Laura and Ant Forbes

Laura found my website somehow and hired me just before I left on my holiday! And what luck for me. Laura and Ant are a great team and their wedding was just the way they wanted it, low key and laid back. The venue was the gorgeous Glendorgal Hotel in Porth, Newquay, Cornwall. The weather was quite overcast and we had to work around spots of rain, but it made for some dramatic skies and some lovely, soft light. Congrats to a fun couple and enjoy your images! You can see a sample of your wedding images on the website. Go to http://www.faithstonephotography.com and click on View Your Event in the upper right hand corner.

Alison and Andrew's Wedding

What a fabulous day for Alison and Andrew! After many months of careful preparation, this heart warming couple tied the knot at St. Audries Park in Somerset. The day started out a bit on the cloudy side, but the sun came out just as Alison's tiara was put in place. The rest of the day was partly cloudy, a perfect soft box in the sky. It was an emotional day and much anticipated. Alison was quite calm as she and her bridesmaids got ready, but Andrew seemed to be wringing his hands most of the time! The ceremony was quite beautiful with plenty of laughter and tears. Confetti was in abundance and the young bridesmaids were absolutely over photographed, as expected and without denial! I just couldn't help myself.... Just adorable. The day continued on and this couple was gracious to invite me to the remainder of the event as a guest. Thanks so much for a beautiful day. We look forward to continuing our friendship with the Normans and plan to soon visit you in Wales! -Hugs and the Best of Wishes to a couple who is so obviously in Love- Faith Stone Photography

You can see a selection of images from this wedding on my website. Visit www.faithstonephotography.com and click on View Your Event.

2008 Watchet Carnival Parade

The 27th of July was the annual Watchet Carnival Parade. My talented husband managed to motorize a couch and went with a friend as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World. My friend and I went as Carhop Girls. We had great fun! The day was perfect and the parade must have seen twice as many participants as last year. I had so much fun, I didn't take many pictures! It was difficult as I was on roller skates some of the time, and having been MANY years from my prime roller skating days, I was afraid to try to skate and shoot at the same time! So here's a few my husband and I took while we awaited the parade to begin. If there's an image you really like, just email me to order a print!

Show at Cream Cafe, Minehead

Sarah, the new manager at Cream Cafe in Minehead has asked me to do another show for them in August! I'm very excited for the opportunity and have decided to do a very different theme than the last show, which was "Images of Santorini." This years show will have more environmental portraits, some action shots and a couple of landscapes. The theme is "Western United States." Why not come along to Cream Cafe, enjoy a salad and a coffee- enjoy the images! Cream is located in the Parade, Minehead, Somerset. All of the framed prints on display will be for sale, starting at just £20.00!! The show will go up on August 6 and run through September 2. See you there!

Watchet Carnival Drag Queen Contest

Is there no end to the fun and madness in Watchet, Somerset, UK? NO! On 19 July 2008 at the Anchor Pub on Anchor Street was the official Watchet Carnival Drag Queen Contest. Young and Old, Sober and not so Sober, the locals supported the event as they always do. The winner? A lovely young lad whom you'll see on one of the parade floats! If you'd like to see more images of this event or would like a print of one of those shown here, just give me a ring or shoot me an email!

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

My husband attended a work related course at Christ's College, Cambridge in mid July. I took the opportunity to tag along and see Cambridge for myself. Did you know there are 35 colleges there, 3 of which are still women only? I was told that some 90 Nobel Prize winners came out of Cambridge University. Wow. I'm impressed. It is absolutely awe inspiring to walk the streets and see all of the colleges. We also had a lovely time punting down the River Cam. I'm ready now to visit Oxford to see what all the competition is about!

Images of Watchet, Somerset

This year I've been doing some charity work for the Watchet Carnival Club. They are a great bunch of people and work very hard on all carnival events, held throughout the year. The two biggest events, the parade and the music festival, are being held on separate weekends this year. The parade will be 27.07.08 and the music festival will be over August bank holiday weekend, 22.08.08 to 24.08.08. Why not come on down and enjoy the pleasant village of Watchet? Here's some images of this lovely village! Find out more at http://www.watchetcarnival.org.uk/.