What's up Wednesday?

I. Loving my brightest of bright (yes they ARE that colour) Zara trou and yes still loving that scarf! I am wearing it every day at the moment. Not loving the shirt as after wearing for an hour it crushes and that is my ultimate no-no. And that sums up my love/hate/love relationship with Zara..their clothes are really quite disposable. I'd rather pay more and wear more....
II. Meadow dashing past. No don't wipe my face. No don't want to wear my shoes.
III. Gardening with Papa. Melted my heart a little bit. Until she saw me and started chucking those wood chips at me. Quite violently. She sort of hates me at the moment because I am working so much and get home late and then do emails. So I guess there will be more wood chips coming my way, because I am away with work for a few days. Eeeks.

Stay tuned for a what's in my bag and how to downsize! Coming soon! Maybe tomorrow before I dash of to London for back to back meetings! Love! xoxo

PS me: shirt/trousers both Zara. Shoes, KG. Scarf. Whistles
Miss M. dress Next.

PS I got a PARKING TICKET today. Sucks. 

Weekend wanderings

I. Doesn't Meadow's hair look a lot like the tubs of grass? Life imitating nature? Poor bugger so has my crazy hair.
II. Loving my Sandro bag this weekend. Reminds me of Paris and the fantastic girlie weekend with my bestie.
III. Pairing smart with casual is my latest favourite. Shirt The Kooples (baaaadly want me and Rich to be one of their couples before we get too old and uncool..actually maybe we are already too old and uncool. How depressing) and dress from Zara. Which I bought to wear to my wedding and then freaked and spent £100's on a hand sewn sequin dress from Reiss (see here)
IV All about matching toes to cardigans. Or cardigans to toes? Surely you are too?
V Richie got himself a new tat. The first of many.

Hope you all had a great weekend. XO

Flash Back Friday

First up
Flash back Friday!
My baby Meadow in the bath (sink, yes that is fairy liquid but I promise she had her own appropriate baby bath in there)) all chubby wubby and kissable and just delicious. Seems like yesterday! She looks so sweet it makes me think. Hmmmm. Another? :)
Second. The Cos sale has started. And I splurged. Follow my instagram to see my buys.
Third. Have a great weekend!

xoxo

Wedding Wednesday

So I got an email (thank you, sweet reader CJ) asking for a post on weddings. Shooting weddings, being a part of a wedding day, is a gift. It's one I do not take lightly. A lot goes in to shooting a wedding,  the least of which I am on my feet and constantly thinking, waiting, watching, for a whole 8+ hours (unless you have decided to skip the evening, and want me for 4 hours). Yep, definitely accounts for the wrinkles on my left eye.
I am so lucky with my couples who pick me (us) and they tend to get married in amazing venues (see that little baby above!!) and are chilled and have great looking guests (my bride above works for ASOS as a buyer..say no more)

If you are getting married...here are my words of wisdom (not on marriage, hell no! just on photography!)

1. First and, to me the most important fact...after the champagne is drunk, the last guests leave, and the honeymoon begins (enjoy) the only reminders of that wonderful day will be your fabulous memories. your spiffy new ring, and your photos.
2. With this in mind. Allocate a decent part of your budget to a decent photographer. Maybe cut in to the flower/dress/shoe budget if you have to. Flowers last a day. Photos are your lasting reminder.
3. Pick a photographer that suits your style. For example, I hate posed, group style shots. I am a journalistic photographer. So if you want lots of family, styled shots, pick a photog who is happy to do that, a more classic style of capturing your day.
4. Spent time on the photog's website. Look through their last few weddings. Even if they are different venues to yours. Check it out baby!
5. Meet them. skype them, call them, email them. Ask every question that is on your mind (but please, please don't ask if we shoot RAW :)
6. Make sure the images are yours. You have paid a lot of money for them (I hope) and they should be yours to copy,email, post to your blog, facebook etc etc.
7. Thank your photog. There is always a lot of thanking the bridesmaids (natch) the venue, the florist, the master of ceremonies, the string quartet, the minister...errr hello! Hello! Over here with the majorly heavy equipment! Yes, there you go. Thank you! Look after them. Feed them. We respond well to all of the fore mentioned :)

Any other questions...email/comment/tweet/instagram me.... :)

Oh yes and if you want to see more, hop over to our site.

OOh maybe I should start a Wedding Photographers Style Blog. FYI I always wear a new dress from Whistles it's my lucky anti rain charm.

XO

Tuesday Love

Today is Tuesday. Yup, we have discussed this before. Dullest day of the week. And today. Tuesday. it also rained.
Anyway. Lucky for me (us!) I have some sunny snaps from the weekend! Hurrah.
Meadow was sharing her joy with me at the cheap o plastic princess shoes. How she loved them For 5 minutes.
Wearing my Lover sweatshirt by the uber talented Miss Meg Biram. She does limited edition t-shirts and sweaters and I love them/her. My friend Beth, who reads my blog (Hi B!) commented on how nice it is to see my face (as my style shots are usually, well, shot by me!) The thing is, i explained to her that me and Rich have differing ideas on style shots and usually we fall out. I 'critique' his shots, he gets cross and it's a disaster. Or even worse, Meadow does something catastrophic, while we are debating shutter speeds etc etc and falls down the stone steps in our garden (hello there scraped tiny nose). You get the picture. Anyway. I will try to overcome our marital disharmony over shots, and do more!

Hope you are all having a sunnier Tuesday than us, and please, please. Do not let me cut Meadow's fringe again. Poor kid
xoxo

PS shorts Gap, Sunnies Gucci!

Silent Sunday

I. Meadow's artwork II.Mama's reading III. New Havaianas for summer IV. Plastic princess shoes. Oh Yeah.
XO

BBQ, Blogging and Blunders

Trying to get outfit shots.
Failed miserably
Firstly check out our hair! Fuzzzy.
Secondly I will treasure these forever and ever and ever. Clothes, earrings, watches and bags will come and go. Precious moments like these, are for always.
Happy weekend everyone XO
PS Meadow does not have weird teeth, she fell over when she was 1 and hit her front teeth on the toilet. Chipped them. True story.

FINALLY Friday

And it's very welcome.
It's been a tough week! Not all sitting around on ladders in doorways (!?!) Basically because of Meadow. Let the sleep training commence. We have always been slightly arrogant about Meadow and her sleeping. From the first day, she has loved her sleep! I used to wake her up to feed her as a baby...(I know! What an idiot! Anyway that's a whole different blog post) And now. It's biting us in the ass. She HATES going to bed. No. Won't. Please Mummy. I need a wee. My foot hurts. My tummy hurts. I'm huungrryy. I'm scared. I'm not COMFY. We have heard it all.
But when it's approaching 10pm and you have a two year old creating chaos. It's not fun. And hey, it gets worse. Come around midnight, she is up again. Marching up our stairs, crying. Climbing in to our bed. Smooching us over the bed. Tosses and turns. Throws herself upside down, taking the god damn duvet with her. Elbow in the eye. Foot in the face.
You get the picture.
Now I love my bed. I love Diptique candles burning, big squishy pillows, an eye blind, and 8 hours.
The answer.
Sleep training.It's started people. It's started.I'm game on. BRING it Meadow. I'm going to make it rain. Ok, too much! But I am standing firm with the tiny terror. She has had a good run of mama bed love. It's over.

So Rich gave me some time out tonight! I saw The Great Gatsby and great it was. It's one of my favourite books and the film was definitely a triumph....Oh Leo. I love going to the cinema by myself. Love it. I bought a heap of nibbles and paid for an extra comfy seat, and forgot my troubles for 2 hours. Awesome! Rich snapped a few pics of my outfit (I like dressing up, he loves me in boyfriend jeans and no makeup and sweaters!) See that tired face! I'm having a black and white moment. Led by my beloved Tag watch

Have a very awesome weekend lovelies and send me your links to fab makeup for hiding exhaustion! I know I want me some of this as it makes your skin so super smooth and clear!Anything you particularly love?
XO

Thursday Inspirations

So it's been a LONG day at work. Hot, long and exhausting.
What better way to spend the few hours before bed, browsing Net-a-Porter for dream outfits?
Hell Yeah. Inspired by the most awesome outfit on the wonderfully incredible Stockholm Streetstyle, I spent errr 45 minutes (!!!!) painstakingly making a collage! I love a collage. Stop laughing. It's not a bad second ever attempt?!??!
Anyways. My choices......dress, top, clutch
Yours for just over £1000 all in. Bargain.

Think Net-a-Porter might send me everything if I ask nicely and promise to take a picture for my blog? Thought not.

Happy Thursday everyone! (Anyone now off to buy my collage collection?)
xo

Life through a lens

A little bit of life lately.
I never tire of taking shots of my baby. She is so full of character. I think I got it? :) (not sure about the weird tint on the frames, been playing around and not sure what happened)
Wouldn't it be such a joy to take pictures of kids all day? Or food! Or people's homes? Oh My God like The Glow or The Selby. I LOVE looking at other peeps homes.
My magpie instinct has been kicking in. Drawn to shiny necklaces. This one is from H&M but was more than I like to pay for H&M at £17!! I always think of H&M as cheap and sometimes it gets me!
Rediscovering my ancient Mulberry Bayswater and kind of back in love with it. I like to think in years to come Meadow will enjoy my bag collection and I hope this one survives it.
Boring old expenses today...I am TERRIBLE at sitting doing one task for a length of time, and have to get up and wander. So, I've still not finished. Instead I will go to bed with it simmering in my mind. Tell me you do it too?
Another weird thing I routinely do. Pick a checkout with a female cashier instead of a male one for my groceries. Weird but true. I don't like men swiping my groceries through. Or cutting my hair. But I digress. That's enough of my weirdness for one day, I'm off to read The Last Werewolf and avoid my expenses!

XO

Sunday Monday on a Tuesday

The weekend whizzed by, as I was shooting a wedding on Saturday (which I will post a few pics from this week) It was a great day...always such a pleasure to be a part of such a special day. I also spent way to much time blog reading and God Instagram!!! I am literally glued to it. I really need to PUT MY IPHONE DOWN occasionally. I am all too aware I am missing out on real life with my constant screen watching and email checking. It is so addictive.

Still in love with my Whistles newest scarf addition, and a denim top from Topshop.
Meadow having a little Sunday morning lie-in, in Mamas bed :)
The new Toast catalogue (eugh can't spell catalogue and my spell check is not working - is that right??) arrived and I want it all.
Shame I am penniless! I had to pay for our flight to Spain and they were ridiculously expensive, now that Meadow costs an adult fare. Still I cannot WAIT to be away from everything and sitting with my baby on a beach!
New cushions for our extremely uncomfortable 1940's bistro chairs, and a selfie pic of me beside me! Finally warm enough for bare legs (mine are not the greatest and need lots of fake tan). This was about 2 hours before Meadow knocked the frame over and smashed it!
Last but not least, my Bill Amberg silver angel! I love her so.

A big thank you must be extended to my new followers and for all your lovely comments! It's so nice to be found :) I am working hard to make this blog in to something that you all want to see.
Hope you are all having a wonderful week xoxo

Sunshine and Camo

We HAD SUNSHINE! Proper hotness!
The camo shots were from yesterday when it was COLD! This country is so bizarre, you literally have to keep both your summer and autumn wardrobe. Which is just super when you have as little space as we do!
Miss M made me laugh when I was doing some work emails, she disappeared, and I looked outside, to discover she had popped up her BuzzyBee chair and was doing some serious reading. Tony Parsons, My Favourite Wife. Which links me nicely in to the fact I am so not my Husband's favourite at the mo.  I read somewhere about a couple who had been married for like 50 years. And she said the reason was simple. They never hated each other at the same time! I need to work on this. Let go of more and let him just be him, in his own little bubble.

Wedding to shoot tomorrow here which I am excited about! The bride is lovely and works for ASOS! Discount?? I will keep you posted :)
Happy weekend friends xoxo

PS My jacket is Topshop, my beautiful bag was an extremely kind gift from my ex-husband from Mulberry and my nooooo shoes are also Topshop! Love em! Comfy!