Sammy & Jo’s Wedding

Yesterday I photographed Sammy & Jo’s wedding at Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park. A great day! The weather was perfect (and we had hail this morning which shows how lucky we were). It was dry and bright and we were able to do some great shots outdoors. The venue was excellent as always. It’s a special place for me anyway having got married there myself but the people there are always brilliant and make everything run smoothly. Many thanks to Nelson and all the other staff for all your help. Thanks also to Elma (Barrett and Coe photographer) for your able assistance.

Congratulations Sammy & Jo!

Launching ShowMotion

Barrett and Coe has developed ShowMotion to enable its clients to view a unique online gallery of their images. Clients can share their ShowMotion webpage by emailing the link as well as via social networking sites like facebook and bebo.

View demos of ShowMotion below;

http://www.show-motion.co.uk/demopage/baby/

http://www.show-motion.co.uk/demopage/family/

Activity Superstore

Our baby and family portrait experiences can now be bought online via Activity Superstore. A great Christmas gift!

http://www.activitysuperstore.com/step3.aspx?parent=lifestyle&pathcode=webcat&sel=pmbob

http://www.activitysuperstore.com/step3.aspx?parent=lifestyle&pathcode=webcat&sel=pmfam

Week in Westminster

I've spent a lot of this week shooting the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's 4th Governance Seminar. Around 50 MPs from around the Commonwealth have been visiting Westminster and City Hall to share ideas on governance. Next week they are off to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Brussels to continue their seminar.

There was lots of great discussion going on. Simon Hogart from The Guardian and Norman Smith from the BBC gave a fascinating talk about the influence of the media in government and how you can't always believe what you see on 24 hour news channels (not to mention blogs!).

Another highlight was hearing the youth choir from Anglesey. Having won a national competition they performed at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday. The picture shows them with the Speaker, John Bercow; Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman and Albert Owen, MP for Anglesey.

The bed pictured is in the Speaker’s residence within the Palace of Westminster. This is the bed in which a new monarch sleeps on the night before their coronation at Westminster Abbey.

Baby of the Month

Barrett & Coe photographers submit one image from each Emma's Diary baby portrait sessions to our Baby of The Month Competition.

Each month one baby wins £50. At the end of the year, the 12 winning images are entered into our prestigious Baby of The Year Competition where one lucky baby will win £1000 for their Child Trust Fund. The winners are shown on www.barrettandcoeportraits.co.uk.

The slideshow shows my entries for October;

The Ideal Gift for New Arrivals

These gift pods are specially designed to give to parents to celebrate their new arrival. They entitle the receiver to a fantastic Barrett & Coe Baby Portrait Experience and a photographic gift. The pods cost £24.95 and are available at my Studio in Kingston.