You may have noticed that our blog has been a bit quiet lately. Well the reason for that is a little bundle of energy who arrived on the 16th February 2011 who we named Giacomo Joseph Pritchard.
After almost a year on this Earth the little man is finally sleeping through the night and so I intend to get back to blogging and generally communicating with the world again.
Towards the end of 2010 we were asked to photograph two balls for Leaf Charity who we’d worked with before. We attended their Magical Winter Wonderland Ball at The Haven Hotel in Sandbanks as well as a New Year’s Eve ball held by Esporta in Poole to raise money for the charity. We were thrilled to give a percentage of the profits we made at both these events to such a great charity. You can visit their site at www.leafcharity.com. They hold loads of fun events throughout the year so if you fancy getting involved, get in touch with Natasha who’s a brilliant ambassador for the cause.
After photographing Sarah and Tolga’s wedding ceremony at the beautiful Fennes Estate in Braintree Essex, www.fennes.co.uk, we set up our backdrop and lights in the marquee ready for the party. Sarah is an events planner and so the marquee looked absolutely stunning, like a winter wonderland. The fake snow and snow balls made great photography props …
Following her husband’s wild 80′s-themed 40th bash last year, Lisa Lingwood asked us to photograph guests at her own 40th birthday party on 25th September 2010. ”Remember your prom night? Well I never had one!” she told her guests and this was her chance to dust off her dancing shoes and enjoy her own prom night. There were no nightmare dates or teenage dramas at this prom, no it was a night where spiking the punch was not only allowed but actively encouraged!
Once again the venue was the magnificent ballroom at the The Royal Bath Hotel in Bournemouth www.devere-hotels.co.uk/hotel-lodges/locations/royal-bath.html. There were lots of prom/hollywood style touches like a red carpet, a chocolate fountain and an array of strangely life-like celebrity masks which you can see in the photos.
Someone famous once sang:
“In this bright future, you can’t forget your past”
On Friday 10th September 2010 we photographed an extremely lively reunion/networking event for about 175 people who used to work together. They had obviously missed each other as many of them travelled from all over the world to attend.
The event was held in a beautiful photographic studio space in Hammersmith called Jasmine Studios www.jasminestudios.com. We had been booked for full photographic coverage and the brief was that it was “all about the people”. We spent the first half of the event photographing the guests mingling and the speeches. The second half of the evening was spent in one of the two infinity studios upstairs. This amazing photographic studio has a sloping wall for use as a backdrop and we had a lot of fun with that.
This sizzling summer ball was held at the beautiful Sanford Springs Golf Club in Kingsclere, North Hampshire. The ball was in aid of St Michael’s Hospice North Hampshire and Emmaus Hampshire and we were pleased to donate 10% of our profits from print sales to these local charities.
The ball, which was organised by a group of good friends, featured a fun covers band called Prick Up Your Ears, an auction and a raffle and raised £8,000 for the charities.
Welcome to the AltoBasso Events blog. Here we’ll be keeping you informed about the events that we attend, the charities we donate to at these events, the beautiful venues we get to work at and the interesting people we meet along the way.
Gemma and Matthew
