I started out my photography career shooting fun portraits of children. Part-time, it began with family and friends and grew from there. I eventually evolved into a full time wedding photographer, but I still undertake a limited number of portrait shoots each year.
I approach my childrens portrait photography in a similar style to my documentary weddings. I shoot at your home, or outdoors, and let the kids feel as relaxed as possible, I just capture those moments. Please feel free to view my portrait gallery, and contact me if you’d like to book a shoot. Gift vouchers are available too!
Below is a new video slideshow featuring some of my work….
I’ve not blogged for a while, the reason for this is that Laura and I have been on the other side of the world in Australia 
Regular readers of the blog may think this a little greedy, its not even a year since we were in Australia last! But it was a free trip, so we couldn’t say no!
It wasn’t actually a ‘free trip’ it was acquired with skill and luck, and when we were in Australia last year, Laura had both. In April, we set out on a round the world trip (photos of which were posted here as we travelled) – visiting Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the USA. It was an amazing trip, especially for a photographer such as myself! Whilst in Australia, Laura and I got some great photos of kangaroos on the beach, Laura got a really special photo of two fighting, and after posting it on facebook, everyone loved it!
When we arrived back in the UK, Laura submitted the photo to a competition to win a free trip to Sydney – a few months later after learning she was on the shortlist, Laura received a phone call to say she had won! (although she thought it was a prank call arranged by me until she had written confirmation!)
Ive not yet edited all the photographs from our prize holiday. So below are some photos from our round the world trip from last year. I try to include people in most of the shots, as I think this provides a better story. Something I am keen to do when on my travels, as well as when documenting weddings.
All taken by me, except the very last one – the winning image by Laura!
The winning shot…
My last wedding of 2011 saw my documenting the Peckforton Castle Wedding of Sally and Stephen.
I’d got to know Sally and Stephen well after meeting to discuss their day a couple of times, and having a pre wedding photo shoot a few weeks ago – so I was really looking forward to capturing their big day. It was also Stephens 40th Birthday, Sally had arranged for the celler area of the castle to be kitted out for some late night Birthday celebrations – how good is that!
I only seem to cover weddings at Peckforton Castle when its snowing, and being such a gorgeous venue, it looked stunning – the perfect winter wedding venue!
Laura was second shooting the day for me, and documented Sally preparing, whilst I was with Stephen and the guests – it was a really fun wedding, full of laughter. Below are some of my favourite images that tell the story of the day – all are natural moments captured without any direction or posing…
This has been a huge year for me, as well as travelling the world with Laura I took the plunge and went full time as a reportage wedding photographer
Although both are scary at times (swimming with sharks in Oz), I’ve had a great time and I’m looking forward to all the weddings I have booked for 2012 and 2013.
Although I still have Sally and Stephens wedding at Peckforton Castle to edit, I thought I would get together a small selection of my favourite reportage wedding shots posted on my blog in 2011.
Happy New Year!
My penultimate wedding of the year saw me photographing the wedding of Chris and Louise in Lancashire. The ceremony was held at the lovely Euxton Parish Church followed by a short car journey to Farington Lodge for the wedding reception.
I spent the morning with Louise and her bridesmaids, documenting the wedding preparation and nerves Louises’s mum put on a mini buffet too!
This was the third military wedding I’ve covered this year and my second featuring an RAF pilot – military weddings are always great fun to document and this was no exception
As usual, all the images below are unposed and captured naturally as the day unfolds – allowing the bride and groom to enjoy their day…
A few weeks ago one of my documentary wedding images was selected as the “image of the week” on the popular documentary wedding photography blog photography1827. I was flattered by the kind words and comments by Kathryn and visitors to the website. The image was then placed in a public vote and was selected as photo of the month too
The winning photo was taken of Mike and Steph enjoying the evening fireworks whilst celebrating their wedding at Eastnor Castle in the summer, some of the lovely blog post is also below:
”The bride and groom must be absolutely thrilled with this photograph. It really is outstanding and I would like to point out that this is not an easy image to capture… the lighting situation would have been very tricky indeed and unless you know what you’re doing with a camera, this shot would most likely come out extremely fuzzy. This is a reason to hire a professional photographer because they can get shots that many others won’t. If you are fairly new to wedding photography and still finding your feet, this is definitely a standard you should be aiming for… a note to brides and grooms, if you can afford it, this is the standard of wedding photography you should be looking for to preserve your precious memories of your big day”
Photography 1827 Image of the week post
Photography 1827 Image of the month post
