Wednesday 31 August 2011

September 2011

"Painted Ladies."

Bath Magazine-Fashion Shoot at The Holburne Museum, Bath.

The 18th century portraits of Bath's Holburne Museum and the once notorious Sydney Pleasure Gardens provided the inspiration for Studio Marko's latest fashion shoot for the Bath Magazine.

The magazine is now out and as well as being delivered to 20.000 homes is also available at Waitrose, M&S Cafe, Starbucks, Pret Manger as well as numerous outlets throughout the Bath.

Photography:Marko Dutka @www.studiomarko.com
Location: Holburne Museum & Sydney Gardens,Bath.
Liason @ Holburne: Katie Jenkins,Communications Manager.
Hair: Phil & Jessica @ Artizan, Bartlett St,Bath.
Make-up: Ruby Narbrough.
Models; Alexis,Jade & Sarah @ShootDHS Models.
Casting Manager: David Hill Souch @ Shoot DHS.
Photographer's Assistant: Kathryn Ashton.
Clothes: Sassy & Boo Green Street,Bath & Tetbury.
Pretty Eccentric,Little SouthGate,Bath & The Lanes,Brighton.






Uncropped images from the shoot....















Huge thanks to Georgette & Steve and all the staff at The Bath Magazine....


Frameworks exhibition. Falmouth Art Gallery.
17th September until 19th November 2011.

We travelled to Falmouth in Cornwall on Friday 16th September to attend the Private View of the Frameworks Exhibition.
Both my partner Nicola Donovan & I have a piece of work included in the show.
It was originally commissioned by Brian Stewart and will now be part of the permanent collection.
The exhibition is accompanied by a hard back book including the image and we were very flattered to find ourselves hanging next to a Gainsborough.
The image is entitled "Daughters" and is a portrait of Nicola's daughter Ruby and Ruby's daughter Ivy.
In the image both Ruby & Ivy are wearing lace some of which is from the lace archives of Nottingham Trent University where Nicola has been awarded a prestigious PHD Bursary.

The picture above shows Nicola and her mother Sandy in front of "Daughters"
Four generations of females from the same family.

Marko in front of "Daughters" with a Thomas Gainsborough to his right hand side.

"Daughters"

Saturday 20 August 2011

August 2011

Welcome to the blog of Studio Marko.
On this blog we hope to keep you updated with all the new and exciting projects undertaken by Studio Marko.
Based in Bath Studio Marko travels across the UK and beyond on our various commissions.
We love photography and our aim is to provide our clients with images that don't just satisfy them but that wow them.

Whether the commissions are for Fashion, Portraits, Weddings or Commercial work the aim is to give you an insight into what we do and how we do it.
It's also an opportunity to say thank you and let you know of all the great people that work with us and who contribute so much to the success of our projects.

Fashion shoot for Bath Magazine at The Holbourne Museum,Bath. 
11th August 2011.
This is the third shoot Studio Marko have undertaken for Bath Magazine.
Previous shoots have been at The Assembly Rooms, Bath and The Roman Baths, (April 2010).




Our second shoot at The Thermae Spa,Bath, (Issue 102) was the first Fashion shoot at this fantastic location. The images from this shoot were used both by Bath Magazine and also featured in the SWPP's ImageMaker Magazine, (April-May 2001).They are also being used by the Thermae Spa for their own promotions.



 The image from the shoot above was also the front cover for The Bristol Magazine, (Issue 82,April 2011).
Look out for the next issue of Bath Magazine out at the end of August for the latest shoot.

Dawn & Bryan's Wedding-8th July 2011.

Eight hears ago I was commissioned to photograph the wedding of a wonderful couple called Fiona & Paul.
It was a great day and I entered a number of images for the Mario Acerboni 3in1 Wedding Award which they subsequently won.







Eight years later I received an e-mail from Fiona's sister Dawn asking if I could photograph her wedding.
It was wonderful to be remembered after such a long time and it was a great pleasure to say yes.
So it was a trip down to Cornwall and to St Colon Church and the Headland Hotel, Newquay.
The service held by Revd Chris McQuillan Wright,(who also married Fiona and Paul), was both individual and special. The day was a really wonderful occasion. It was great to catch up with so many people and to meet Fiona & Paul's son Osbert.
Dawn & Bryan were great fun and wonderful to work with and we wish them both congratulations and good luck with their imminent move to Dubai.
Here's a selection of images from their day....




















Amy & Sandy's Wedding - 17th August 2011.


Another fabulous wedding. This time at Kingscote Barn in the Cotswolds.
A huge thank you to Kelly and her staff at the barn, the lovely registrars from Gloucestershire Registry Office,the friends and family of the Bride & Groom and most of all to Amy & Sandy for such a fantastic day.
Apparently it poured down in both Bristol & Bath but apart from a little drissle we had a fabulous day.
Here's a selection of images from the day.
Amy & Sandy if you are looking at this while on honeymoon, thank you and congratulations!!!













































Image Maker September 2011.

In April Marko was commissioned by the SWPP to present a lecture tour to Cyprus, Greece and Malta.
The SWPP in-house magazine The ImageMaker has now run a second article about the tour with both an article written by Marko and also illustrated by images of Marko presenting the seminars taken by Paul Taylor. The article also features some of the resulting Fashion images taken by Marko at the seminars.
For further details about the SWPP go to their website www.swpp.co.uk




Kate Keenan Formulas4life.

I had a great portrait session with a wonderful lady called Kate Keenan.
Kate's business is formulas4life and she needed a series of portraits taken for her Linkedin profile,website and also for her new book.
Kate is a business coach based in Bath who has written a variety of books that provide business owners with the solutions that their businesses need allowing them to be in control of their businesses and not vice-versa.
Check out Kate's website www.formulas4life.com