Stephanie Oakes Photography

IT'S LIVE!!!!

2011-03-03T03:28:00.000-08:00

My new website and blog are now live! Hurrah!! Please go and check them out and don't forget to subscribe on the blog for regular updates... www.stephanieoakes.co.uk www.stephanieoakes.co.uk/blog xx

Coming soon....

2011-01-12T07:46:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year one and all! I am so sorry for not updating this blog since... forever, but I am in the process of setting up my brand spanking new blog, website and brand. I am hoping to launch it all at the end of January so watch this space...

Danielle & Tom ~ A sneaky peak...

2010-10-27T02:47:00.000-07:00

A sneaky peak of Danielle & Tom' s beautiful, intimate Chelsea wedding. {there are more sneaky peeks and blog posts to follow shortly, but my lovely dear blogger is playing up; randomly removing images and making some slightly fuzzy! {never a good thing when they are so clean & crisp in 'real life'!}...hopefully one of these days I will find a few minutes to launch my brand spanking new blog &

Under the Tuscan Sun

2010-10-25T02:23:00.000-07:00

My love affair with Italy began in the summer of 2004 when Andy and I donned our backpacks and set off on a fun-filled, 3 month adventure that started in Venice and ended in Positano. And it still continues today. So I was super excited when my parents asked us if we wanted to join them {along with my sister & her husband} for a week in Tuscany a few weeks ago. There are so many reasons to love

A fabulous photo shoot ~ sneak peek

2010-10-20T02:26:00.000-07:00

So sorry it's been a little quiet around here, my life is only just returning to 'normal' after our wedding which is why the blog has been neglected rather a lot of late! There are a good few weddings to be blogged over the coming weeks which I can't wait to share with you and some images from a fabulous photo shoot yesterday organised by the wonderful Jonny Draper at two stunning venues; Twelve

Toby & Anna's wedding day ~ Bunting galore in West Chinnock, Somerset

2010-08-19T12:51:00.000-07:00

Toby and Anna's stunning wedding was my first booking via Twitter. Toby has a legion of followers on twitter, thanks to his comedic, scriptwriting ability {he is one of the brains behind 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'} and a couple of months ago he put out a tweet to see if anyone knew of any good wedding photographers in the Somerset area. Thankfully, a friend of my husband tweeted back with a

8 days, 14 hours and 56 minutes...

2010-07-29T04:41:00.000-07:00

...until I walk down the aisle to the man of my dreams and I am getting butterflies thinking about it! I still can't believe that the W day is sooo close but we are now in the very final stages of the wedmin so I am starting to feel a lot more relaxed and probably a lot nicer to be around {Sorry And!} - I now just can't wait until next Saturday!! I want to say a massive thanks to my maids and

Anna & Toby ~ Sneak Peek

2010-07-01T15:21:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago saw me travelling down to the incredibly picturesque village of West Chinnock in Somerset for Anna and Toby's big day...and what a day it was! It really was the quintessential 'British country wedding' that Anna had always dreamed of and I had a ball capturing their big day. Here are a couple of images to give a flavour of their perfect day; the full story will be posted here in

Josie & her beautiful baby bump

2010-06-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to capture one of my closest friends in all her maternal glory. I had an absolute ball shooting my first 'bump' and it was made all the more special that it was Josie and her bump I was shooting. Josie and I go waaaaaaay back. Right back to the days of dodgy bermuda shorts, Hypercolour t-shirts and side ponytails! We have grown up together, witnessing all the

Josie's perfect bump - a sneak peek...

2010-05-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

I had such a fun time shooting the lovely Mrs Josie Saville for my first bump shoot last weekend. I am still in the process of editing all the images, but in the meantime here's a sneak peek of her perfect bump...

My Photography Parlour interview...

2010-05-18T12:39:00.000-07:00

I am super excited to be featured on The Photography Parlour; a brand spanking new website set up by the lovely Rosie Parsons. Rosie interviewed me for the 'Second Shooting' section of the site and it's now live for all to see!! The Photography Parlour is an incredible resource for both pro and aspiring photographers to mingle with likeminded folk and I can't get enough of it! Check out my

The best walk down the aisle...ever!

2010-05-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

I was told about this video by a friend a few weeks ago, but have only just found the time to track it down and it is genius! This video is seriously one of THE BEST wedding videos I've seen in a LONG LONG time. Its proof that when you look outisde that box and break away from tradition, magic happens! Happy Sunday!

Louise and James' big day

2010-04-24T14:03:00.000-07:00

My first wedding of 2010, and what a day! I was asked by Andrea Ellison to second shoot/assist at Louise and James' wedding at Willington Hall a week last Saturday and it was fabulous! It was my first wedding experience behind the camera and it well and truly exceeded all my expectations! Louise and James were just lovely. So sweet and so so in love. They met through work; Louise was James

Louise & James' big day - {sneak peek}

2010-04-18T00:24:00.000-07:00

I am still in the process of editing Louise and James' images from their beautiful wedding last weekend at Willington Hall, but I thought I would share one of my favourites featuring the gorgeous little flower girl and her little friends. This was my first wedding assisting the lovely Andrea Ellison, and I had such an amazing day. More images to come soon...watch this space!

Happy Birthday Mum

2010-04-14T08:06:00.000-07:00

21 again....{I think that has been the 30 something time that has been uttered, but that can be our secret!} Thanks for being you, the best mum EVER! So supportive, caring and loving. I hope you have a fantastic day celebrating. Lots of love, me x

Bucket List

2010-04-14T07:31:00.000-07:00

{Warning - long post!} A couple of weeks ago I was giving my computer's hard drive a much needed spring clean; I try to do this once a year as the poor little lamb groans every time I turn it on due to the sheer volume of utter nonsense stored on it. The thing is, on the hoarding front I take after my dad and his dad, oh and my other granddad on my mum's side so really being a hoarder was my

What a star

2010-03-20T11:38:00.000-07:00

Well its official, I think I have a slight obsession (although I don't like to call it that!) with the uber talented Jasmine Star. Often voted one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world, it really amazes me how much time she devotes to helping other photographers and I have to say that she has been such an inspiration to me in these early stages. Her facebook page is a mindfield of

Photography?!

2010-03-02T08:38:00.000-08:00

Just having a browse down my blog, it would seem that all that is missing are lots of photographs! What started out as just a photography blog, has turned into a blog not only about photography, but also about me, my thoughts and everything in between! But I do promise to get some shots up sooon...so watch this space for beautiful images from my new baby.... i'm just waiting for my new 'pro'

Oh. My. Goodness...

2010-03-01T00:56:00.000-08:00

... I have my first booking! After a glowing recommendation from a wonderful friend, a colleague of said friend contacted me a couple of weeks ago to see if I would be interested in shooting her wedding in December! Without hesitation, I agreed and we met yesterday to discuss the finer details and meet for the first time. Kate and Gray, the bride and groom to be are really lovely and I

It's arrived!!!

2010-02-25T05:50:00.000-08:00

The Amazon gods have finally delivered the heavenly 5d Mk ii and 2 super duper L range lenses and I can't wait to get playing with them. Unfortunately however, I am feeling rather groggy and not even 70% after having my ACL (cruciate ligament) reconstructed on Saturday. I had a wonderful, if rather itchy (I scratched myself alive! On Sunday when I checked out of hospital I looked like I had

Final answer

2010-02-09T01:07:00.000-08:00

Well I did it. 8 days, 4 dresses and a decision made! There were tears, and plenty of them (what a loser!), but I have made my choice now and I am sticking with it, if only for the sanity of my mum and bridesmaids! I really LOVE my dress, it's beautiful and unique and that's all i'm saying incase my lovely husband-to-be sneaks a peak at this! Now on to the bridesmaids dresses...Four bridesmaids

Super excited

2010-02-02T08:20:00.000-08:00

Last week I had the most exciting phone call from Andrea Ellison; a really lovely lady that I met at an open day at the Annabel Williams studio last year. We 'connected' on the day, perhaps due to our lack of confidence and our intimidation by the 'professional' photographers in the room that were baffling us (well me anyway) with their chat and have subsequently kept in touch ever since. Well

8 days to go....

2010-01-30T09:21:00.000-08:00

As you may or may not know, indecision seems to be my forte when it comes to this wedding planning malarky! So the countdown is well and truly on. 8 days... 8 measly days... that is all I have allocated myself to choose the 'perfect' wedding dress. Why 8 days? Well that will be 6 months to the big day and apparently ordering after this date is sacrilege amongst the wedding dress fraternity! And

2010...the year of change

2010-01-26T14:09:00.000-08:00

2009 was an amazing year for me; I had a now or never moment and gave up my Marketing job enabling Andy and I to spend 7 months travelling the globe soaking up different cultures (and the sun) and along the way, I became a fiancee overlooking one of the 'new' seven wonders of the world. My gorgeous husband to be got down on one knee at 'The Sun Gate' overlooking Machu Picchu, and asked me to be

The many faces of Hong Kong

2009-11-27T04:49:00.000-08:00

Modern and westernized, yet traditional and Chinese, Hong Kong is full of surprises and contradictions. And I LOVE it. I spent the last week visiting my sister and her husband who are currently residing in HK, along with my family, including my Granny, who at the grand old age of 81 was game for everything we threw at her. She could often be found late at night in many of the City’s finest