Well, it’s another New Year (where does the time go?) and time to reflect on my favourite images from 2012 This time, I’ve chosen twenty – from over a hundred! I couldn’t get my choice down to twelve, so I’m sticking to the plan. Posted purely from a personal, photographers (my) perspective, these twenty images [...]
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Twenty 12
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BRIDE MAGAZINE – FEATURED WEDDING
Cheshire & Lancashire BRIDE magazine has just been published. Nicknamed ‘The Bible’ for all things wedding-based, the new 2013 edition features one of my weddings – Laura & James’ at Talking Point. To say I’m pleased is an understatement, but it’s always an added bonus when a magazine of this calibre asks to feature one’s [...]
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NADINE & PAUL AT MITTON HALL
Nadine & Paul were married at Mitton Hall just before Christmas. We had previously met, shooting their Engagement folio at the venue back in September. The weather had been glorious back then, but alas we fell foul of the British Winter – constant and relentless rain all day put paid to shooting anything in the [...]
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LUCIA ROSE WEDDING MAGAZINE SHOOT
At last we can reveal the new Lucia Rose Wedding Magazine shoot! Produced by a fabulously talented team (and myself), the location shoot was shot on a dark, wet, blustery Autumn day. With a stunning floral archway, and dresses / accessories galore, my brief was to do something ‘dramatic and eye-catching’ for the [...]
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PERSONAL WORK – MANCHESTER
I’m having time off from photography this month, before the season begins again in February. Catching up with all those ‘things to do for 2013′, and generally enjoying this New Year, I’ve found myself driving around Manchester more than usual, whilst working on a non-wedding project. The project enabled me to gain access to [...]
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KAT & GARETH…IN MANCHESTER
THIS POST HAS BEEN REMOVED, SORRY…
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FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
I thought I’d share some of my food images – some personal work, some actual commissions for a large brewery chain of pubs in the Midlands and SE England. The more graphic images are my take on food photography and have been featured in several photo magazines, whilst you may well have seen the commercial [...]
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TURNING PRO MAGAZINE
The latest edition of Turning Pro Magazine is out on the shelves, and I’m ‘first up’ with a two-page spread on how to break into the wedding photography market. I was interviewed as to how I did it, what tips I could give to new aspiring wedding photographers, and importantly, what not to do… My [...]
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LOVE UNDER AN UMBRELLA AT NUNSMERE HALL
Kate & Jay are getting married at Nunsmere Hall. What promises to be a stunning wedding, started with our 14 minute E-Shoot. Yes, fourteen minutes – the rain wasn’t playing ball, but, undeterred we managed to shoot a set of images in the grounds of the hall, in preparation for the big day. The [...]
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ONE SHOT – PERSONAL WORK
I’ve just produced an article for Photography Monthly magazine. My brief was to take one of the magazine’s readers on a half-day 1-2-1 mentoring session, to help them improve their photography. The reader in question used a Fuji bridge camera – in between a compact and a full-blown DSLR in practical terms. So, leaving [...]
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ONE SHOT – KATE & JAY AT NUNSMERE HALL
Kate & Jay were married at Nunsmere Hall. A classic winter wedding, relaxed, and great fun to shoot….mostly driven by the three excellent Best Men and their three-way Powerpoint-based ‘Groom Assassination’. Full blog post to follow soon…
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ONE SHOT – THE BEST MEN
It’s not often that the Best Man, or Men in this case get to steal the limelight. But this image from my recent Nunsmere Hall wedding shows the three of them in full flight. Armed with iPads, remotely triggering a projector slideshow, the trio took position on the stairs, with the guests gathered [...]
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JODY & MARC PORTRAIT SHOOT, STYAL
I caught up with Jody & Marc recently for an informal portrait shoot at Styal Mill. I’d photographed Jody’s (slightly) elder sister Samantha’s wedding a year or two back, and thought it would be great to catch up with her, and new partner Marc. Though the weather wasn’t brilliant, we went for it, taking around [...]
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MOTHER’S DAY
Yesterday was a family shoot in Heaton Park. Evangeline was now seven months old, and the daughter to proud parents Olivia and Ian, whose wedding I photographed a couple of years ago. Taking time out from the cold, we headed for the cafe for a quick hot chocolate. Having just been fed, Evangeline decided it [...]
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BRIDAL SHOOT – 1920′s STYLE
One of my recent projects was this 1920′s inspired bridal shoot for the talented Lynn from Hairbows Wonderworld, who specialises in exquisite hand-crafted bridal bouquets and head wear. Based in Manchester, Lynn has a very strong online presence via her Etsy Shop and well worth checking out some her fantastic designs… The shoot was in [...]
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KATE & JAY AT NUNSMERE HALL
Kate & Jay were married recently at Nunsmere Hall on a cold…in fact, very cold February day. It was my first wedding shoot at Nunsmere and I have to say, I was impressed. A beautiful wedding venue, impeccably run…and on the day Melvyn kept everyone on track…thank you sir! At our pre-wedding meeting, Jay made [...]
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KATIE & ANDY E-SHOOT, SOUTHPORT
Katie and Andy are getting married next month in Southport…one of my favourite places. Recently we met up at the venue for our pre-wedding meeting and to shoot some E-shoot images. The session would have been longer, but poor Katie wasn’t feeling too well…so we shot it ‘live time’ in around 30 mins…as it would [...]
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UMI & SUNNY – LAST DROP VILLAGE
This is one from the archives. Umi & Sunny were married at The Last Drop Village – a full-on Hindu wedding, with a tremendous atmosphere. It was my first Hindu wedding, and Umi wanted me to photograph it with my documentary style, wanting to avoid the cliched, traditional looking weddding photography associated with Hindu weddings [...]
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LITTLE WHITE BOOKS BRIDAL SHOOT
I was kindly asked by Maxine at Little White Books to photograph this bridal shoot at Towneley Hall in Burnley. The brief was to shoot several setups, for images to be used both for Little White Books themselves, plus folio images for the ‘crew’ who so kindly gave their time and resources for the day. [...]
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PHOTOGRAPHY MONTHLY MAGAZINE…1-2-1 TUTORIAL
In the new issue of Photography Monthly magazine, I take reader, Kevin Latham out for a 1-2-1 photography day at Blackpool. Kevin is really keen to get his work featured in the magazine, and has tried on several occasions – sadly, though, his images kept falling just short of the mark for the editorial team. [...]
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