Top tips and advice from real brides – Part 2

Calling all Brides-to-be! I recently conducted an online interview and got as many brides as I could to answer some questions it in order to pass on their pearls of ‘wedding planning’ wisdom to you.  Part 1 was on the blog back in April, now for Part 2! Some brides to be may be feeling read more »

Lee & Becca – Wedding at the Stone House Hotel

It has been a while since I last blogged but I have been busy with portraits, studio sessions and weddings, April/May has been popular! I thought I would share a few of my favourite images from the recent wedding of Lee and Rebecca. They were married at Higherland Church, Newcastle under Lyme. and then moved read more »

Top tips and advice from real brides – Part 1

Calling all Brides-to-be! I recently had the pleasure of speaking to over 20 brides of 2011 and these lovely ladies were kind enough to let me grill them about the ups and downs of their weddings, in order  to pass on some pearls of ‘wedding planning’ wisdom to you, the brides of tomorrow. You have probably read more »

Cake smash shoot. Happy birthday baby W!

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Baby W and her big bro in the studio for a cake smash shoot to celebrate her 1st birthday. The family all came along for some group shots together first and then we let the children have free reign with the cake. I had loads of fun read more »

‘Paper’ for the iPad makes me feel like an artist

FiftyThree’s ‘Paper‘ is an brilliant new app (well new to me  - sorry if I am slow on the uptake!) for the iPad. Allowing you to sketch, draw or write with or your fingers (or a pen if you have one) it turns your iPad into a sketchbook. The app itself is free (to have access to read more »

The Pencil People photo shoot

I recently had the pleasure of photographing some wonderful little characters from The Pencil People. Sally at The Pencil People actually creates soft toys from children’s drawings! Straight from their imagination a new little character is born! Following each little scribble and gorgeous imperfection of the youngsters sketches these are really cute and such a read more »

New Spring pictures for the Mary Loves Bob wedding stationery collection…just before it snowed (!)

Some lovely pictures of Mary Loves Bob stationery, dashing around the park, ducking in and out of bushes getting some funny looks –  some photog jobs are just too much fun! Love these designs, they also do baby announcements and birthday invitations too! They are exhibiting the Save the Date Nottingham wedding event on 22nd April read more »

My top tips for getting better photographs of your dog

Sometimes it can be difficult to get a good photograph of your pet dog at home, I have produced a list of simple but (hopefully) helpful tips below. You will see a recurring model, the black labradoodle – George! Thanks to my Mum for loaning him for demo purposes. Another fave doggy model of mine read more »

Oh Oh! Fashion Heaven

I have recently discovered Polyvore, as with Pinterest this is another addictive yet gorgeous site! Ok, so it is  a bit girly but it is certainly well worth a look (girls!) Whats not to like? Creating mood boards, shopping and everything fashion. In their own words this is a “fashion community site, where users are read more »

Sisters – fun portrait session in the studio

“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world.” - Charlotte Bronte. Last weekend I had a brilliant shoot with two sisters Amelia and Tiger-Lily. With a little bit of preparation (with their Mum) and the fact that they were very natural models the shoot read more »