Luckily we were blessed with sunshine for our Open day on Saturday 26th April, resulting in a steady flow of adults and children through the Studio doors.

Inside there was a hive of activity where visitors enjoyed seeing retouch demos - especially discovering the secret of how the Bassett Hounds ears stand on end! In the Studio children had fun making faces at the camera and being able to take their own photos.

Our gallery of new work received much admiration - especially our latest contemporary, iluminated range.

So the Open Day was a great success in re-launching the business and generating awareness in the area that Artis Studios is here and ready!

Rowena

Back in December last year we collaborated with 'Your Berks & Bucks Wedding' magazine to run a competition where one lucky couple would win one of our wedding photography packages.

After being inundated with entries the lucky winners, Lisa and Paul, recently got married at the beautiful Northcote House. There are great locations both inside and outside for some lovely couple shots, and even with the weather against us took full advantage of this!

Kat

My wedding on 12th April 08 took me to the sunny beaches of Kent. The bride and groom had previously got married at the Ice Hotel in Sweden so were having a blessing at the gorgeous St Leonard's Church in Hythe.

After braving -30º temperatures in Sweden, a windy day on the beach in Kent was nothing! The Bride's fearless attitude mixed with dramatic clouds and wind, meant we could get some really amazing shots!

They later had an idea to get a shot queuing for ice cream (despite the cold temperatures). We persuaded a few passers by to appear in the shot which made for a comical image!

Both the bride and groom were fantastic. They were really up for getting some great photos and the ice cream was a nice touch (despite the bride being lactose intolerant)!

Hannah

These are a few pictures from a recent wedding reception at Basingstoke County Hotel. We were very lucky with the weather as although it looked set to rain just as Georgina and David left the church, the sun actually came out for some lovely church picture.

It did start to rain at the reception, but fortunately at the hotel there was this gorgeous glass hallway, and they had laid down the red carpet especially! It worked really well for some lovely bride and groom and wedding party shots - even managed to get a big group shot in there!

Kat

My wedding on March 29th at Englemere, Ascot revealed a young photographer in the making. The youngest bridesmaid was reluctant to have her picture taken, so we struck a deal that if I could take her photos, I would let her take some on my camera later in the day. She was really excited about this prospect and also proved to be a quick learner. It looks like we have another new member to the team!

Here are some pictures of her and the other bridesmaids.

Hannah

These are some shots from a wedding I did recently at Frimley Hall Hotel. They had a nice big dance area and the DJ they hired had a big screen and a video camera which took stills of people dancing and put them up on the big screen. Although this was a bit strange for people at first, it made people laugh which gave me some great reaction shots!

Richard and Jaimie were very cute together, and one of my favourite shots from the wedding was when the were looking into each others eyes during their first dance!

Kat