver Down where Rosie & Dhruve went for their engagement shoot back in 2021, both visits were very windy indeed!

It was so bloody great to revisit this spot with these two, not sure I’d been back since actually, we walked around and went to the same spots we’d been before and also discovered new ones, catching up and reminiscing the whole time.

Thank you both so much for getting in touch again and wanting to do a shoot with me, I wish you all so much love and happiness,

Well, what a beautiful day that kicked off my 2022 wedding season!

LOVELY couple, GREAT guests, and so many fantastic moments at this wedding, including when Glen’s mum was struggling to get up the stairs at Winchester Registry Office, and two guests carried her up there in a chair I also caught a cheeky wink Heather did to Glen when they were making their vows.

When we were walking back round to the gorgeous Hotel Du Vin Winchester, Glen and Heather were stopped by a sweet American family who were SO happy they had just got married and wanted a quick chat - brilliant!

Loved this wedding - thank you both so much and I wish you the very best​ ​♥️