My first White Winter Wedding!

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Mat Smith

Ahh, white winters in the UK.

This year we have been blessed with closing airports, roads that have ground to a halt, political blame being hurled around; why can’t we just accept that we humans are a slave to our surrounding environment, that it’s impossible to predict the weather with 100% accuracy, and enjoy the ride?

Or maybe it’s because it simply doesn’t inconvenience me that much – either way I absolutely LOVE the snowy weather.

We were in two minds as to whether or not to venture out from the warmth of the 12th Century Tithe Barn (part of Ye Olde Bell, Hurley) into the fluffy snow for the formal photos, and I did worry about asking freezing bridesmaids with high heels to wait around, but I’m so glad we did.

Nikki and Tom were married on Saturday 18th December in the picturesque village of Hurley.

Portraits of a composer: Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Mat Smith

I first took photos of Cheryl a few years back with soprano Natalie Raybould (www.natalieraybould.co.uk) when they formed Golden Hat Opera (GHO on Twitter).

In the last few weeks it was announced that Cheryl won the prestigious British Composer Awards 2010 (www.britishcomposerawards.com) in two categories, Liturgical, and Instrumental Solo or Duo, and I was delighted to meet her in Cambridge for a shoot for album artwork and to promote her new works.

First shot from the RVC Polo Calendar

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Mat Smith

Hope to post a few more of these in the coming weeks. This is Rosy from the Royal Veterinary College.

Judith, Cyclist

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Mat Smith

Judith, who is participating in a 175km bike ride next week, came to the studio for some portraits recently.

Here are some shots from the session.

Photos of Sinéad at the West London Studio

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Mat Smith

Some photographs of Sinéad from the opening of the new Mat Smith Photography studio in Shepherd’s Bush, West London.

All images are Copyright Mat Smith Photography 2010.

A closeup crop from above:

Studio Family Portraits – Special Offer

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Mat Smith

Until this Wednesday 21st July, Mat Smith Photography is offering family portraiture at his West London Studio in 1hr sittings for £55 plus prints. Subject to availability.

Here are some from this morning’s shoot with Antonia, Remus, and Gabs.

Portrait of Julian Huppert MP

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Mat Smith

Julian Huppert is the new MP for Cambridge (Liberal Democrats), and I photographed him last week.

Grab a copy of tonight’s edition of the Cambridge Evening News which features Mat Smith Photography’s portrait of Julian Huppert outside the Houses of Parliament.

This photograph is also used on Julian’s own website, www.julianhuppert.org.uk

Portfolio shots at the London studio

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Mat Smith

A mini round-up of some of the studio portraits from the last couple of weeks

I had the pleasure of photographing Ashley from Ebb and Flow (massage therapy) during her visit to the UK.

Emily’s is the face of a new kawaii internet and smartphone application that lets kids talk to a virtual face. Hundreds of photos of different facial expressions were taken which were then wrapped around an animated model that breathed life into the virtual human. The app is soon to be on sale in the iStore…