Claire & Matt's e-shoot

I had such a nice time with Claire & Matt on their e-shoot last weekend.  We walked around the old part of town in the autumn sunshine and shot in various 'nooks & crannies'. Norwich is such a pretty city.  The guys were really comfortable in front of the camera and I know we'll get great shots on their wedding day next year!  Thanks to both of them for giving me the low down on some great new places to eat as well!

Here's a quick sneak peak!

Beautiful You! Photo Shoot & Dinner for Two at St Giles House Hotel

We've just launched a brand new offer in conjunction with our good friends at the St Giles House Hotel in Norwich.

For a limited time only you get a fabulous 1 hour 'Beautiful You!' photo shoot with us at Phill Coe Photography together with a sumptuous 3 course dinner for two in the new St Giles' bistro.

You also get a 10x8 print of your choice from us, and, of course, you can purchase other prints if you desire.

Give us a call at the studio (01603 633262) to book your 'Beautiful You!' shoot!

NJ & Rob - St Giles Wedding

I had such a lovely day photographing NJ & Rob's wedding in Trowse and St Giles House Hotel a few weeks ago.   Here's a sneak peak whilst I prepare their proofs.

New business cards - 15 different flavours

Our new business cards arrived yesterday.  They come in 15 different flavours illustrating a selection of wedding, portrait, commercial and landscape photography.

New banner for this weekend's show

More 'Beautiful You' Promo shots

Only a week until the Dunston Wedding Fair

We're really looking forward to exhibiting at the Dunstan Hall Wedding Fair on the 26th September.  It'll be our first time there, and by all accounts it's the busiest fair of the season.

We've teamed up with our friends at the St Giles House Hotel to offer a fantastic prize draw on the day.  You only need to register with us to have a chance winning a fabulous 'Beautiful You' photo shoot, spa treatments, make-over session plus dinner, bed & breakfast in Room 16, St Giles' stunning Deluxe Bridal Suite.  A prize worth over £600!  I wish I could enter!!!

So make sure you stop by our stand in the Sunningdale Suite.  See you then!

More from my shoot with Millie & Bethany

Boudoir Shoots at St Giles

Fi and I spent a really enjoyable day doing a shoot at St Giles Hotel, Norwich, last week.  It's such a great venue to shoot especially when you have the time to use lighting.  We were working with our new friend, Lisa Wilson, who is probably the best make-up artist in the area.  In fact the hardest part about the shoot was finding a date in the diary which we could all make.

Thanks to Lisa, we were lucky enough to be to work with two gorgeous girls, Bethany and Millie, both of whom did a fantastic job.  I'll be working up the selected images next week probably but here's a taster of what we came up with.

Wedding Show - Dunston Hall

We'll be exhibiting at the popular Dunston Hall wedding show on September 26th, in the Sunningdale Suite.

We'll be running a very special competition in association with St Giles Hotel.  More details will be available next week!

NJ & Rob's e-shoot - August '10

The forecast for Saturday wasn't good and so we decided to do NJ & Rob's e-shoot at a very special indoor location rather than Whitlingham Park, and I for one am really glad.  The Conservatory is a wonderful place to shoot and we'll be going back there for the post-ceremony shots on NJ & Rob's wedding day.  The shoot was short but really good fun.  Here are a few shots:

Mandy & Richard - Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk

What an emotional day it was.  Having worked with Mandy last week to prepare a slideshow of old photos of her Mum & Dad, both whom passed away some years ago, which was to be shown as a surprise during the wedding breakfast, I knew it was going to be a really emotional day.  But I had no idea what an impact Mum and Dad had had on so many people in Mandy's family.  When the slideshow was playing there literally wasn't a dry eye in the house, and I confess I struggled to keep things together.  But as I always say, a wedding without emotion is just an event.

Mandy & Richard are just lovely people; caring, fun, proud and wonderful parents.  I've never had so many cuddles with a bride and groom as I did with these wonderful people on Saturday. It's so nice to be made to feel welcome even though you're 'just the photographer'.

On the day we photographed at 5 different locations over a 12 hour period, and somehow managed to avoid the torrential rain that was covering much of the country.  Over 350 people attended Mandy & Richard's wedding which was topped off with a fish & chip supper and fireworks at 10 pm.

Here's a couple of quick shots:

New Advertisement

With our next Wedding Exhibition just around the corner, I thought I’d better get a new advert together.  We'll be exhibiting in the Sunningdale Suite at Dunston Hall on September 26th. More info here.

Here’s how the advert is looking so far.  It’ll have more text outlining our exciting show promo/competition, which we’re running with one of our venue partners! More news about that soon......

I like the ad and have decided to use a similar layout for the new header of the blog.
What do you think? 

Fun with Oakley

The saying goes "never work with children or animals" but I've always enjoyed photographing kids, you just have to know how to make them enjoy themselves.

Oakley the 5 month old beagle was my first attempt at shooting a 'young' animal and he definitely proved to be a handful! So much energy, only regular 'treats' would encourage him to stop running around frantically, biting chunks out of his owners, Ian and Amie! Lesson learned!

Here's a few shots:

New Studio - Now Open

After 6 long weeks, our new studio is now open. We still have a few bits and pieces to finish off, tidy up, put straight, but the doors are now open!