Claire & Darrell Engagement Session

Teri and I are often asked if we can include family members in the engagement sessions we offer, our reply is always YES!

We visited several locations, the last image was taken at Kimmeridge Bay which created just the right backdrop. The roman villa location is actually Upton House between Poole and Wareham, as well as being able to book weddings at Upton Country Park the house and gardens are open to the public and managed by the Poole council.

Claire and Darrell are big Starwars fans (well Darrell more so as when we first met he showed us his lightsabre!) needless to say their engagement session was going to be a lot of fun :)

**Update** Claire and Darrell's wedding images are now online Star Wars Wedding including Clare's Pink Wedding Dress! :)












Family members Mavis and Flo















Yes, it's our homage to the Starwars poster featuring Mavis as Darth Vader and Flo and Mavis together at the bottom as droids! The idea for the image was Teri's but Claire and Darrell were enthusiastic and totally up for creating a fun image, great fun! :)

David Gets His 'L'!

David is now a qualified member of the Master Photographers Association having submitted his qualifying panel at Focus On Imaging 2008 Europe's biggest annual imaging show for members of the photographic community.

The Licentiate (LMPA) award represents an established level of skill and competence and was gained by submitting a panel of images from recent weddings. The panel is then judged by respected members of the MPA and the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP).

David's panel was of sufficiently high quality to be featured in the Master Photographers Association magazine as a two page spread showing all David's images and a page of text about how we work. His panel is also 'on tour' and will be shown all around the UK in talks given by the MPA to photographers who wish to become qualified.

Well done David! He worked really hard throughout 2007 and the recognition for his work is very well deserved :)

*Special mention to mutli award winning Dorset photographer Kevin Wilson, his experiance and skill mentoring both David and I over the last few years is something that has helped us grow as photographers, thank you Kevin!

A small selection of David's LMPA qualifying panel images below :)

Featured Attraction! Jody and Daniel's slideshow

http://slideshow.murakamiportraits.com/ss_daniel_jody_2007/

To follow up with Jody and Daniel's wedding in Wales, here is a little slideshow of the day. We got so lucky with the weather that weekend. We had planned to do a few images out on the beach, but previous to the wedding day, the wind was blowing gales, so it was uncertain if we would get the chance. But it all worked out beautifully. Fabulous couple, two fabulous families coming together, and a fabulous day.

Enjoy the slideshow :)

Teri

Daniel and Jody's Wedding, Wales

About to take a serious dive into Daniel and Jody's wedding day images, but here are a handful to get the juices flowing. I will do a more in depth report on the magical 07/07/07 wedding as I add new images to the blog and the Gallery.

But I just want to thank the families of both Daniel and Jody for making David and I feel so comfortable and welcome the entire weekend. I especially want to thank Daniel's mother, Helen for having us over for the lovely barbeque. It was great to meet everyone before the wedding. :)

Anyway, here are a few teaser images, alot more to come!

Teri and David