Gemma and Sean’s Engagement pictures – Wedding Photography Leeds
emma and Sean get married this week at the beautiful Holdsworth House in Halifax Here are the engagement pictures we made including some lovely pictures of young Oscar and Harry. I love real family weddings with children. They always make for the best pictures. Can’t wait till the wedding. I always include engagement [...]
Liane and Michael’s wedding at Hazlewood Castle
ere’s Liane and Michael’s wonderful album layout from their wedding at Hazlewood Castle. With every wedding we take around 3 – 5,ooo pictures and these are edited down to around 1,000 for the day. Sounds a lot but when you consider there may be 100 guests and so many different mini-stories involving those guests as [...]
Are you a Tyre Kicking bride? Then let me explain this wedding photography cost thing…
arages hate Tyre kickers. You know, those casual car buyers who kick the tyres because they know nothing about cars and figure that this will tell them what they need in order to make a purchase decision. Wedding photographers hate brides who ask the opening question – “How much do you charge?” (Our version of [...]
An Angel in the North post… Matt and Elizabeth’s wet engagement session.
ngel in the North is a must read blog for all brides. Full of great ideas and information to help plan your wedding and full of fabulous pictures from real weddings. Truly inspirational. Today’s post features some pictures from our engagement session with Matt and Elizabeth at Robin Hood’s bay. We all got [...]
Liane and Mike’s wedding at Hazlewood Castle
I thought today for a change, I’ll let the groom’s sister in law tell the story of this wedding… She obviously knows the couple a lot better than I do AND she was photographing with me throughout the day. (She did the bridal prep, while I stayed with Michael. You see, ‘Dolly’ is a talented [...]
Michael and Liane’s engagement pictures…
I met these guys at brother James’ wedding four years ago. It was a bit of a showbiz wedding at the National Media Museum. Now Mike and Liane have chosen the fabulous HAZLEWOOD CASTLE as their wedding venue. Nicola, who was the bride on that day in October 2007 , is now a wonderful wedding [...]
Let’s you and I do something magical together…
Had a couple of phone calls today which got me really excited. Both were from Brides who were asking me to help them with some non-photographic aspect of their wedding. One bride was asking me for some recommended entertainment for her evening at Oulton Hall in Leeds this year. I was able to recommend a [...]
Favourite wedding venues – Hazlewood Castle…
Anyone looking for a special location for their wedding should put Hazlewood Castle on their list. One of the finest venues for weddings, blessings and renewal of vows. Situated 20 minutes from Leeds, set in stunning woodland grounds with an elegant courtyard and beautiful chapel, award winning restaurant and picturesque champagne bar with outside terrace. [...]
Favourite Wedding venues – Waterton Park
WATERTON PARK is one of those venues that stands out as being just that little bit more special. Imagine a Georgian Mansion on an Island. Boats, wonderful rolling parkland views, resident swans, a bridge, ancient woodland, loads of history and a championship golf course. All of this in…… Wakefield?! Aside from golf, other pre-wedding activities [...]
Favourite hotels – Radisson SAS, Leeds
love this venue for the little pools of light, the secret inner courtyard, the helpful staff and the fact that I got married here myself. A wedding photographer’s choice. It also brings out the natural poser in all the brides. Check out their website HERE connect with me on Facebook
Attention: Totally unique individuals wanted…
lanning a completely unique wedding this year? Maybe a truly Vintage event with attention to every detail. Perhaps a Goth wedding or something really glamorous. Maybe you’re thinking of a destination wedding by the sea or an urban adventure. Your dress and style is truly unique and you’re planning the wedding to match. Maybe you’d [...]
A fabulous foodie wedding at the Black Swan in Helmsley
he Black Swan in Helmsley is a beautiful 15th Century coaching Inn which has been transformed into a beautiful boutique Hotel with 45 rooms, perfect for an intimate wedding. If you’re a foodie then this could be the perfect venue for you. The highly aclaimed Rutland Restaurant has been awarded 2 AA Rosettes. The tearoom [...]
The fantastic FINEO Books are now part of our products.
I love Fineo. An American company that produces some amazingly beautiful books. So many covers, shapes, sizes. So many styles and layouts and colours. You want storybook digital albums? Yep. You want traditional Matted albums but much better than anything youi’ve seen before? Yep. Can’t decide? Well, why not get a mix of digital and [...]
Colin and Francine’s Wedding Album at Woodlands
Here’s a wonderful example of a Wedding Book Layout featuring Colin and Francine’s wedding at The Woodlands Hotel in Leeds. Love the Dress from Angel Brides in Horsforth and all the details. I’ve included some of the engagement shot pictures, taken at Granary Wharf in Leeds, as an introduction to the book. It’s more and [...]
Surrah and Paul’s Wedding Album at Soughton Hall in North Wales
I met Surrah and Paul at Howard and Mary’s Wedding in Oxford last year. I love it when couples have seen me work at a wedding. it’s like I’m photographing friends and everything looks so relaxed and natural as a result. Surrah and Paul’s special day took place at St Deniols Church in Howarden, North [...]
Becky and Jimmy’s Wedding Book…
We started with the Engagement Shoot… It was at Granary Wharf in Leeds. I think we all had fun that day so we decided to continue the shoot another day at my base in Rawdon. I’ve often said that I have the best couples in the world and it’s true, I’m very lucky, but I [...]
Have you got more money than sense?
Here’s a statement that some may find contentious… IF YOU SPEND LESS THAN A THOUSAND POUNDS ON WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY YOU’VE GOT MORE MONEY THAN SENSE! What? A thousand pounds is a lot of money and I realise that for many, many people, a thousand pounds is simply too much. My genuine advice is this… Find [...]
Boys and girls, let me introduce… Lizeeez Ladeeez…
Ooh, I’m looking forward to Saturday. This is the day that Elizabeth Sofia Frank finally marries the love of her life in Marsden. I’m looking forward to finding out what she’ll be wearing since last week the dress had to be remade. (we were going to meet up at the bridal shop but things got [...]
Gail and Kevin’s wedding in the beautiful Hazlewood Castle…
Here’s the album layout for Kevin and Gail’s wedding at Hazlewood Castle. I’ve photographed many weddings here over the last few years. It really is one of my favourite venues. I love the grounds, the beautiful interior, the chapel and I really love the fact that couples can have a wedding in their very own [...]
Turning the mundane into the extraordinary… Matt’s suit fitting.
Being a wedding photographer is not all Glam you know. Sometimes the sun doesn’t shine so brightly on the brides big day. Occasionally the bride doesn’t get a full nights sleep the day before and make-up just can’t cover those tell-tale bags. Perhaps the couple can’t afford a venue that looks like Buckingham Palace or [...]
Surrah and Paul’s Engagement session in Manchester…
I met Surrah and Paul at Howard and Mary’s wedding in Oxfordshire last year. It’s how I meet many of my couples. Next week I’ll be driving to Wales to meet Howard and Mary again, but this time, at Surrah and Paul’s wedding. These pictures were taken at their home in Manchester last month. I [...]
Yorkshire’s very own Posh ‘n’ Becks get married today!
OK, maybe James can’t play bend it like Beckham and Becky’s singing is confined to the shower but this couple are solid gold. Every bit as cool and so totally in love… (and you know I’m a sucker for a good love story) Here are the unpublished pictures shot a couple of weeks ago at [...]
Photographers are worse than train-spotters and how I missed out on £120 Million…
Laura and Christian are getting married soon. Exciting Times. I’ve met them before of course. Like so many of my couples, we met during another wedding. (In fact, most of my work comes from referals) For this engagement shoot we met at my new office base in Rawdon, Leeds and I was acutely aware that [...]
Pheonix rises in Granary Wharf
I try to get to know my couples as well as I can before their big day. It helps me get better pictures if I’m less of a stranger and more of a friend. In fact, I’ve become good friends with many of my clients. I first met Emma and Richard at Janine and Carl’s [...]
