Just before Simon and Sophie arrived for their engagement portrait shoot, I was out walking our dog. I met a man walking his dog. He looked some what familiar. We got chatting and he introduced himself as Michael Brandon, an actor who was renting one of our neighbours houses whilst he appeared at Chichester Festival Theatre. Those over a certain age would recognise him as Lt James Dempsey from the 80′s cop series, Dempsey and Makepeace. He mentioned a bicycle that he needed to sell before the move back to London, a Schwinn Tango tandem he’d brought over from the States. I bought it on the spot and used it an hour later in Simon and Sophies shoot. Serendipity.
They say you should try something new everyday. Simon and Sophie were tandem virgins when they arrived, experts when they left. And Sophie, about that smile, what’s not to love ;)
Hey both,
Just a quick thank you for our photo shoot yesterday, I think it will make such a difference on the day and it was SO much fun! The bike was awesome, you guys were awesome! I loved it all! Can’t wait to see the photos!
Hope you get to go out on the bike soon :-)
Sophie
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Seem to be lots of pregnant women around at the moment. Think back 9 months or so, remember all the snow we had? Guess there were lots of couples stuck at home and unable to get into work, having to think of things to do to pass the time ;)
Chrissi and Brad live close to us on the Sussex Riviera and their son, Luca, is the same age as our daughter. Only a few more weeks and he’ll be a big brother. Hope you’re ready Luca!
Engagement portraits are all about getting to know each other. Charlotte never stops smiling / giggling / laughing. Dan, as well as protecting Queen and Country, has the super power ability to see through women’s clothing. Great for him, but on the the face of it not that useful to the rest of us, but I wonder if I give him a camera…get the idea?
Wedding next month at Sandhurst Military Academy.
When a good neighbour asks you to photograph his daughters wedding, you say
‘Yes, yes, yes. And can we use your Ferrari in their engagement photo shoot?’ :)
Couldn’t resist a walk on our beach though. Did I say, we LOVE the beach!
Carl and Kate traveled down from Stoke-on-Trent from their engagement portrait shoot on the beach, plus a few pictures in the Janda HQ gardens. Loved spending time with these guys, oh so beautiful. Wedding next week in Marylebone Town Hall and reception in Malmaison.
Last time we endeavoured to make the Sussex coast look like the Caribbean. This time there’s no disguising the Great British seaside. We met Terry and Laura when we photographed Chris and Francesca’s wedding back in 2009, they were a joy to photograph then and nothing has changed. Looking forward to their big day in August.
Unseasonably hot weather has given us our own little slice of the Caribbean here at Janda HQ on the Sussex Riviera. Aldwick Bay provided the perfect backdrop for James and Vicky’s engagement portrait shoot. Wedding in a few weeks time at a unique venue on a beautiful tropical island, the Isle of Wight :)
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