Model Portfolio - Hannah

Another mid-week model portfolio shoot before Danielle and Chris's wedding at Oulton Hall tomorrow. This time for a change we went down by the river in Wakefield. Hannah is a great girl and lots of fun to work with. I got the chance to play with some off-camera flash lighting set-ups and between us we got some great photos! Playing with lighting set-ups like this is great practice for wedding photography, where the pressure is fairly full-on and you have to get the shots quickly so that the bride and groom can really enjoy their day but also have some great images to look back on.

Waterton Park Wedding

Another visit to the Waterton Park Hotel for the wedding of Rachael and Paul. Rachael and Paul are both police officers. We have photographed and filmed many weddings for police officers over the years, including one just last month at the Woodlands Hotel in Leeds and quite a few at Waterton Park, and every time they are great weddings! I don't know why it should be, probably something to do with the job that they have to do, but they always have a great sense of humour, are always great fun, and really know how to party, as the first dance photo clearly shows! Thanks must also go to Shane Daley, the DJ at Waterton, for the great light show he provides with his disco. His lights really make the photograph!

Holdsworth House

A new venue for our wedding photography this week at Holdsworth House at Halifax. We have been there many times over the years for our weddings videos but this was the first time for photography. Holdsworth House is a really attractive venue with some really good opportunities for some great wedding photos. The day started very early, having to get up at 6am to be with Sabrina getting ready for 8, before the ceremony at 10. Sabrina and Paul had been worried that their guests might have been distracted by England playing in the quarter finals of the world cup, but after England's dismal performance against Germany they had no need to be worried. The weather was fine and we got some great photos. We even found the time to put together a slide show of some of the wedding photographs in the evening that were very well received - including a request that we travel down to London for a wedding there next year. We finally got home at 11.30. It had been a 16 hour day but the whole wedding party had been a great crowd and the time just flew by!

Bagden Hall Wedding

I couldn't believe how cold it was on Saturday! The weather forecast had been great all week then they suddenly changed it on the Friday. After 18 years of filming weddings you would have thought by now that I would not pay any attention to the forecast, knowing how wrong they can be. Anyway, the cold didn't put Cassy and Daniel off and they were happy to smile for me all day. Cassy has done some modelling and she was so great to work with. Bagden Hall is a great venue for wedding photography and we made full use of the grounds and got some great shots. The day was rounded off by a fantastic choreographed dance the all the wedding party had learnt - it was just incredible to watch! Thank goodness they also had a wedding video to record this for them.

The Bridge Inn

Back to the Bridge Inn at Walshford just off the A1 near Wetherby for Anna & Damien's wedding. Anna & Damien had seen us at the Queens Hotel wedding fayre in Leeds last year and booked us for both their photography and video after a visit to the studio in Wakefield. Both Anna and Damien were great and were really relaxed throughout the day, which makes my job so much easier. I like to get a lot of variety into the shots and this is easy at the Bridge Inn as there are numerous different locations that can be used. One of the best shots at the Bridge is a night shot and we made the most of the fantastic night sky. Next week its Saturday at Bagden Hall and Sunday takes us to Oulton Hall.