Day 8,9 and 10.

Day 8 Song I know all the words to:

Twinkle, twinkle little star. As demonstrated by Amelia my grand-daughter. Close contenders where, wind the bobbin up, two little dickie birds, and New York, New York By Frank Sinatra.

Day 9 song I can dance to:

Aerosmith, I dont want to miss a thing.

Played at my wedding for the 1st dance. About month later broke my foot and never danced the same again. Not that I was much cop to start off with.

Day 10 song I can fall asleep to..

Craig Armstrong: Rise. (Theme tune to The Negotiator)

Vintage wedding shoot part 2

This is the second part of the blog for the vintage wedding dress shoot with Linda Davey. 1st part here showing close ups of flowers by Leafy Couture.

I had 1st made contact with Linda through Facebook group for small Yorkshire businesses. She had organised a photo shoot at Ingrow Vintage Carriages Trust Museum. So we went hoping to meet a few people that are involved with the wedding industry. I had not bargained for how much talent you could get in one place. The work that had gone into the shoot was stunning.

I spoke to Rob Booker who was the primary photographer about locations and lighting for the shoot. He had some very clear ideas of how the shoot would happen due to train times. The museum is part of a working line and has operational steam engines. The staff there are fantastic they where very helpful in giving suggestions of locations for the different shots we wanted.

The shots that I got are all natural light shot with a Canon 5d Mark-2 with a 24-70mm-L lens. Due to weather and train time tables we shot at a quick pace to get the shots and not let the models get to cold. All post production is with Adobe Lightroom.

Thanks to:

All the Staff at Ingrow Museum

Linda Davey at Dresses At No. 9

Flowers and Headpieces Leafy Couture and HF Couture

Hair styling by Donna Judson

And Rob Booker for letting me shoot with him Rob Booker

Vintage wedding shoot part 1

This is the 1st of two blogs. Last Sunday I attended a vintage wedding dress photo shoot with Linda Davey of No.9 dresses based in West Yorkshire. It was the 1st time that I had met Linda in person. We had sent several emails and Facebook messages. She seemed very excited about her launch of the new vintage range of wedding dresses.

This 1st blog is to show the work of Sarah Richardson from Leafy Couture. Judging from this selection of bouquets and posies her work is fantastic. She is the florist at a wedding I am covering in a few weeks. I am looking forward to seeing more of her arrangements.

Laura and Adam engagement shoot

Had my first shoot with Laura and Adam. They had asked me to take some photos of them on the grounds of a local stately home where they are having their wedding reception next year. Some of the photos are to be used for their invites for the wedding. Adam is the game keeper for the Hall and wanted to feature the statue of a stag.

I had fun doing the shoot. Had a few problems trying to get the composition correct. I had to shoot and picture how it would look on an invite. They are very happy couple and great to work with. Looking forward to their wedding next year.