Katie & Ryan Pre-Wedding Shoot

Katie and Ryan are getting married at Ripley Castle in a couple of months and wanted to do a pre-wedding shoot to get a photo for a signing frame. Although we do not include a pre-wedding photo shoot in our package I actually love to do these as it is a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other better before the wedding, so that everything is more relaxed on the day. For this reason we are very happy to offer this option as an extra to the wedding photography package at the couple's request. Katie and Ryan wanted some natural shots outside, so I took them to my favourite disused railway line, had some fun and got some great photos!

Sam in Manchester - Slideshow

Just for a change I had a slideshow put together of 47 of the images of Sam in Manchester. Just please don't click on fullscreen as the quality has been reduced for the web and it looks dreadful full size! Looks good small though!

Portraits in Manchester

Photographing weddings is great, but I must say that the thing that I enjoy most is working one to one or one to two with individual portrait work or with couples. You can establish a rapport working in this way that you cannot hope to get with 80 guests at a wedding. Samantha had always wanted some really nice photos of herself so we headed off to one of my favourite locations in Manchester. Sam was a bit nervous at first, which is to be expected, but soon began to really enjoy it. After the first few shots you would have thought that Sam had been modelling for years! She even brought a great range of clothes and gave me a choice of outfits. Here are some of my favourite images from the day. If you would like to be a model for a day and go home with a great selection of images just let me know!

Spring Wedding at Waterton Park

With winter well and truly behind us it's back to better weather with sunshine and blue skies. It's just so great to be a wedding photographer when you have a lovely couple, a lovely venue and lovely weather! Kathryn and Adam had chosen Waterton Park as the perfect location for their wedding. Waterton is a photographer's paradise with so many great locations. We have been to Waterton Park Hotel now over sixty times, so we probably know them all! Here are a selection of their photographs.

Jill & James Pre-Wedding Shoot, Doncaster

We had a trip over to Doncaster to-day and met up with Jill and James who are getting married there in July. As we have not been to the Grand Hotel St.Ledger before we wanted to have a look at their venue and took the opportunity to do a pre-wed photo shoot - inbetween Jill's fits of giggles! If she is that much fun on the wedding day it's going to be a great day!