Paulette & John Pre Wedding Shoot

It was Paulette and John's pre-wedding shoot on Saturday which we did once again at my favourite location - Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It's so beautiful at this time of year, and Saturday was a typical bright Autumn day.

It was great meeting up with John & Paulette again, and we're really looking forward to their wedding next year.

Spooky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As it's the last day of the school holidays today (pesky teacher training days!) we thought we'd entertain the kids with a family pumpkin carving session.

Well inevitably after about 4.5 minutes the kids got bored and wandered off to play, so it was up to Lou and I to finish scooping stringy stuff and carving a suitably scary face using the bluntest, smallest knife in the world.

Still, they made it back downstairs for this photo:



Off now to scrape orange gunk from under my nails!!!

Time for a rest!

As expected we've had a tiring (but enjoyable) weekend. We had a good time today at the wedding fair at Hazlewood Castle (Hello to anyone we met there today!) and yesterday I had a really fun time at John and Paulette's pre-wedding shoot. I haven't processed the images from that yet but as soon as I have in the next day or so I'll post a few up.

On Friday, though, we had Tracy and Mark's wedding. As expected it was such a lovely day. Even the weather was kind (if a bit cold later on!!) Tracy and Mark had a fantastic time as demonstrated by the huge grins they both wore all day! Here are a few images of the day:



Tracy and Mark - we both wish you so much happiness for your future together. It was an honour to be there at the beginning of your married life.

Busy Weekend Ahead!

Well we have a really busy weekend ahead:

On Friday we are covering the wedding of Tracy and Mark.


We're really excited about it - they're a great couple. It would be fantastic if this gorgeous Autumn weather continues, but either way it will be an amazing day.

Then it's up bright and early on Saturday for Paulette & John's pre wedding shoot, which I'm really looking forward to (did I ever mention I LOVE doing pre-wedding shoots.........??!!)

And finally on Sunday we are at the wedding fair at Hazlewood Castle. If anybody wants to come along and say hello we'd be really chuffed to have a chat. We've managed to get babysitters in so Lou is coming along too. So you've got the opportunity to speak directly to The Boss!


Phew!!!! If we've recovered by Monday we'll post up a few images from the weekend.

Phil x

Fantastic Autumn Shoot

I had a great time yesterday at one of my favourite locations - Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I had the great pleasure of shooting Jen, her boyfriend Daniel and her mum. Jen and Daniel are moving out to Australia next year and wanted some pictures taking before they go - no doubt so they can remember the fantastic British weather while they're sunning themselves in Oz.

Actually it was a beautiful autumn day and the colours in the trees created some amazing natural backdrops for the photos. Here are a few piccies of Jen:

Racheal & Peter

A couple of days ago I had a great morning working with Racheal and Peter. They're getting married in November, but it was their pre-wedding shoot on Saturday.

They chose a currently out of use golf course near their home for the location. Not only did it provide some superb backdrops for the photos but it also gave their beautiful dog Frank the chance to run aroung in familiar surroundings.

I love pre-wedding shoots as a tool for getting to know clients. Most people are pretty nervous in front of the camera to start with, but it's amazing how quickly everyone tends relax into the shoot. It's a great way of building a relationship with them, so that by the time the wedding day comes around we know each other that much better and the clients know what to expect. It also makes for much more natural and relaxed shots if they see me as a friend rather than The Photographer!

Anyway, here are a few images from Saturday. Enjoy!