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Hi all, long time no blog, I know, but been mega busy.

No excuse & not to be recommended not updating on a more regular basis.

We will endeavour to keep you informed monthly if not more often from today onwards....

Ok, so we will give you a quick catch up resume' for each month.

Firstly June......

We had four wedding meetings. three weddings, 11 portrait shoots, a product shoot for Stockings & Romance, a Model Agency shoot,, two shoots for our sister company Foto-Retro, a Surestart shoot, a day out at the E.T.O. show at Earls Court, a visit to a trade show at the Ricoh Centre & finally a night out with the boys at a Burlesque show at the Green Rooms Milton Keynes where Franki Wilde was Headlining.

Dreams

Well hi again all, as the title say's it's been a while, in fact about ten weeks.

No excuses, just been too busy, which I'm not complaining about, but as ever it all comes to resemble red buses....

So Just details of major updates to bring us upto date, so here goes.

21st August the wedding of Mr Charlie Todd to Miss Gemma Crane

Charlie & Gemma

 

 

On the 25th August we had another product shoot for Stockings & Romance...
Stockings & Romance

 

 

The 29th August found is in the studio shooting for our other company Foto-Retro.com, which is still in the development stage, but will be fully functional in 2011.
Foto-Retro.com

 

 

The 4th of September we attended the marriage of Mr Christopher Hurley to Miss Catherine Richardson at the Courtyard Stanwick.
Chris & Cat

 

 

On the 7th September we were all geared up to visit London Edge at Olympia, to take some images for advertising etc for Stockings & romance who were retailers at the event.

But due to London underground pulling a 24 hour strike (God bless em!) it never happened....I didn't even attempt to get there, London is a nightmare at the best of times, but with no tube, forget it!!!

London Edge

 

 

On the 10th September we were at the Manor School & Sports College shooting some of their sporting stars for the "Wall of Fame"
Sporting Stars

 

 

On September 11th we were at the wedding of Mr Andrew Dudley to Miss Christina Wardhall at Raunds Church & The Sharnbrook Hotel.
Andrew & Christina

 

 

On September 12th an engagement shoot had us in Cambridgshire with Derihon & Rachel..

The happy couple took some time out with us to shoot some relaxed images.

Another great promotion offer from Foto-Smith.com

Derihon & Rachel

 

 

On the 15th we had a very pleasurable time at an open evening at our Album publishers, some great new Albums & gifts that future wedding couples will receive the benefit of. Some rather nice nibbles & wine..Must do more of these...

On the 17th we went to a photographic seminar all day, so bit of a busmans holiday, but again great to get out & meet friends & like minded people....

 

 

The 18th found us in Leighton Buzzard at the wedding of Mr Matthew Weirich to Miss Michelle Frost....
Matthew & Michelle

 

 

The night of the 23rd we attended the Manor School awards evening where some very exceptional students received their duly earned scrolls , cups & medals..
Daniel

 

 

September the 25th found us in Cambidgeshire at Bourn Church & The Cambridge Belfry for the wedding of Mr Derihon Coquard to Miss Rachel Dean...
Derihon & Rachel

 

 

The first weekend in October found us at a secret location shooting numerous models on location for our Foto-Retro.com portfolio. Got some great results, all we need now is a web site to put them on!!!
Vitari

 

 

Saturday the 9th October was the wedding of Mr Russell Morgan to Miss Amy Ashcroft at the beautiful location of Fotheringhay Church..
Russell & Amy

 

 

October 12th & 13th we were at the Croyland Childrens Centre shooting all the little ones & their family's, a great time was had by all...
Croylands

 

 

Saturday the 16th we were back at Rushden Surestart Centre for Dads Morning....

 

 

Sunday the 17th we were advertising our services at the Marriot Hotel wedding fair.....
Marriot

 

 

Saturday the 23rd saw us back at Rushden Surestart Centre for a family afternoon.....

 

 

Sunday 24th we travelled down to Ware for a model portfolio shoot with Dreams Agency, great bunch of young ladies, loads of fun...
Dreams Agency

 

The 28th September we were back again at Rushden Surestart, this time for the young mums to have a chance of getting snapped with their loved ones......

 

The 29th September, we joined Deanie Tots at Deanshanger for their morning of fun, frolics & photo's.......
Deanie Tots

 

 

Sunday 31st found us at another wedding fair this time at Burgess Hall In St Ives..
Burgess Hall

Hi all, sorry I haven't posted more, but just been too busy, which is great. Since I last posted we have been working at St Peters School in Raunds, Raunds Surestart centre & various private home shoots..

 

On the first of August we launched our sister company Foto-Retro.com, this is a photographic company dedicated to all things vintage & retro. So expect to see images of ladies when they dressed & looked like ladies in the 40's & 50's. A website will be forthcoming, offering makeover shoots & various other surprises, so keep your eyes on our postings for further information.....

Sinthia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding wise, again very busy. On the 7th August we were at Highgate House for the wedding of Mr Ross Light to Miss Jessica Woodward.

Ross & Jessica

On Friday 13th, yes we are superstitious, but we do need to eat, so you would have found us in the Orangery at Whittlebury Hall, for the marriage of Mr Peter Langton to Miss Stephanie Elford. Unfortunately the weather was against us from the start & rained all day, so a good percentage of the images we shot indoors, bu we did get out for a few short minutes as you can see.....

Today, we are of to St Ives for the marriage of Mr Charlie Todd to Miss Gemma Crane, images next post. Next week we have another product shoot for Stockings & Romance & a studio shoot for Foto-Retro.com our sister company for a portfolio & web image update. See you all again soon........

Well the new site is up & running at last & we here at Foto-Smith hope you like it.

We have had a very busy & varied week this week, so lets give you some details.

Monday:

Saw us at IMS Research in Wellingborough, photographing Prince Andrew The Duke of York, presenting them with the Queens Award for International trade.

Prince Andrew & Mathew Towers

Wednesday:

Found us at the Manor School in Raunds for the opening of their new Vocational Centre.

The centre was officially opened by the two award winning chefs Jay & Liam (Gordon Ramsay's F word runners up) from the Pheasant at Keyston, which holds the "Best British Restaurant 2009" title.

Linda Brooks with Jay & Liam

 

Thursday:

A complete contrast to the earlier part of the week.

We were at Saracen House Studio, working with Stockings & Romance on a new product shoot for their catalogue & web site.

I had the great pleasure of working with two great models Frankii Wilde & Emmie-Anne Davis.

 

Frankii Wilde
Emmie

Sorry to say we can't show the the outfits as they have not be launched yet, but check out their website www.stockingsandromance.co.uk for a taste of what I had to put with for the day!!!

It was hard work, but somebody had to do it!!!

Welcome to the Foto-Smith blog.

 

Keeping you informed of what we have been doing & what we are planning to do......

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