Here are some photos from my last pre-wedding shoot with Deborah and Justin who are getting married in May this year - urban setting, cold weather, great couple.
I loved Deborah’s telephone box red bag!
Outside an office building:
The red wall sequence - just messing around:
On a staircase of the Eldon Square shopping mall:
Add comment February 25th, 2010
I am working on two magazine-style albums at the moment (trying to come up with something interesting) but meanwhile here are some layouts for a 12″x12″ Jorgensen multi-image matted album that I completed and sent to Victoria and Stuart for approval.
1 comment November 26th, 2009
We travelled back to Northumberland to photograph Kristin and Paul’s wedding at Horton Grange near Ponteland. It’s an elegant country house with plenty of grounds for children to play (if you are adventurous enough to invite lots of kids to your wedding, as Kristin and Paul were).
The rings:
Boy’s top hats:
Paul and his best man (vintage approach to suit the venue):
Kristin coming down the stairs before the ceremony:
Paul waiting for her in the ceremony room:
At the drinks reception:
Did I mention how good were the grounds and the restaurant terrace kids?
The cake:
Table settings:
Kristin’s bouquet:
Speeches:
After the meal we went outside for some private bride and groom photos. Some in colour:
Vintage:
Children were so entertaining!
Getting a go at the bouquet:
Makeup lessons:
The last shot of the day:
Add comment November 26th, 2009
Sian and Kevin’s pre-wedding photosession took place in Tynemouth, a small coastal town near Newcastle where they plan to get married in January. As theirs would be an afternoon winter wedding we timed the engagement shoot to show the outdoor location to its best advantage!
We met outside Tynemouth Priory:
I loved the colours and the notice at the bottom of the hill:
On the beach nearby:
The varied masses of boulders, stones and pebbles shaped by the sea made such a great environmental setting!
Sian and Kevin on the pier:
On the way to the car park we took a break at the Salutation Inn:
Add comment October 28th, 2009
Several years ago I photographed Louise and Alex’s wedding. Now they are proud parents of a delightful baby daughter Abigail and have come back for a portrait session at their family home.
We started with a window lit portrait of Abigail in her room:
But, as often with little babies, they fret and are easier to photograph when asleep.
In the doorway:
Abigail with her toys:
Experimenting with reflections on the kitchen table:
Add comment October 23rd, 2009
Autumn colours, textures and soft diffused quality of lights make a perfect setting for a family portrait session. It is also a good time to be photographed if you want to give prints and framed images as Christmas presents.
Every time when I pop out to our corner shop or post office I am dying to explore the weathered doorways and stylish Victorian features of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter where we live now.
For a limited time there is a special offer for an autumn family portrait session in Birmingham - £45 for an hour location sitting and a 10″x8″ print in a mount folder. The rest of the images are uploaded to an online proofing/ordering gallery.
To guarantee that your photos are delivered before Xmas book your session any time before 10 November and order before 15 November 2009.
To give you an idea here are some photos of Paola and Johannes’s sons I took earlier.
Add comment October 15th, 2009
OK, that time of the year is rapidly approaching!
The cutoff date for Xmas orders this year is 15 November, so if you want to give prints as your Xmas presents please don’t miss the deadline! We are expecting several post office strikes in December so it’s critical.
Add comment October 14th, 2009
Chris and David got married in Lavenham in a magnificent 15th century St Peter and St Paul church, one of the prettiest churches in Suffolk. If you are in Lavenham don’t miss it - it’s definitely worth visiting:
David and the boys:
Chris arriving:
Some images from the ceremony:
Married!
Then everyone moved on to a historic Swan Hotel for their wedding reception.
At the drinks reception:
We sneaked out to a picturesque street full of crooked Tudor cottages at the back of the Swan Hotel:
Chris and David had fun cutting their cake:
You’ll see what happened next if you follow my Dark and Moody previous post.
1 comment October 14th, 2009
I was editing photos from Chris and David’s wedding at Lavenham and (as one does) and kept thinking that the images we took at the end of the day would benefit from a more atmospheric vintage treatment. A bar of dark chocolate that John bought for me last night has something to do with it too, I think. I’ll publish a photostory of this wedding tomorrow, but here is a sneakpeek of a dark and moody sequence.
Add comment October 14th, 2009
My husband John needed some new headshots done for his new job at the university of Birmingham as he changed his haircut, bought new French T-shirt and went a bit metro. I stole a couple of minutes during a meal break at the latest wedding to photograph him.
Add comment October 14th, 2009