More from the Woodlands wedding....

Jo and I have only just started when it comes to weddings. In the last few years, we've both shadowed and shot with other more experienced wedding photographers, racking up plenty of portfolio material and learning lots of useful tips and tricks, but as far as HSP goes, this Summer is the first where we're seeing weddings as part of our core services. When people have asked us to be their wedding photographers, we have made no attempt to hide this, and we make it clear that these are early days for us. In fact, when Michael and Deborah got married in May, it was only my 4th ever wedding as the main photographer. As seems to have become the norm, I was so nervous I couldn't sleep the night before, checking and rechecking the plans and going over my kit list in my head.

So the feedback and testimonial Deborah sent through this morning means a great deal to me. I loved shooting her and Michael's beautiful, relaxed and fun wedding, and all our careful planning made sure that we all knew what we should be doing at any given time. Here's a few more shots, and a lovely few lines that I'm very proud to add to the blog. Thanks guys, and all the best for a long and happy marriage.

Caroline

"Choosing a photographer for your wedding day is easy but choosing the right photographer who understands you both and what you want your photographs to be like can be the difficult part.

From the outset Hilton Sanders were just what we were looking for, fun, approachable, they understood our requirements, took the time to get to know our likes and dislikes and delivered fantastic quality photographs in the reportage style we wanted.

All in all a great service from a professional and dedicated team. Thanks again Caroline and Jo!"

Deborah and Michael

The Original Tyler Hilton - Office Dog!

He probably hasn't a clue she exists, but he should be very honoured to share names with her. To be honest though, she's not actually very impressed.

Tyler Hilton (singer) seems like a lovely boy, and we wish him every success, but the real Tyler Hilton is our office dog. She's Jo's one year old miniature schnauzer, and she's been a full member of the team here since she was a little ball of fur, with special responsibilities for greeting new people (tail in the air and "urrrrr........wooof!"), welcoming people she's met before back to the studio warmly (few happy whimpers and a happy sounding urrrrrr with a waggy tail) and saying hello to the postman ("arf arf arf growl arf woof!"). She puts everyone at their ease and having her around allows us to have a bit of a breather with doggy play-time when things get stressed and hectic.

She's become a real favourite with customers and business acquaintances. Our bank manager schedules extra time for a doggy cuddle whenever she comes to see us, and kids love to talk to her while we're talking to Mum and Dad. Although those eyebrows can make her look cross, she has a very playful, gentle and even temper, and if she's noisy at all it's because she's saying hello and joining in the conversation. Being a schnauzer means she doesn't shed hair all over the place, and like Barak Obama's Portuguese Water Dog, she doesn't irritate allergy sufferers. Most of the time she stays in her basket in our office, and pads in and out of the viewing and editing room to see what we're up to. She refuses to go near the studio, though. Perhaps she prefers her photos to be taken using natural light. Some models insist.

This week people have been telling her that she looks like Dangerous Dave (the new Toto).

We think she's prettier. And her beard's longer. Tyler, at Hilton Sanders Photography, the 3rd member of the team.

C

Oh - by the way, I might as well mention that we welcome well behaved dogs to our studio shoots because we know how important the furry members of the family can be. If you'd like to bring your dog along for some photos, just let us know!

Woodlands Hotel Wedding - Sneaky peek!

Wedding season has kicked off, and being as how this happy couple have just been into the studio to collect some studio portraits of their daughter and for a sneaky peek at the shots I'm editing up from their beautiful wedding last Friday, I thought I'd post a shot or 2 up on here.

Congratulations and thanks for the permission Mr&Mrs M!