Amy & Ben Pinfield- Australia Wedding

Yesterday I found myself photographing a wedding in 36 degrees, on a beach and wearing a pair of flip flops. That is not a usual formula for a UK wedding photographer but it is one that I can certainly get used to!!!!

Amy and Ben got married in the UK originally and I photographed them at Wood Hall near Wetherby on a rainy winters day. They flew me out for their Australian part of the wedding blessing which was held on the beach in Adelaide.

It was really great to spend time with Amy, Ben and their family and friends again. We had a great day and made some fantastic photos, it was hard to pick just five for the blog, but here goes.......

45 knots of wind and 20 knots under sail!!!!

I had one of the most exhilarating sailing experiences whilst I was in Auckland New Zealand. I went sailing with Chris on a 68 foot Americas Cup racing yacht that nothing more than a skateboard on water with an enormous sail!!!!

Normally when I am sailing up in Scotland I cruise along at about 7-8 knots of speed in a very relaxed manner. On this boat after getting the sails up we were doing 11 knots without trying, after hitting about 20 knots the wind picked up. With the boat seriously leaning over and the deck (which is normally horizontal) now just off vertical we decided we were pushing it a bit too much and made back to the harbour for a deserved beer!!

Beautiful New Zealand

Well Los Angeles was a cool place, full of actors, stars and wanna be stars!! I mixed with the rich and famous in the LA Hills and peered over the wall of the Playboy Mansion to see if Kendra or Holly were at home!!!!

Then onto New Zealand to meet with Chris who showed us where he now calls home! It is such an amazing place with beaches at Piha and a restaurant to die for at Cable Bay. It is one of those places where you go and never want to return home. I will be back to New Zealand for a wedding in 2011, congratulations to Chris and Gerri on getting engaged!!

Round the world in 38 days!!!!

The next few weeks will have some interesting blog updates as I fly to Australia to photograph a wedding over there. On route I will be stopping for a few days in Los Angeles and New Zealand. Whilst in New Zealand I am meeting Chris, a very good friend of mine and my business guru, for more business brain storming over a few glasses of wine. He has also booked us onto a 68 foot racing yacht for an adrenalin day out on the water!!

Then onto Australia to photograph a wedding and a few portraits. I hope to get a few of those images up on the site soon after I have taken them. After that I will be heading across to Sydney for New Year and to get some landscape images of the beautiful Sydney Harbour Bridge. The final leg of the trip takes me into Indonesia where I will be shooting some commercial images at a new five star resort and spa in Bali.

Keep checking online and where I have wifi, I will keep updated. Whilst I am away the team will run the office and I will be monitoring emails and still be in touch!