David & Emma pre-wedding shoot

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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Lucy, Robert & Jack in the studio

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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Jason & Nelly at Hatfield Hall Wakefield

Jason & Nelly were married at the Kingdom Hall, Wakefield followed by a reception at Hatfield Hall (NormantonGolf Club) at Stanley, Wakefield. The weather held off for most of the morning and we managed to dodge a few showers leading up to the wedding breakfast but we were treated to some spectacular evening sunshine in the early evening when we did a few more shots of the couple. The whole day went off without a hitch and I met up with lots of familiar faces from previous weddings that I have photographed for Nelly & Jason’s friends. The bridesmaids were incorrigible towards the end of the day and we had great fun larking around with them – great stuff girls!

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Lisa & Steven’s wedding, Holiday Inn Tong

Just a week after the pre-wedding meeting I was back with Lisa and Steven for their wedding at the Holiday Inn at Tong, near Bradford. The weather looked ominous with strong winds and dark skies which soon delivered a light drizzle followed by torrential rain and for a while things looked bleak. However, by early afternoon Lisa & Steven came out of the ceremony to  clear skies and sunshine and we were able to shoot the formals around the grounds. After the wedding breakfast, we had a session inside the hotel shooting some of my favourite boutique style images using flash and ambient lighting mixed. Despite a shaky start with hair and make-up problems, the whole day turned out great and it was a pleasure to shoot this friendly couple. Have a great honeymoon guys!

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Kelly & Matt pre wedding shoot

Kelly & Matt get married in late August at St Paul’s church, Hanging Heaton before heading on to Gomersall Park Hotel for their reception but tonight we were in Rectory Park, Thornhill for a pre-wedding planning meet and also a bit of a pre-wedding shoot. We should have met last night but an almighty thunder storm put paid to that and, for a brief moment, I thought we were going to get it again tonight! However, the clouds parted briefly giving us some lovely storm light and so I dusted off the old nifty fifty to shoot directly into the sun for some added flare and softening of the images. My old Nikkor 50mm 1.8 gets flare at the best of time, so pointing it anywhere near the sun just sent it into oblivion as far as flare goes but I’ve put a few here as I do like the softness that was created.

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Julia’s hip hop headshots

Julia, a professional dance instructor, came to the studio today for some headshots and street dance images for her portfolio. I didn’t realise until she came to the studio that we’d met once before when I did a shoot for Full on Flirt, a speed dating operation at the Stereo bar in Wakefield, where I photographed Julia as she performed salsa dancing for the crowds. Today’s brief was to get some headshots, full body shots and some dance shots depicting street dance and zuma (I’d never heard of that either!) for use in her portfolio and flyers advertising her classes. I also thought it might be an idea to finally use a location I’ve had in mind for ages, but never seemed to get round to shooting, to do some grungy street style images too. So, we had a good day, firstly in the studio then on location and what a location!

Here are a few images and as always, do contact me if you’d like to come over for a portfolio shoot. As you can see, the style can be varied and whatever you want. 01924 229800 is the number you need to call, or just drop me a mail to book.

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