Merry Christmas!

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We're signing off now for a few days to enjoy our family Christmas. We'd like to wish everyone we've had the pleaseure of working with in 2007 a very merry Christmas, and a very happy new year. We look forward to meeting some more fantastic people in 2008.

Lots of love

The Barber Family xxxxxxxx

Alison & Mark

Well we have just finished our final wedding of 2007 and what a lovely intimate wedding it was.
I felt really priviledged to be present and record the occasion for Alison and Mark.

It was a beautiful crisp Winters day - cold and dry with deep blue skies and a low bright sun.

Below are some images from the day.

Thank you Alison & Mark for a great day. It was a lovely wedding to sign 2007 off on.

Beautiful Model!!

I kind of took a day off today - we had a friend visiting, and I've been promising for ages to take some pictures of her daughter who is 20 months old.

She proved to be a great model as you can see - such a bright spark. I haven't seen her since the beginning of the year and the change in her is unbelievable. It's such a cliche, but since having children myself I've realised how quickly time passes, and how important it is to remember little moments in time like this.

Anyway, I'm really pleased with the pictures. Here are a few of them:

Trip to the Lake District

Yesterday I was up in the Lake District at Annabel Williams' studio near Kendal. Annabel is a legend in the photography business and along with her team has really helped us out over the lifetime of
Phil Barber Photography so far.

I was asked to be a speaker at one of their insight days, and had the pleasure of meeting lots of new people who are keen to progress their photography businesses.


Also asked to speak yesterday was a fab photographer called Lisa Aldersley who is based in Manchester. Her enthusiasm was really infectious and her work was amazing. Check her website out.

Thanks to everyone who turned up and spoke to me yesterday - it was great to meet you all and if you want a chat about anything photographic (or otherwise!) drop me an e-mail.

Karen & Rob's Wedding 1st December

We were up at Crathorne Hall on Saturday in the far north (well, about as far north as you can go in Yorkshire!) Crathorne is a beautiful location and it's the second time we've been lucky enough to photograph a wedding there this year.

It was Karen & Rob's wedding on Saturday, and it was a truly special day. The weather was a bit unpredictable, but we started off the day with a glorious sunny but cold winter's morning. Karen & Rob had obviously worked really hard to create their dream wedding, but the day itself was really relaxed and informal, and the guests (and us!) had fantastic time.

Thank you for asking us to be part of your day - many congratulations to you both!!!

Karen & Rob

After Saturday's festivities I had an early start on Sunday when I drove down to St. Albans for Karen and Rob's pre-wedding shoot. I used to live down there so it was great to revisit old haunts.

Karen and Rob's wedding is next week which we're really looking forward to, and we had a great time yesterday. It was great using totally new locations for the shoot, and I think we got some great results.

See you on Saturday!!

Racheal and Peter

We had a fabulous time at Racheal and Peter's wedding on Saturday. We had an early start, although not as early as Racheal and her bridemaids who were at the hairdressers at 5.30am. It was worth it though as Racheal looked stunning.

After the church ceremony it was back to a beautiful reception at Woodlands. Racheal and Peter had chosen a gorgeous black and white theme which had been carried through right down to the guests' outfits. After the wedding breakfast the recption got into full swing in the evening with a casino, cocktail bar and Frank Sinatra tribute. A great day!

Congratulations to you both and enjoy your honeymoon (wherever that may be................!)

Gail & Sean

Hello again!

We had a fabulous day on Saturday at Gail and Sean's wedding. It was at Woodlands, and we had a wonderful day. The wedding had a really relaxed, intimate feel about it and the gorgeous autumnal orange and brown colour scheme gave everything a lovely warm and fuzzy glow.

Gail & Sean have now jetted off to the Maldives and are avoiding this grim weather - I only wish they'd wanted us to take some photos of their honeymoon.......maybe not!!

Here are a few pictures from the day:

Woodlands Wedding Fair 11th November

Just a quick note that we are at the Woodlands Hotel Wedding Fair tomorrow Sunday. If you are still planning your wedding, come down and pay us a visit. It would be great to have a chat about your wedding and you have the chance to look through some of our sample albums and other work. The fair is open from 11am to 4pm.

The address of Woodlands Hotel is below.

Woodlands Hotel
Gelderd Road
Leeds
LS27 7LY

Always learning!!

When you are in a routine of photographing weddings and running a business, sometimes you need to stop and play a little.
Which is exactly what I did yesterday. I am always looking at ways of developing my technique and style.

So I had a fab day with Brett Harkness and some fellow photographers around the Lowry centre in Manchester.

Brett is an amazing photographer and with his partner Kristie has built up a fantastic photography business.

It was all about Winter weddings yesterday and I had a chance to play around with my flash and experiment a bit with some new techniques.

Below are a couple of the results from yesterday.

Mark & Michelle's Wedding

Well another month has been and gone, so it's goodbye October. I can't believe the year is nearly over - it seems to have only just begun!

Anyway, November got off to a fantastic start on Friday when I had the pleasure of photographing Mark & Michelle's wedding. Lou wasn't able to be there so I was more than ably assisted by Mark Miller who is an amazing photographer and a very good friend of ours.

Michelle & Mark work out in the UAE but flew back to the cold of England last week for their wedding. The reception was held in the Midland Hotel, Bradford. It's a grand Victorian Hotel right in the city centre, and was a beautiful backdrop for the photos, particularly the stunning ballroom where the 160 guests were wined and dined.

Michelle and Mark - thank you for involving us in your day and we wish you a very happy married life together.

Here are a few photos of the day: