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Hello. I'm Chris, a documentary wedding photographer based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. I'm in my mid thirties and happily married to my beautiful wife, Keily.

My passion is wedding photography. I love capturing the preparations, the anticipation, the sheer emotion of the ceremony, the first kiss, the laughter of the speeches and the beautiful first dance.

I've loved photography since I was a child. Back then I had a Kodak Retinette IB which I still have although it stopped working years ago. I bought my first film SLR back in 2001 and today I use Nikon D700 bodies with Nikkor 24-70/f2.8, 50/f1.4 and 70-200/f2.8 professional lenses. I also love travel photography and I've had the privilege to see some amazing parts of the world... Australia, Thailand, India and Africa to name a few.

I'm a movie and music lover, both of which seem to go hand in hand with a nice glass of wine. I love good food, my favourite of which has to be either Thai or Mexican. Bands that rock: Elbow, Coldplay and Snow Patrol.

Ten things... 1) I love walks in the country. 2) Chocolate is A Good Thing (TM). 3) Music needs to be heard and ideally felt. 4) I'm a little OCD at times. 5) Jack Bauer never goes to the toilet or charges his mobile. 6) David Palmer needs to be president for real. 7) Tom Yam Goong is amazing, if I had to choose only one thing to eat from now on, that would be it. 8) BT is my favourite musician. 9) I can't stand middle lane hoggers. 10) Life is short, embrace it, live it, and do things.

San Francisco

Sunday, January 24, 2010

I took a trip to San Francisco back in 2008 on business. It was a two week stay and during the middle weekend, I decided to hire a bike and go cycling with my camera. I had no idea where I was going, I just knew that I wanted to see the Golden Gate bridge, the Pacific and Geary Boulevard. I marvelled to see my surname on the signs, embedded in the concrete and on shop fronts, but I hadn’t realised how long Geary Boulevard was.

I ended up cycling 17 miles taking in my chosen sights that day.

This culminated in an appetite I’ve never known before which I satisfied at Jonny Rocket’s diner with two, yes two chocolate milkshakes, a burger and fries. I overate and overdrank but they were damn good shakes.