Autumnal Styled Bridal Shoot | Sai Kung Photographer

Before I left the UK back in November last year, I had planned a collaborative styled shoot; an Autumnal Bridal shoot. Very much out of my comfort zone, in general I do not photograph weddings. I wanted something a bit quirky and different for this shoot. Thanks to twitter and a tweet looking for suppliers who could help with my theme, I ended up with a pretty impressive group of individuals and businesses to help bring my vision to life!

So on a cold and rainy October morning, myself, Vivien (MUA), Sasha, Sydney, Jade (models), Ryan (second Shooter) and Emily the stylist, all gathered at The Sue Ryder hospice at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough.
My car was overflowing with cakes, biscuits, beautiful bouquets, exquisite dresses and stunning headpieces to be used on the day.

The lovely Sydney looking stunning in Charlotte Wilden of Wilden Brides bespoke wedding dress

Beautiful flowers by Wildfrost Florists

Thank you to Mr Cake, The Biscuit Jar and Indie for the amazing cakes , biscuits and favours

Just love the little details of autumn leaves and wild mushrooms that Emily placed on the table

Jade looks exquisite in a Madruga Millinery

Sasha looks so elegant in a Wilden Brides bespoke dress

Loving the boots!

Alice at her tea party!

The beautiful gardens at Thorpe Hall

A huge thank you to all the amazing vendors who made this shoot possible. I really couldn't have done it without all your help and expertise!

Photographer : Anna Bowkis Photography
Second Shooter : Ryan Jarvis
Models : Sasha, Sydney and Jade
Makeup and Hair : Vivien Jones
Stylist : Emily Daniel
Bridal Wear : Wilden Brides
Hats : Madrugar
Flowers : Wildfrost Florist
Large cake/Cake pops and Favours : Mr Cake
Biscuits : The Biscuit Jar
Cupcakes : Indie
Tea service : Kerry Hardie
Venue : Thorpe Hall

Thank you for stopping by, would love to hear your comments on this shoot!

Anna xx
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Studio Beauty Shoot | Cambridgeshire Portrait Photographer

One of my photography passions is Fashion and Beauty. I am learning all the time and hope one day I will actually get paid to do a Fashion shoot.  At the moment I enjoy collaborating with other creatives bringing ideas to life.

This was a beauty shoot for Vivien Jones of Pretty Woman Makeup. I have been working with Vivien since January when she did the makeup for my Ice Queen/Black Swan shoot, we really hit it off and have become firm friends since.

Vivien was looking for high end beauty shots for her portfolio. I hired a studio I love working with , Saracen House in Milton Keynes and Vivien gave the very talented Creative Art Director for Toni and Guy, Carol Whamond a call and we had our creative team together.

I went through my contacts on Model Mayhem and came across Jess who I have been meaning to work with with and thankfully she was free.

After 4 hours Vivien and Carol had 2 very different looks achieved.

Would love to hear your comments.

I will be doing an interview with Vivien Jones shortly where you can learn more about Vivien's work and how she got into the beauty business.

Thanks for stopping by.
Anna x

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Amber Tutton | Cambridgeshire Lifestyle Photographer

Back in January I had the enormous pleasure of photographing Amber Tutton, a young fashion and editorial model from Huntingdon. She is such a pleasure to work with and put a virgin fashion/editorial photographer at ease!
Amber was looking for some new images for her portfolio and I was looking at trying out some new ideas and working with adults!
The talented Vivien Jones (makeup artist) who I worked with on my Ice Queen shoot  was the makeup artist for this shoot.
I feel so blessed to have met Vivien, and am thankful for facebook, as this is where we met! She is such a talented creative.

This shoot had been planned to be held in Peterborough town centre, but the heavens opened so we headed back to mine to do hair, makeup and styling.

The sun came out and we headed up to the farm.

Then we got the Doris Designs skirt out, LOVE!

Team :

Model : Amber Tutton
MUA : Vivien Jones
Photographer : Anna Bowkis
Stylist : Anna Bowkis
Petticoat : Doris Designs

Had so much fun working with Amber and Vivien. Look out for some studio fun next week with Amber!

Thanks for stopping by. Check this post for details of my March mini sessions :)

Anna x

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Tweens | Cambridgeshire Lifestyle Photographer

My love for fashion and for children is going to lead me to photographing tweens and teens more I think.
I had fun the other week, after a shopping trip in Cambridge with Izzy, going out and doing a mini session. Izzy and I had a lot of fun and I have already ordered a framed print from this session!

Our kids grow up so quick these days. We are quick to photograph and capture the under 5 moments, then school begins and we buy the school photo every year, and before our very eyes our kids are growing up and smiling for the camera is no fun anymore. Our kids become gawky for a bit whilst they grow into their features again!

To get the best from your kids get them to pose/work with something that interests them. For boys this could be skateboarding, music; for girls fashion is a good place to start! Use iPods and mobile phones as props seems to always get a thumbs up. Most tweens these days are never seen without them!

Most kids have a favorite hat or accessory they love to wear, start the shoot with that favorite hat so they feel comfortable, and then ask them to remove later, you wont have such a problem once they are into the shoot!

I know I will treasure these photo's of Izzy, they sum up Izzy so well at the moment. She is proud of her braces and not embarrassed, she loves to pose but deep down is still my 11 year old girl! I think I have captured all sides of her in this session. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by
Anna

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