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follow me through my life changing career from 42 year old civil servant to professional photographer and father

A belated Happy New Year

A belated seasons greetings to our customers and readers. We hope you had a fantastic festive period. Christmas proved to be a very busy period at Beeches Images towers. It is a popular time for family portraits and we were … Continue reading

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Pre-School Mayhem

Beeches Images was fortunate enough to be invited to photograph the children attending St Martin’s pre-school in Epsom recently (http://stmartinspreschool.com/), the largest pre-school in Surrey. Whilst my back was aching after spending 3 days shuffling around at near floor level, … Continue reading

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Parallel Universe in Blake Hall, Essex

This weekend saw Beeches Images covering our first wedding since I proposed to Louise in New York. Each wedding we are involved in now takes on an added interest in terms of planning our own. I think every wedding I … Continue reading

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Beeches Images Facing the Axe

……… but fortunately not in a business sense. Rather, we recently had the pleasure of photographing aspiring actress Naomi Axe. Naomi had made the long trip over from New Zealand to pursue a career in acting (well can any non-Kiwi … Continue reading

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Double Trouble Belly Dancers

You may recall that fairly recently Beeches Images had the pleasure of collaborating with the girls from Hipsinc Candy, a belly dancing troupe based in Croydon. (https://beechesimages.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/belly-dancing-forget-the-middle-east-and-get-to-the-middle-of-croydon/ ). The girls are all experienced in their art and are in the … Continue reading

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Engaging moment at Tiffany’s

I’ve had a bit of a lull in updating this blog, but as well as a lot of photography shoots, there has been a bit of a change of status in Beeches Images towers. Just to prove the point that … Continue reading

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A day at the Carlton Club

Beeches Images run of weddings at exclusive clubs continued with a trip to the Carlton Club on St James’s Street (http://www.carltonclub.co.uk/) , described as the oldest, most elite and most important of all Conservative clubs. I did fear I would … Continue reading

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RAC Emergency Photographer

Beeches Images was contacted by Mexican photographer Ricardo Alarcon a couple of weeks ago to help out in a wedding shoot in Epsom. The couple had decided on a split venue wedding in Epsom, and Ricardo wanted someone at the … Continue reading

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Anthony Nolan Charity Run brings back bad memories

Beeches Images was recently honoured to be asked by the Anthony Nolan charity to cover their Royal 5k Romp in Regents Park. I play mixed netball (there, I said it in public) with Sonia, an events co-ordinator with the charity, … Continue reading

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Adding some fun pictures to weddings and events with a photo booth.

One thing increasingly popular at weddings is the demand for ‘photo booths’. The ceremony is over, the first dance is done, and everyone is ready to let their hair down with some extremely bad dancing and some comedy photos. The … Continue reading

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