A couple of weeks ago I visited Amber and her family to photograph her gorgeous 3 children.

I have been photographing Amber's lovely family for over 5 years and feel very lucky that they choose me to take their portrait photographs.

Here are a few of my favourites...

Last weekend I did a pre-wedding shoot for Louise and Chris which involved a hot air balloon!!

Chris is a pilot and together they run hot air balloon flights so we included a balloon in their pre-wedding shoot.
Unfortunately although the weather was great apparently it was the wrong kind of wind....it was quite still and calm which means you wouldn't fly anywhere in the balloon so we tethered - which meant that the balloon was attached to two 4x4 cars and it didn't go as high as it normally would. BUT it was still great fun and once the balloon was packed away in it's little case the sun made an appearance which meant we could do some fun shots of the couple together.

Here is my favourite shot of the day....

The couple wish to keep their photos private so I'll only be adding the one balloon shot.

On Friday I took my little girl to a bluebell field to take some photographs....
We walked through the woods into a sea of bluebells!! Stunning! 

I love bluebells but unfortunately they don't last for very long which means that if you want to book a bluebell portrait session please do so quickly.

The Royal Wedding of the decade is on Friday 29th April, Prince William will marry Kate Middleton.

We LOVE a good wedding here at Level 11 so we have a special offer to celebrate the Royal nuptials.
Book your own wedding with Level 11 (UK) and receive a complimentary personalised guest book for your wedding guests to sign.
There are still limited dates left for 2011 so get in quick and receive your free gift.

Also, not forgetting the little Princes and Princesses....we are offering a half price portrait session so you can have beautiful and professional memorabilia of your own Royal Family. 

Portrait bookings must be made by April 30th 2011.
For more information and to book contact Claire on 0845 0711178 or claire@level11.co.uk

A quick update about what's been going on.

Spring has finally sprung after a grim winter and it's been lovely seeing the daffodills and tulips in full bloom.
The extra daylight is lovely too for portrait sessions.
I love photographing children in the daffodills so I couldn't resist taking my little girl out to the park...she loved running through the daffodills and investigating them...

Things have been so busy lately and I am working hard to catch up with everything, surviving on less sleep than I usually like whilst running around after a 16mth old during the day.

Anyway, the wedding season has started with the first wedding at Tower Bridge, London. It was such a fantastic day, an intimate ceremony in the Bridgemasters Suite followed by some photographs in the roof of Tower Bridge. Unfortunately the bride and groom wish to keep their wedding photographs private so I can't share them so although you can't see their photographs, you'll just have to take my word for it that they're fantastic!!
Here are a couple of shots taken of the wedding venue, which I think is one of London's best landmarks!

The shot below is taken on the roof of Tower Bridge and what you see is graffitti....yes, graffitti - at the very top pointy bit of Tower Bridge. Apparently, it has been done by various ex-staff members.

I'm really looking forward to the rest of this years weddings starting in a few weeks and working with all of my couples. I've had lots of enquiries from our recommended venues, and taken a few recent bookings, and it sounds as though there are some fantastic weddings being planned. Before the weddings I always do a pre-wedding shoot which is a nice way of getting to know each other before the big day.

The next wedding for me is the Royal Wedding, Prince William to Kate Middleton. No, I'm not photographing it (unfortunately) however I can't stop thinking about who might have priviledge of shooting the best gig in town!! Will it be Mario Testino, he shot their official engagement photographs.
I wonder what Kate will wear, will she wear a traditional wedding dress from a dress designer such as Jenny Packham or Caroline Castigliano or perhaps she will wear a Vera Wang design. Personally, I think she will wear a slim fitting diamond/crystal encrusted dress with a fishtail skirt with a cathedral length veil (of course). How brilliant, I'm ridiculously excited about it and can't wait to have our tiara party with my little girl dressed up as a little princess.

After the Royal Wedding I have the priviledge of being a guest for the day at my friend, David's, wedding. David sometimes helps me on my weddings. I'm really looking forward to it, I will leave the 'work' camera at home and will use my little point and shoot camera. I can't wait. It'll be my little girl's first wedding, she's got her little outfit sorted and I've got my outfit sorted, can't wait to wear my hat!

At some point soon I will also be adding a new portrait gallery to the website showing all my recent maternity photography, baby and children's portraits plus new wedding photographs. I'm not very 'techy' so it might take a little longer than I'd ideally like but I will do it.

So, the next few weeks are busy, busy, busy for me....just the way I like it!!!

Enjoy the Royal Wedding!!

Claire