A studio full of girls today as Stacie dropped by today with her daughter Grace, sister Sam and mum for a baby bump shoot. Stacie’s partner, Paul,  was working away in Essex so he couldn’t make it today but he will be at the baby shoot with Stacie in a couple of months when we complete the session after the new arrival. Using both white and black infinity curves, we did a variety of images in different outfits and also had young Grace in the shots too.

To book me for your baby bump shoot call the studio on 01924 229800 or have a look at the bump pages on the website. 

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Today I was shooting author, poet and performer David Jones for his new website ‘Celtic Eclectic’. The brief was for some simple headshots on plain backgrounds that could be used on the website as straight images or as cutouts. I used some simple lighting set-ups to get the images but there’s a lot of character in David’s face and it would have been cool to shoot in some context related environments. Here’s a couple of shots from the session but they really need to be seen large to appreciate the detail in the shots. This has got me thinking about changing the blog theme so that I can put much larger images up.

If you’re an actor or performer in need of headshots, call me on 01924 229800 to discuss your shoot.

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Following on from the recent pre-wedding shoot, I met up with Laura & Jason for their wedding at Cedar Court, Bradford on what looked like a grim day weather wise but it turned out to be rather fine by the afternoon. However, the weather was the least of everyone’s worries as the bride had gone done with a sickness bug the night before the wedding and was not well at all by the time we arrived for the bridal prep photos! Nonetheless, with great fortitude and a lot of Gaviscon, Laura battled on through the day incredibly well and we got some really great images. It would have been nice to have done some early evening shots after the wedding breakfast but in the end, the illness got the better of her and we didn’t manage it but we did get far more images than I thought we were going to get when we first met Laura!

This was my first shoot at Cedar Court and I’d scouted it yesterday and found some great little locations to use, but the photos were hampered somewhat by three weddings going on simultaneously and we were herded around from place to place and unable to use most of what I had planned. Fortunately though, our wedding was in the Rowan suite which had a fabulous glass sun terrace and roof top garden adjoing the suite allowing us to finish the bride & groom shots in peace! Good venue, bad organisation!

If you’d like to book me for your Cedar Court wedding or any other venue call 01924 229800 or visit the website for details of my wedding packages.

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Met up with Laura and Jason at the end of a very busy weekend of weddings and pre wedding shoots to go through their wedding plans and also have a photoshoot with them. We intended to meet at Pontefract Park as they headed back to Bradford after a visit to York, but unbeknown to me it was Pontefract races so the area was chokka block with folks. A quick detour and we were at Nostell Priory instead and went through the wedding plans before shooting in the grounds of Wragby church.  Laura and Jason were great fun but they are a challenge as there is a huge difference in height between the two. Best get my thinking cap on before their big day at Cedar Court, Bradford next month ;¬)

To learn more about my weddings go the website or call 01924 229800 to drop by for a chat.

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Yet another cutting it fine pre-wedding shoot! David and Emma are getting married this coming Saturday at St Mary’s Church, Gomersall and then on to Oakwood Hall, Bingley. Oakwood is a new venue for me so I’m looking forward to shooting there and I’m keeping my fingers crossed about the weather - the long range forecast doesn’t look brilliant :¬\ Although Oakwood will be a new venue for me, David and Emma are familiar faces as we had a baby bump shoot together almost 6 months ago now! Scary where the time has gone really and their wedding day has just flown round. I’m really looking forward to their wedding because I go on holiday two days after and I soooo need a break right now!

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It was nearly 12 months ago when I photographed Lucy & Robert’s wedding at Mosborough Hall, Sheffield and today they were in the studio with a new addition to the family - young Jack. After a good feed, Jack was well up for a bit of a photo shoot with mum and dad and we have some really nice images to choose from. The shoot was a suprise for Robert’s 30th birthday. Great stuff!

If you’d like a family shoot, just call me on 01924 229800 or visit the website for more details.

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Air hostess Leigh hit the studio today during a leave period to have a portfolio shoot for no other reason than she wanted to! No asperations to become a model, just wanting a great set of images that she can put in an album as a keepsake. Partly she wanted to do it because she felt she isn’t photogenic and that she didn’t have any flattering pictures of herself and she said she always avoids having her photo taken - her fiancee had persuaded her otherwise. I agree with her fiancee and after the usual nervous start to the shoot, she was soon relaxed and enjoying herself. A petit girl with a really great figure and elfin face, she made a great subject and it was easy to come up with a mixture of portraits, fashion and some lingerie images that will hopefully convince her she’s not too bad looking after all!

To book your professional, fun and relaxed portfolio shoot that will guarantee you some great images, call me on -01924 229800 or visit the website for details

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Claire breezed into the studio today on what seemed like the hottest and brightest day so far. She’d booked to come over for a lingerie portfolio shoot - very popular these days - and we made the most of the summer light, shooting all around the studio to give us a variety of looks. If you’re thinking of a portfolio shoot to kick start your modelling or acting career, quite honestly, I think you’ll be hard pushed to get better than this anywhere in Yorkshire! Just give me a call on 01924 229800 to arrange your quality portfolio shoot, they’re fun sessions and very relaxed. For more information visit the portfolio pages.

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Leanne contacted me a few weeks ago to arrange a family portrait shoot as a surprise for her Granddad’s 80th and so today there was a gathering of cousins from the Hunt & Crowther clan to do just that. We shot some fun, but formal stuff of the group that would appeal to Granddad’s tastes before shooting a some casual shots of the two sets of cousins. Framed family portraits like this make absolutely super gifts for mums, dads and grandparents as they are intimate, stylish and really personal and will give lasting pleasure as a large framed print or canvas wrap. To arrange your family portrait, just call the studio on 01924 229800 to arrange a sitting.

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Abi dropped by the studio for a professional portfolio shoot today. She’s had a couple of shoots previously with amateur photographers but after not being happy with the results, she decided to take the plunge and go with a pro! Digital photography has made photography available to the masses and there’s lots of ‘guys with cameras’ that will happy to take a few images of you,  but in the end, average shots, no matter how they’re processed on the computer, are still average shots! The advantage of shooting with a pro, is that images are correct at the taking stage! I’ve shot with film cameras as well as digital and I have experience in lighting, composition and even posing, so you will definately come away some some awesome images for your portfolio. All these shots of Abi are straight out of the camera with little post processing other than saturation and vignettes added. Abi had a pro make-up artist work on her before she came to the studio and the result of that is obvious too. All in all, it pays to go to a pro :¬) If you’re thinking of a glamour portfolio, just give me a call on 01924 229800 to discuss your requirements or visit the portfolio pages for some more examples.

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