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 :-)

Happy Christmas!!

It has been a rather manic month in the lead up to xmas. With three weddings and a wealth of portrait assignments it is now time to put my feet up and enjoy a mince pie or two, or three!!! However I cannot put my feet up for too long as we have a lot of preparation and planning for 2009!!!!

I want to thank all my clients in 2008 for what can only be described as one of the most exciting years to date.  To me it is all about the people who I work for and we have had some laughs along the way!! From hanging out of a helicopter with the door open, held in by one belt, just to get “that” image to doing some beautiful images of newly born children.  Why do I do my job? To see the reaction on the client’s faces when they see their images!! A hug, a tear, the emotion of seeing their moment captured in time.

So what does 2009 hold? Over the next year you will see me travelling to Australia, New York and New Zealand to work on location. I have some new ideas and new products being introduced for wedding and portraits. I have also been given the opportunity to do more landscape work up in Scotland, so keep an eye out for that. I am pleased to say that my magazine shoot has produced a front cover as well, the much awaited January issue is out soon and all will be revealed!!

So thank you to everyone who has worked with us this year and I look forward to the year ahead!

Happy xmas

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Strictly Come Pole Dancing!!!

It was great to photograph Liah on Monday. Liah is a pole dancing instructor (and I thought I had a good job!) who teaches normal working ladies how to pole dance in the evenings! It is such a good way to keep fit and boost confidence- Go girl power!!!

I was asked to do a few sample images with a view of doing a full photo shoot with her clients in the near future. Here is one of the shots and click on the video below.

We have also produced a small video showing the images to music, click on the "Play" symbol to start.

Working with Hitched.co.uk

We are very happy to become a nominated supplier in North Yorkshire for Hitched.co.uk. It is a great pleasure to be associated with such a large company and shows our commitment to continue to grow and expand the business. But it is not all about what we do, our customers are an integral part of our business.

At the Hitched.co.uk site you can leave feedback that is displayed for newly engaged couples who are looking for a photographer. We would welcome any feedback to share with other couples to smooth that decision process.

If we have photographed your wedding recently and you would like to leave some feedback please follow this link and click on "Please write a review on this company"

http://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-suppliers/Photographers/in/north-yorkshire/detail/Riff-Raff-Photography_6260.htm

Pippa and Guy's Wedding

What a great day! It was a very emotional day for two people who are absolutely perfect for each other. Pippa took everyones breath away as she walked down the aisle, she looked amazing. Below are a few of the images from the day, the remainder will be online when Pippa and Guy come back from honeymoon. Did Pippa mention she was away for a month?? Oh yes, just a few times!!!! 

Enjoy

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Teresa and David's Wedding

It is always a pleasure to not only be invited to a friends wedding but also to do the wedding photography. The day was wonderful, a perfect venue with a 12th Century church then onto the reception nearby. Teresa certainly made an impact with one of the most striking wedding dresses I have seen for a long time! Ladies and Gentlemen, Teresa has entered the building!!!!!