One boy and his dog - Stanford in the Vale photo competition winner

Its almost time once again for this year's Summer Fete at Stanford in the Vale - hopefully this spell of good weather will continue into the weekend.  Last year the organising committee put out a photo competition on the theme of animals.  I was delighted to offer a prize for the children's entry for a 30 mins portrait session and complimentary mounted print from the session.

The winner was Ben Haines with his lovely black and white image of his dog Darcy.

Ben choose to have his photo session with Darcy as his prize and we finished the session with a photograph with all his siblings.  Here are a few images from the session taken last summer:

There's still time to get your entries in for this year's competition - the theme is "My favourite place in Stanford" and there are categories for Adult and Children's entries.  The competition winners will be announced at 4pm on Sunday by the organising committee.

Judi x



Judi is a wedding and lifestyle photographer based near Oxford working mainly in Oxfordshire,  Wiltshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds but will consider commissions throughout the UK.  Working on location using natural light and countryside landscapes, Judi focuses on capturing beautiful relaxed images of you and your family using a mix of reportage and fine art style photography. Using an artistic eye Judi will not just capture your memories but create a work of art which can be presented in luxury fine art albums or as framed art or canvases to hang in your homes. 

Judi also provides services for commercial businesses including headshots, nursery and pre-school portraits as well as special events such as birthdays and christenings etc. She is a member of both The Society for Wedding & Portrait Photographers and The Guild of Professional Photographers.

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