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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October's Winning Images | Sai Kung Portrait Photographer

Its that time of the month when The Guild of Photographers announces the judging of the monthly competition. Every month I enter 3 images into The Guild of Professional Photographers monthly competition. I am really pleased to have achieved bars each month to date. This month I received  2 bronze bars.  A reminder of the Judging:

• Platinum Bar – World Class / Awesome (one has yet to be awarded!)
• Gold Bar – Truly Exceptional (so very rare)
• Silver Bar – Very High Standard (very difficult to achieve)
• Bronze Bar – High Standard (above the norm)
• Commended – Good Professional Standard (a competent image)
• Unclassified – Images that are not of national competition standards

Here are my October  Entries:

This month I submitted 2 photos from a styled shoot I did in October at the Sue Ryder Hospice in Peterborough.

Creative Team :


Photographer : Anna Bowkis Photography
Stylist : Emily Daniel
Designer : Wilden Bride
Millinery : Madruga London

Models : Sasha Wright, Jade Orvis
Hair : Vivien Jones
Make Up : Vivien Jones


Thanks for stopping by, I would love to hear your comments on my entries.


Anna x


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September Winning Images | Cambridgeshire Portrait Photographer

Its that time of the month when The Guild of Photographers announces the judging of the monthly competition. Every month I enter 3 images into The Guild of Professional Photographers monthly competition. I am really pleased to have achieved bars each month to date. This month I received  3 bronze bars.  A reminder of the Judging:

• Platinum Bar – World Class / Awesome (one has yet to be awarded!)
• Gold Bar – Truly Exceptional (so very rare)
• Silver Bar – Very High Standard (very difficult to achieve)
• Bronze Bar – High Standard (above the norm)
• Commended – Good Professional Standard (a competent image)
• Unclassified – Images that are not of national competition standards

Here are my September  Entries:

This month I submitted a model shoot with Amber Tutton, a baby shoot with the cutest baby girl Brooke, and an image from a styled shoot I put together in the summer at Hitchin Lavender Farm.

 Thanks for stopping by, would love to hear your comments on last months entries

Anna x

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You may be asking where I have been these last few weeks? Post scheduled for tomorrow where all will be revealed.

August Winning Images | Cambridgeshire Portrait Photographer

Its that time of the month when The Guild of Photographers announces the judging of the monthly competition. Every month I enter 3 images into The Guild of Professional Photographers monthly competition. I am really pleased to have achieved bars each month to date. This month I received 1 silver (long awaited!) and 2 bronze bars.  A reminder of the Judging:

• Platinum Bar – World Class / Awesome (one has yet to be awarded!)
• Gold Bar – Truly Exceptional (so very rare)
• Silver Bar – Very High Standard (very difficult to achieve)
• Bronze Bar – High Standard (above the norm)
• Commended – Good Professional Standard (a competent image)
• Unclassified – Images that are not of national competition standards

Here are my August  Entries:

I am really proud to have received my 3rd silver with the Guild of Professional Photographers, this image though means alot to me, I've been working hard on my beauty and fashion portfolio and to have one of my photo recognized with a silver bar is huge to me. Thank you to Vivien Jones MUA, Carol Whamond and Jessica Barrow the amazing CT behind the shoot, and not forgetting Andrew at Saracen House studios.

Would love to hear your comments on my entries this month, cc is always welcomed.

 Love social media? You can find me here on facebook, twitter and pinterest!

Anna x

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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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May Winning Images | Cambridgeshire Childrens Photographer

Its that time of the month when The Guild of Photographers announces the judging of the monthly competition. Every month I enter 3 images into The Guild of Professional Photographers monthly competition. I am really pleased to have achieved bars each month to date. This month I received 2 bronze bars, and 1 highly commended, missing silver by 1%. So frustrating as this is the second month this has happened to me.  A reminder of the Judging:

• Platinum Bar – World Class / Awesome (one has yet to be awarded!)
• Gold Bar – Truly Exceptional (so very rare)
• Silver Bar – Very High Standard (very difficult to achieve)
• Bronze Bar – High Standard (above the norm)
• Commended – Good Professional Standard (a competent image)
• Unclassified – Images that are not of national competition standards

Here are my May  Entries:

 Mr Andrew Stone

 

 The lovely Amber Tutton

Thanks for stopping by

Anna x

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St Neots Graffiti Wall | Cambridgeshire Portrait Photographer

April has been a manic month for me. Full of interesting shoots from 16 men in the buff for the Spinal Injury Assc. charity calender to a fashion shoot for a London clothing range for GeekStar Clothing.
This is what I love about photography is the diversity in the work I do, keeps me on my creative toes!

I am really lucky that I have started to build a great creative team, this includes a very talented makeup artist Vivien Jones from Pretty Woman Make Up. We have collaborated on several projects together and we really get on so well as friends too. I feel really blessed to have found Vivien.

This weekend we had organized a shoot with London clothing company Geek Star (more to come from that shoot later!). After working all day on the Charity Calender we went location scouting for the Geek Star shoot. Vivien had already checked out a location that she wanted me to see also. O.M.G it was perfect!
Just google St Neots Graffiti wall to see what I mean. Made up of 6 huge boards, art by local graffiti artists and you have a perfect urban backdrop with attitude!

Here is the lovely Vivien being my model whilst I worked out lighting and the best areas to photograph!
Well this wall just had to be my paint chip photo for this week!

I think this would be a great colour scheme for a teenagers room, what do you think?

I have so much to share with you on the blog over the coming weeks. April has been busy!

Thanks for stopping by and do get in touch if you are a clothing company looking to update your portfolio. I would love to touch base and see how we can work together.

Anna x

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Amber Tutton | Cambridgeshire Childrens Photographer

I am very lucky to have met the lovely and very talented Amber Tutton. She is a local model and only 18! She is so dedicated to her modelling career and such a hard worker, I love any opportunity to work with her.
I booked an hours studio hire at Saracen House with Amber. A first for me to be working in a pro studio and I totally fell in love! Andrew is fantastic and such a great help with lighting set ups. I knew what I wanted to achieve but am still not sure how to set up the lighting to get the effects I want. I had been pouring over Vogue and Tatler images as well as  my heroine Melissa Rodwick photography styles. I find fashion magazines a great resource for posing and styling my photography.

I started with some beauty shots, a one light set up with an over sized beauty dish and grid high above Amber who was sat on a stool about 2 metres from the white backdrop (hence the dark grey)
I am in love with the effect of a beauty dish, I love the soft vignetting you get. These images are pretty much SOOC, just a few tweaks nothing major.

loved capturing Amber's fun side

I then moved to a yellow background with a 3 lights set up. Again the large beauty dish with grid in the centre high above Amber and the behind Amber either side were 2 strip lights with grids. I wanted a retro feel and a colour pop as a contrast with the denim outfit Amber was wearing. I am really pleased with this image.

I am booked in again at the end of the month for 2 hours at Saracen House with Amber and I cannot wait. Hoping to pull of some gritty edgy shots this time!

Love to hear your thoughts on the above images.
I am always looking at working with new models to expand my portfolio so do get in touch if you would like to try something new.

Thanks for stopping by

Anna xx

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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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