About Me
Hi and thanks for visiting.
I’m Simon Kemp and welcome to my website. I am a Berkshire wedding photographer, based in Reading and have been in business for over fifteen years as a professional photographer. I am married and live with my ever patient wife, two young children, two ducks, two gerbils and a dog.
Prior to starting my own business I worked for Ilford Photo and a couple of commercial photographic laboratories. I have won multiple awards for my work and have a degree in Professional Photographic Imaging.
When I was younger I travelled a great deal and saw a lot of the world. In my mid twenties it struck me like a thunderbolt one day that I took hardly any pictures in my travels. I think when you are young it doesn’t occur to you to worry about such things and you give little thought to looking back on your youth, the landmarks in your life and what you looked like at the time. After my epiphany I bought an elderly secondhand Olympus SLR, a couple of lenses and a box of Kodachrome and started taking pictures. My obsession grew and in 1992 I started photographing weddings, for a couple of friends at first but then friends of friends started hiring me and it grew from there. I can’t imagine not taking pictures these days, it’ something I simply love to do.
From the beginning it was always people pictures that drew me so it was natural that I would gravitate towards wedding photography and portraits. A few years after starting I quit my day job and here I am now in 2010 still enjoying it as much as I ever did.
Have a look around and let me know if you need some more information on our wedding or portrait packages. You are welcome to drop by our little studio (by appointment only please) and look through some of our books and albums. You can also check out some recent work and other things on our blog. You can also phone me on 0118 9885088 or 07889 364269.
Simon Kemp
