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The nice people at Charlecote asked us to photograph their apple orchard, which they intend to renovate. We have a big mast for this, so we could get right up into the trees — see what you think[ READ MORE ]
We’re rushed off our feet with weddings and teaching (see www.photographymadesimple.co.uk) at the moment but thought we should pass on this lovely testimonial from Jess and Kelvin, married on 29/5/11 at the Curradine Barns: Hi Rachel and Phil, We have just got back off honeymoon and wanted to say a big thank you to you both! You [ READ MORE ]
Rachel was commissioned for some PR photographs by the lovely people at Mad as a March Hare. This time to photography Daren Bale, Head Chef at The Elms, Abberley and his gourmet burgers. We love to photograph food — we find it easier than people say, but you need to know what you’re doing[ READ MORE ]
One minute we’re photographing cute little bridesmaids, the next it’s someone off the New Year’s Honours’ List, and the next is, well.…worms! Today Rachel went and photographed a wormery near Worcester for the lovelyMad As A March Hare PR company. Glorious blue skies, although the sun was extremely bright, which was slightly worrying, as it [ READ MORE ]
Yesterday we went (some of the way) up Tryfan — here are a couple of the pictures we took along the way. It’s higher than it looks!! Looking up the valley with Llyn Ogwen in the foreground. Picture taken on our lightweight but trusty Canon G9. The A5 heading back towards Capel Curig[ READ MORE ]
On Friday we photographed the Broughton family, after Phil met Jocelyn Broughton teaching a course as part of photographymadesimple. Since Rachel’s area of expertise is babies and children, we were commissioned to photograph the new grandchildren. A lovely family, who never mentioned that Martin had just been knighted in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List. [ READ MORE ]
This evening Rachel dropped off an extra album copy to Jim and Gemma, who’s wedding we photographed at Birtsmorton Court this Summer. (They’re the couple with the VW van). They gave Rachel a lovely handmade card with the following inside: Dear Phil and Rachel, We would like to thank you for the wonderful photos you [ READ MORE ]
We’re already booked on the day of the royal wedding. This means: a. We’re not available for Wills and Waity Kaity and b. We won’t get a day off. As Dick Dastardly would say — “Drat and double drat!”[ READ MORE ]
We received another lovely testimonial from Lee Gough, Chief Executive at Megan Baker House where we spent a week or so last year photographing the children for a traveling exhibition: “Phil and Rachel I can’t recommend highly enough. Their attention to detail and commitment to the job is fantastic. they provided us with some beautiful [ READ MORE ]
Jim and Gemma decided to arrive in style at the Birtsmorton Court, near Malvern. Traditional setting with a modern local twist[ READ MORE ]
