The lovely Katherine Bree recently asked me to shoot some images for her winter collection. The pieces are all beautifully handcrafted, original and limited edition pieces. You can purchase her current designs from the Victoria & Albert Museum.
She’s lucky that I didn’t have any pockets on my outfit, or some of these pieces might have gone awol
Thanks for a fantastic shoot Kirsten! You really captured the mood I was after and the jewellery looks great. I can’t believe you got the finished pictures back to me so quickly too. x
These are so so gorgeous. Brilliant job x
My pleasure, darlin’! Hope Sunday goes brilliantly …x
Yes, I should be ashamed. My geography is usually pretty good, but for some reason this escaped me.
So we took baby Max to Madeira for a week recently. It was gorgeous, really lush. It was perfect weather too, averaging 27 degrees during the day and a balmy 18 degrees at night. I recommend it as a destination!
The view from our hotel room.
Canico and a street in Funchal.
Funchal is a very busy port. I recently found my grandmother’s name on a passenger list of a ship that sailed from Cape Town to Southampton, via Madeira, in 1932. Strange co-incidence that we’d just booked out holiday to the island.
Look at those sprouting teeth! He learned to wave goodbye to people while on this trip.
LOVE this window display.
Some of you may have spotted that I used a tilt and shift lens on this trip. It’s the first time I’ve tried one and I fell in love with it. It’s challenging though!
So, I’m refreshed and ready for a very busy couple of months ahead. Oh, and *stares at clock*, happy 11th month birthday, beautiful boy. x
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Mmmm holidays…. Looks so nice!
One of the coolest things about this job is meeting great new people, and Jeremy and Emily were no exception. I know it’s a cliché to say it, but Emily was radiant. More later, here’s a sneak peek of their wedding day in Oakley, Hampshire.
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So this is how my day’s going so far… Luckily, this was just before I mopped the floor.
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A true photographer always grabs their camera to document a disaster before sorting it out. Well done.
Ha ha! Thanks 
I don’t know.. I leave you alone for a few days and the house goes to pot..
What a lovely way to celebrate your upcoming 40th – a huge gathering of friends and family in a little village in Hampshire. Champagne, tea and cupcakes in the garden, then on to Marwell Zoo for a special after hours sunset tour, followed by a barbeque. Dress code – safari!
My goodness, those cupcakes were delicious.
The flowers on the left are Flame Lilies. They were the national flower of what was then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). I didn’t realise it was possible to get them in the UK, as they are highly protected in Zimbabwe now.
I covet those eyelashes.
One gentleman came in an open topped sports car, all the way from London, in a lion suit!
The hat on top of the cake was an exact replica of Alistair’s hat! I loved the map of Africa, too.
My second shooter entered the spirit of the day …
Such a shame that I could only shoot through the fencing. She was gorgeous, from Estonia, I think.
All in all, a really wonderful day. African themed, yet quintessentially English.
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Wonderful Kirsten! What a great theme for a party and you’ve captured the details perfectly:))
Fabulous shots! What a cool party! I need to plan something as cool as this for my 30th in a year and a half – eek!
Oh my goodness what an assignment but oh how you captured every single aspect. beautiful detail, fantastic feel for this ‘feel good’ celebration.
What a great party!! Love all the shots. Now I know where your tiger shot comes from!
Yep, couldn’t resist
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