Wasing Park Wedding Fayre
I keep saying I'm not doing any more fayres and here I am doing two in a row. This week's was at Wasing Park near Aldermaston. It's an interesting and unusual blend of old and new at the centre of the 4,000 acre Wasing Estate, which was established in 1759 and has been under the stewardship of the same family since then. I'm their recommended videographer (naturally) and that's great because they have hundreds of weddings there and the fayre was the busiest one I've ever been to. My stand was in between two of my recommended photographers too. I met Neale James of Breathe Pictures at the Wasing Fayre last year and was impressed by his work and professional attitude. We got on well and have done several weddings together with more scheduled for this year. On the other side was Studio Rouge which is a real family affair headed up by Keith Thompson with assistant photographers daughter Lynsey and son Jamie. The brains behind all the talent is Keith's wife Debbie. Debbie and soon to be married Lynsey were running the stand. By chance Lynsey was also at my Saturday wedding in Denham together with her fiance Chris who is also a photographer - I'm losing count of them now. Lynsey appears determined not to have a video for her wedding despite my best selling pitch. Hey ho, you can't win them all.
I've worked with Keith Thompson many times over the years. The most memorable time was filming a wedding in Monaco along with Keith and young Jamie. The wedding was incredible and we had a very interesting, amusing and exciting few days. The story of the trip is worth a separate blog entry so watch this space. Anyway browing through their albums on display reminded how good Keith is, he really does produce stunning wedding images.