Malham Summer Ball Photo's

What a night we had on Friday at the Malhamdale Midsummer Ball.

600 people from all over Malhamdale converged on the huge marquee for a fantastic night of good food, good wine and great company – oh and lots of dancing to classic cheesy 70’s music.

There must be something in the water up there as everyone certainly knew how to party -we were exhausted by the time we left at half past midnight, but the party was still going strong. I think maybe we should have had a few glasses of champagne just to boost our stamina!

Anyway as expected we were kept very busy all night recording the event, so I’ve attached a few pictures as a taster before the full slideshow goes online:

A big congratulations must go to Paul and the rest of the Ball Committee who have worked so hard over the past year organising this huge event – the evening was a great success and that’s due to their efforts. The Ball also managed to raise a huge amount of money on the night for their chosen good causes – Airedale Hospital’s Children’s Unit and Kirkby Malham Primary School. In fact we were treated to a wonderful performance on the night by some amazing young singers from the school.

The full slideshow of images will be online to view from Friday once I have worked on the pictures and uploaded them to my secure site. They will then be available to purchase online. For each 9 x 6” photograph sold we will be donating £1 to the Ball’s chosen good causes.

The link will be: SECURE SITE

The password needed to access the site will be: MALHAM.

Malham Summer Ball 2007

Lou and I have a great job lined up tonight - we're covering the Malham Summer Ball up in the Yorkshire Dales.

It's a huge event with over 600 guests so my trigger finger will get plenty of use tonight. It's taking place in a huge marquee in the village itself - I visited yesterday to check it out and half of Malham seemed to be there arranging flowers and laying out tables. Take a look at some images below. It should be a fantastic event, despite the weather, which isn't looking too clever at the moment.

I will pop up some images when I've prcocessed them.

Phil x

Gemma & Paul 16th June 2007

Well, we had a wonderful day at Gemma and Paul's wedding on Saturday. We had been constantly checking the weather forecasts all week leading up to it, and the outlook was getting grimmer and grimmer. We've worked in all weathers in the past so a bit of summer rain certainly didn't faze us, but when, on Friday, I found myself driving through 6 inches of water we kind of expected difficult conditions for Saturday.

We needn't have worried. The weather could hardly have behaved better for Gemma and Paul. During the church ceremony someone (us??!!) must have been praying extra hard, as when Mr. & Mrs. Williams stepped outside for the first time as husband and wife, the sun broke through and the wedding party was bathed in June sunshine.

The whole day was such a joyful occasion, and Gemma and Paul both radiated happiness all day. The reception was at
Crathorne Hall. It's the first time we've worked there an we were so impressed with the beauty of the location and the professionalism of all the staff who worked so hard to make Gemma and Paul's wedding day such a success. A special mention must go to our friends Wendy and Nick Sampson of flowers* who provided the beautiful floral arrangements (obviously!) They really did help make the most of the stunning location.

I'll post a few pictures of the day here, and I'll link into the full slideshow when I've done a bit more work on the images.

To Gemma & Paul: Thank you so much for allowing us to share in your special day. We wish you both lots of love and happiness for your future together.

Phil & Lou xxxx

Lenka & PJ 27th May 2007

Wedding of Lenka & PJ

This was a great day even though it rained most of it. What was fab was the fact that Lenka & PJ didn't mind and we still did some great outdoor photographs. The umbrellas I think worked really well with Lenka & PJ embracing the weather.

Have a look at the slideshow. Just click play.

Katie & Chris Pre-Wedding Shoot

Hi guys,
Hope you are all well. May has been a very busy month for us. So sorry for not putting anything up recently.
So I will put a few sets of images up over the next couple of days for you all to pass comment on.

First we did a pre-wedding shoot with Katie & Chris a couple of weeks ago at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

We were due to do the shoot at 2.30pm but the forecast in the morning was that it was going to be heavy rain.
So I rang Katie and arrange to start earlier at 10.30am. So a bit bleary eyed we met at 10.30am. For once the forecast was spot on as the final shots were being taken the rain started to come down. By the time I was back at the car we were in the middle of a real downpour. First time I think the forecast was right!

To see all the images click on SLIDESHOW











Just before the shoot was over, Katie's parents brought their lovely chocolate brown labrador over "OZZY!"
He was really lovely and friendly and was fascinated by the camera.