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The blog of Simon Kemp, professional people photographer of Hyde End Studios, Spencers Wood, Reading.

Latest Blog Posts

  • A new website on Nov 19, 2009 in Berkshire Wedding

    Well slightly earlier than planned I am pleased to announce our (almost) finished website – cleaner and simpler than the old flash-based site (most of which is still accessible here) and hopefully faster to load. I’m still tinkering away...

  • An Autumn Portrait Session on Nov 9, 2009 in Berkshire Family Portrait Berkshire Portrait Berkshire Portrait Photography

    Family portraits are often much more meaningful I think when shot at home rather than the anonymity of the studio. It was a pleasure to photograph Andy and Tanja and the kids at home in nearby Swallowfield. There was some great corners of their garde...

  • Happy Birthday Blog! on Nov 8, 2009 in Hyde End Studios Blog

    So it’s a whopping five years since my first blog post. I think it was probably uploaded from a ZX Spectrum or something, it seems so long ago. It’s funny how blogging, twitter etc. has become such an integral part of online life, it seem...

  • Have a happy halloween on Oct 31, 2009 in Uncategorized

    Have a great time if you are out partying tonight. Me and the Mrs. are going to see a concert (kids at the grandparents – yippee). The only flimsy excuse for posting this beach landscape is I noticed I took it exactly a year ago (well a year an...

  • Vicky and Nick’s Album Design on Oct 29, 2009 in Album Design Avington Park Wedding Hampshire Weddings

    Just completed, Vicky and Nick’s album design from their wedding at beautiful Avington Park. I love the opening page (below). I’ve designed the left hand page with detail shots of the venue. It really brings it to life and if you hadn...

  • Julie Walters on Oct 14, 2009 in Grayshott Spa Julie Walters Surrey Portrait Photography

    Today I had the pleasure of photographing Julie Walters at Grayshott Spa near Guildford. She was great, lovely to work with. We had about half an hour which was great and took a little walk around the building. I took a pile of lighting equipment, ju...

  • Alan Hudson on Oct 13, 2009 in Berkshire Portrait Photography

    Alan is a standup comedian and magician who has performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in Hollywood amongst other places. He asked me to shoot some images to update his website and publicity materials. As always, it makes a nice change and is also a...