Natalie and Ryan- Pre Wedding Shoot

As the wedding season starts to take hold and I get busier and busier, it has been nice to get out to shoot some pre-wedding shots. Natalie and Ryan are getting married soon at Wynyard Hall and have asked me to do their wedding photography. These photos were shot in a local park to them, we had a great time and played around with some fun shots towards the end!

Enjoy ;-)

The new website is coming!!!!

I am in the process of updating my website and look forward to the final design which is expected by the end of this month. The new site will be brighter and slightly easier to navigate with bigger more photos, less text! Here is a sneak preview, keep checking for the final go live date ;-)

A bit of downtime :-)

It is always nice to get a bit of downtime, grab the photo bag and a passport and go and do some photos for "myself". Such time as that is very precious and gives me time to recharge the batteries :-) I normally mix it in with a bit of work though, normally a bit of commercial work just to keep me in supply of cocktails!!!

Here are are few such shots that I have taken, they will be forming part of my new travel section on the website.

Four Seasons in one Wedding!!!!

I do enjoy winter weddings at Glengorm Castle. Glengorm is on the very northern edge of the Isle of Mull in Scotland, there is nothing to stop any weather system coming in from the Atlantic!! This shot is a perfect example as we shot the wedding photographs for Debbie and Howard on the castle lawns. I never saw the snow cloud come rolling in behind us and it went from glorious sunshine, to this.........!!!

It was a great day though in true Glengorm style, a great thank you to Marjorie, Tom and Pam at the castle for making us all so welcome and of course I will be back up there soon!!! Here are a few more images.

Amy and Ben's Wedding

It was another chance to get some great wedding photographs at Wood Hall again, this time for Amy and Ben. These guys were such good fun to work with and we had a ball all day. Amy is from Australia and had a live laptop link covering the wedding to all her friends that could not travel!! That made it an entertaining (and emotional) occasion for them. The weather was very kind to us and we were able to get some dramatic sky shots. Click on the video below to see a pick of the shots.

Enjoy :-)

Joanne and Steven Silver- Devonshire Arms

Congratulations to Joanne and Steve on their beautiful wedding at The Devonshire Arms in North Yorkshire. It was a great pleasure to capture their wedding photography on what was a wonderful day! Their photographs are available to view online on my website with full coverage from the full day, here are a few of those.

Ed and Lauren Wedding- Wood Hall

Everyone loves winter weddings especially at such a beautiful venue as Wood Hall, Linton. These photographs are a couple taken using flash lighting which is a particular favourite of mine when there is not a lot of natural light available.

It was a wonderful day, packed full of emotion. Ed and Lauren are a perfect match for each other and I look forward to showing their images in the very near future. Once they have seen the images they will be going live online.

Enjoy ;-)

Commissioned Landscape Work

I was recently asked to take a photograph of York Minster at night for one of my clients. They were leaving Yorkshire for a fresh start in London and wanted a dramatic image of one of Yorkshires iconic buildings. Here is the image, the photo does not show the -5 degrees temperatures which made it a bit chilly to say the least!!!

In 2009 I plan to revamp the landscape fine art side of the business, so watch this space!!!

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A good start to 2009!!!!

It is always a real achievement to see your work in a magazine, but to make the front cover is something very special!! I was very happy to be the nominated photographer for a charity photo shoot involving the BBC presenter Alex Lovell.

Alex has very strong links with St Peters Hospice in Bristol who do an amazing job meeting the needs of people with life limiting illnesses. St Peters have a chain of clothing shops around the Bristol area that raise money for the hospice. We wanted to do a photo shoot to raise awareness of the striking outfits that can be purchased from charity shops. A Calvin Klein "little black number" was found amongst some other amazing outfits.

I want to thank everyone who was involved in the photoshoot that happened at Orchardleigh House in Somerset, but most of all a huge thank you to Alex! 

Sonia and Chris Lockwood

It was a beautiful winters morning at Haworth church which made for some great wedding photographs. We then went on to Holdsworth House in Halifax for the wedding reception and made some great photos playing around with the early evening sky and my lighting kit. I think everyone would agree Sonia looked very beautiful and Chris was very proud!

The wedding photographs are nearly ready to be viewed now and will be going online after Sonia and Chris have returned from Honeymoon and seen them first! Here are a few to get a feel of the day.

Enjoy :-)