Mr & Mrs Robinson - 3rd August 2014 - County Assembly Rooms & Lincoln Cathedral

Mr and Mrs Robinson

3rd August 2014

Lincoln County Assembly Halls & Lincoln Cathedral

I only found out a few weeks before the big day that I would be shooting this wedding. After having to rearrange all their plans, I was contacted by Sophie and Aaen to step in and capture their big day. The weather definitely shone on them as the sun was definitely blazing down on us all!

A favourite moment of mine from throughout the day was when Sophie's dad first saw his daughter in her wedding dress - just outside their family home. The tears of joy that I managed to witness and capture was emotional.

Sophie and Aaen allowed plenty of time for their images too - making the most of the streets of Lincoln as well as the Cathedral and Assembly Rooms - before dashing inside where I had to help fix Sophie's dress 'hoop' before their first dance.

I managed to try a few new techniques out too, which really complemented Sophie's dress and Aaen's uniform.

Mr & Mrs Robinson - 20th February 2015 - Lincoln Hotel & Lincoln Cathedral

Mr and Mrs Robinson

20th February 2015

Lincoln Hotel & Lincoln Cathedral

When I first got the call from Laura I was excited to be going back to Lincoln again so soon, what a beautiful city, and a really lovely family to photograph - coincidentally sharing the same surname as my last Lincoln wedding - Robinson!

Unfortunately in February the weather isn't always on our side in England - though to be fair it is pretty temperamental the rest of the year too. Laura and Craig were brave enough to put up with a bit of rain and cold to make the most of the amazing architecture around Lincoln Cathedral.

Mr & Mrs Nellis - 16th May 2015 - St Mary's Church, Strensall & York Racecourse

Mr and Mrs Nellis

16th May 2015

St Mary's Church, Strensall and York Racecourse

Sneak Peeks from Becca & Toby's Wedding in York.

A very windy day in North Yorkshire, but with some stunning skies and I was so glad that Becca and Toby agreed to come back out after their Wedding Breakfast briefly to make the most of the sky. I'd been watching it for some time and the conditions got about as good as they were going to get, after Toby got wrapped up in the veil several times and it took 3 of us to try and get it under control, I think we got some beautiful images to really capture their day.

Healds Hall Hotel, Liversedge & Elegance of Scholes - Wedding Collaboration

Healds Hall Hotel, Liversedge &

Elegance of Scholes - Wedding Collaboration

I recently organised a collaborative shoot so that we could all showcase our best work, products and services and also work closer together to complement each others portfolios.

The shoot was held at Healds Hall Hotel in Liversedge, a stunning venue for Weddings, a venue which as some stunning features and locations for photography - often overlooked at first glance until you take the time to look for the light and hidden gems it holds. Chris from the venue made sure we were well looked after and prepared the rooms ready for us.

I also had a meeting with Cat and Cat from Elegance of Scholes, a designer bridal boutique in Scholes, not far from Liversedge and Cleckheaton. After having recently photographed several Justin Alexander designer Wedding dresses, Cat kindly agreed to let me borrow (and take extremely good care of) several dresses from her collection - along with some shoes, veils and other accessories. The lace and other detailing on the dress is phenomenal and took some careful lighting, positioning and directing so that you can see all the details of them. Cat even came along to help assist on the shoot, making sure the dresses and models looked perfect.

I also had some help from Mac McBride of Mac McBride Photography, a good friend of mine who also took a completely different set of images and explored different areas - it just goes to show how each creative can look at things and create different ideas and images.

Now we have several dresses - the only thing lacking was someone to really show them off - step forward, the models:

Matt Stobbs, Emily Harris, Sinead Dean and Sally Rangeley all kindly agreed to be our victims, I mean models, for the day. And boy did they work hard! Not only having to put up with our constant banter and directions - but they also endured the cold, bright sunshine and also the three ladies all had to marry Matt!! I have to admit, we did get several funny looks from the diners tucking into their Sunday Lunches who kept noticing the 'Groom', Matt, keep walking past with a different 'Bride' in his arm each time!

So the challenge was set - we had to create some beautiful images that would really portray all the beauty and detail of these stunning wedding dresses, we had to explore the hotel and make the most of the locations and the light whilst making the models look their best too!

Massive thanks to everyone who took part in this shoot, please take some time to visit their websites and facebook pages and give them a 'like':

Elegance of Scholes: http://www.eleganceofscholes.co.uk/ www.facebook.com/eleganceofscholesbridal

Healds Hall Hotel, Liversedge: http://www.healdshall.co.uk/ www.facebook.com/healdshall

Justin Alexander Wedding Dresses: http://www.justinalexanderbridal.com/ www.facebook.com/justinalexanderbride

Mac McBride Photography: http://www.huddersfieldweddingphotography.co.uk/ www.facebook.com/MacMcBridePhotography

Models:

Matt Stobbs

Emily Harris

Sinead Dean

Sally Rangeley

2014 Wedding Photography - The Best Of

2014 Your Wedding Images

Wow, 2014, what a year that was! I've finally managed to get all of the images backed up AGAIN, organised, and working my way through the many blogs to write and new enquiries to respond to.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

Not just to the people I've had the pleasure of photographing this year, but to each and every one of you who have taken the time to view an image, read the blog, like a post, share with your friends and most of all - the referrals - without you, I wouldn't have been able to have reached out to so many lovely families and couples.

Now I've reserved a different blog post for the workshops and other shoots I've undertaken this year - just for this post only I wanted to try and round up my year in Weddings - and I didn't realise just how difficult and time consuming that would be - trying to find my 'best' and 'favourite' images of the year. Now I'll apologise now for the length of the post; and also if I've missed out any of your favourite images too.

The Task: it was simple, I had to work my way through nearly 2TB, that's Terabytes - 2000GB or about 1.4million floppy disks worth of information!! Only 81,438 files to look through and try to pick out a few for the montages!

Now I've only got the data currently backed up with 3 copies of each file on different hard drives, it's also online too. I've also done various edits, selections, re-edits; safe to say it's taken me some time to sift through! But damn, I enjoyed it!!

So 2014 started off with Nats and Danny at The Crown Plaza in Leeds. I was a little rusty after not shooting a wedding for about 7 months after my son, Riley was born. What with some hellish and what seemed like neverending sleepless nights, I probably looked a bit bedraggled for the first one.

Now since then, and I don't say this lightly, met some really amazing, inspiring and friendly families and couples. Some who have battled through illness, some with very emotional stories of their past experiences and some young couples just at the very start of their lives.

I can say I've laughed along with all of you, I've shed a tear at some of the speeches and other moments, I've maybe taken the mickey out of you (more than likely). I've spent hours editing your images and reliving those smiles, tears and laughs. I've waited with anticipation when I've finally sent those finished galleries off to you for you to relive your day - as I always get so nervous at that point, hitting the send button.

I've had the privilege of creating and delivering some stunning new albums - something I'm very proud to say is now included in all the collections as I really believe in the power of the printed image - something that will last forever if looked after.

I've also had to endure with you, and help you through some testing times; the rain, cold, blazing sunshine (and sunburn!), missing buttons, droopy flowers, damaged dresses, headaches, tiredness, anxiety, nerves (oh the nerves!!), alcohol (not me but I've definitely shared one with you all after I got home and downloaded your images). You've also tested me with broken elbows, a broken leg (and a Groom who take one amazing picture because of it), some late timings, blocked roads, and one Bride I didn't think would make it down the aisle at all due to the nerves, also a full on Seaside Fun Fair right outside the Ceremony Venue - and some awesome Hook-A-Duck playing and we were photobombed by Roger the Ram - the Dewsbury Rams Mascot! But we made it through the other side together!

2014 finally finished with a fantastic winter wedding at the Devonshire Arms, For Kelda and Phil's December Wedding.

Some of the other places I've visited for your wedding photography along the way are:

Leeds Minster, Crowne Plaza, Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury-on-Sea, St Mary's Church Mirfield, Thornfield House Morley, Healds Hall Hotel Liversedge, Gomersal Park Hotel Gomersal, Gomersal Lodge Hotel Gomersal, Harrogate Registry Office, Space Wakefield, Dimple Well Lodge Hotel Ossett, St Patricks Catholic Church Huddersfield, Rose and Crown Slaithwaite, St Saviours Church Birstall, St Peters Church Birstall, 6 Acres Drighlington, Millbridge Working Mens Club, Christ Church Liversedge, Lincoln County Assembly Halls, Howley Hall Golf Club, Chevin Country Park Hotel Otley, Dewsbury Rams Rugby Ground, Durker Roods Hotel Meltham, Devonshire Arms Hotel Bolton Abbey, Holdsworth House Hotel Halifax, Woodkirk Valley Country Club

Now 2015 I hope will bring me some renewed inspiration, some re-branding, more creativity, more training, experience and most of all some new families and couples I can get to know. Hopefully you'll all keep in touch and I look forward to seeing you all again in the future to capture some more memories of your family!

Thank You again for your support, I hope you enjoy the images. If you like the Blog Post - I'd love it if you can leave a comment, fill in the Guestbook or Share with your Family and Friends.