Burns Rowatt Lifestyle Photography

Hearts... Curves.... & Lace

2012-02-01T14:18:00.000-08:00

Tis February again, the month which is symbolic of, and filled with celebrating love (even our love of food on Pancake day, yum). It's also a great time to brave the colder weather by going to a gorgeous location, taking the thermals off and putting on something sensual and special, having your hair and make-up professionally done and tying it all together with a boudoir shoot...... Contact me at claire@burnsrowattphotography or 07962 393664 if you'd like more information. Happy Valentines Day. x

Wedding fairs I will be exhibiting at

2012-01-21T04:13:00.000-08:00

I have listed below the wedding fairs I will be exhibiting at this season. If you need a wedding photographer come along and say hi, see some of my work and I can answer any questions you have about wedding photography. There'll be lots of other gorgeous exhibitors there too for great ideas for your special day.....

Sunday 5th February 2012- River Tees Watersports Centre 10am-4pm
Tuesday 7th February 2012 - Whinstone View Wedding Showcase 5pm - 8pm
Sunday 12th February 2012 - Holiday Inn, Scotch Corner 12pm - 3pm
Sunday 19th February 2012 - Redworth Hall 11am - 3pm
Sunday 11th March 2012 - The Bowes Museum 10am-4pm
Sunday 1st April 2012 - HM Bark Endeavour Ship in Stockton 10am-4pm
Sunday 22nd April 2012 - The Newcastle Civic Centre 11am- 4pm
Sunday 13th May 2012- River Tees Watersports Centre 10am-4pm

Hope to see you all there. Claire x

2011 Highlight

2012-01-10T14:17:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

I'm excited to do my first blog of the year and thought I'd share a highlight from 2011 with you all.

I had the honour of being asked to be part of the Womans Weekly Centenary Portrait Exhibition, Infinite Variety, in London. The exhibition was to celebrate, along with Dame Harriet Walter, the lives, experiences and marvellous individual beautry of their readers. Women whose lives are reflected in their faces. Women who have experienced happiness and sadness, raised families and cared for others, loved and been loved in return, embraced and experienced life and all it has to offer – good and bad.
So I met up with 2 lovely local ladies, Brenda and Hazel to take their pictures.These were to be included in the exhibition, which toured Britain and at the Women's Weekly HQ in London.

It was a great opportunity to work on an important project, one where I could use my skills to highlight that there is beauty in the ageing female face......

Brenda is a wonderful lady who, despite having her own health issues, volunteers every day at her local Sheltered Housing Scheme, Oakfield Court in East Herrington, Sunderland. She was nominated for the portrait by Scheme Manager Janine Proctor as she is an invaluable member of the team with an abundance of energy, vitality and a lust for life. Her smiley face and sunny disposition is valued by all. The Scheme has a lovely homely atmosphere and I was made so welcome by Brenda, all the residents and staff at Oakfield. Thank you so much. x

Hazel is a lovely lady who has had MS for 7 years but that doesn't dampen her passion and enthusiams for gardening. Her grandfather was the head gardener at a local Hall, from which she has inherited her green fingers. To celebrate her love of gardening we decided to do the photo shoot in her garden with her gorgeous purple flowers, which she is so proud of. Thanks for the stories and looking through your modelling photos which you've treasured over the years. x

Claire

Clogs, Windmills and Gallant parking

2011-08-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

I was recently doing some photographic work in Holland. I was really looked after while I was there - the Danish people are just lovely. As I was coming out of my hotel one morning I noticed this parking sign...

The Danish people really know how to look after their ladies :0) x

Gary Grace - King of Swing

2011-05-25T12:42:00.000-07:00

I met Gary Grace at a recent wedding at Ripley Castle where he was singing with his swing band. Gary has an amazing voice and his band give a high quality performance and I was soon singing away whilst photographing the bride and groom's first dance. We kept in contact and he asked me to take some photos for him whilst he was performing his 'A Tribute to the Kings of Swing' show at Ramside Hall, where he sang a couple of Michael Buble songs, which went down a storm. If you'd like to book Gary he can be contacted at http://www.garygrace.co.uk/ or his page on Facebook.

Becky and James Pre-Wedding shoot

2011-04-13T12:14:00.000-07:00

Becky and James are getting married at Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire and decided that they'd have their pre-wedding shoot there too. There had been weather warnings all week before the shoot and when I got up on the Saturday and looked out the window, there was our second fall of snow for this winter. Snowy pictures are so rare in England (as opposed to lots of rainy ones ;0) ) so I was very excited to head down to Ripley and meet them. They were very brave being out in the snow but they wrapped up warm and we never stopped laughing all the way round.....

Celebrating our mums

2011-03-30T12:15:00.000-07:00

It's Mother's Day this Sunday and what better way to celebrate with them than to have some photographs taken... creating precious memories of the family love and bonds we have. Nick is a partner and hairdresser extraordinaire at the award winning Hobson Holmes hair salon in Westpark Village, Darlington and wanted some special photographs of his mum Janet and him. So, we met at her house on a gorgeous spring day - lots of blue sky which is great for March! and had a walk round the village where she lives...

If you would like a voucher as a special Mother's Day gift, please contact the studio on 01325 482985. x

Our Albums

2011-03-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

Over the years I have researched many wedding album manufacturers and in my opinion Queensberry wins hands down. They pride themselves in making the best quality hand-made albums in the world.

The video below illustrates beautifully one of the reasons why I work with Queensberry as my album supplier. It shows the love and care that they have for their clients and products. You can also find more information at http://www.queensberry.com/

Made By Hand from Queensberry Partners on Vimeo.

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

Crikey, I didn't realise how long it was since I'd done a blog post - it's been so busy at Burns Rowatt.

So, since it's Valentines Day and the world will be celebrating love, I thought I'd make this a special post..... Boudoir photography has become very popular, whether it's a present from a bride to be for her new husband on their wedding day, a confidence boost to celebrate a poignant time in your life, a birthday or engagement gift.

My boudoir sessions are such a relaxed and fun experience. They are set at a stunning location, my clients are pampered with professional hair styling by the amazing and talented Nick and his team at Hobson Holmes and make-up by Melissa Popple. Then we have an all female team to take stunning and gorgeous pictures. The shoot is about being totally gorgeous and embracing your feminine and sexy side. If you'd like to unleash the goddess in you, we have some special Valentines promotions (there's no excuse for buying flowers from the local petrol station guys :0)) ... if you'd like further information, either call the studio on 01325 482985 or e-mail me at claire@burnsrowattphotography.com.

Here are some photos of my latest Boudoir shoot with Nadine, at Headlam Hall Hotel, which have also been featured in The Northern Echo Weekend supplement..... Happy Valentines Day x

Laura and Aaron

2010-10-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Laura and Aaron who are getting married in a couple of years. Laura is a fashion student and is designing her own dress so she has plenty of time to get the details just the way she wants them..... can't wait to see the final creation!

Ben

2010-07-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

I had the delight of photographing Ben recently, and what a cutie! He and his parents live 30 seconds from the beach and so off we went for some fun in the sand....

Vicki

2010-06-22T12:32:00.001-07:00

When I met Vicki I found out that she is a girl of many talents.... not only does she have a zoology degree and wants to set up her own zoo, is into extreme sports and abseils on oil rigs, she wants to break into modelling too. So I helped her out by getting some portfolio images together.

Violette of Yarm

2010-06-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

A beautiful new lingerie shop has just opened.... the lucky ladies of Yarm will be spoilt for choice for gorgeous designer underwear, swimwear and even jewellery.

Violette at 37 High Street, Yarm is the passion of Lesley Kenneally who wanted to open a boutique lingerie shop that gave a bespoke measuring and advice service. They cater for cup sizes A-J. How many of us ladies have drawer fulls of bras, which are different sizes according to where we shopped and that just don't fit properly??? Pop in and have a look around - you won't be able to leave without buying something gorgeous.... http://www.violette-lingerie.co.uk/ .

Pam Royle, ITV presenter, officially opened Violette and gave it her blessing. Here are some images of the opening day.

The recipe for a perfect Easter - Flowers, Friends and Eggs -

2010-04-22T15:20:00.000-07:00

This Easter we managed a couple of mini holidays with friends. The weather was fabulous (even managed a BBQ early evening) and there were lots of afternoon teas and relaxing..... and of course some pictures...

And we came across a fabulous van...

Family Davidson

2010-04-22T13:16:00.001-07:00

It was a very wet, cold and windy spring day when I met up with the Davidson family but hey, we still had lots of giggles and mayhem with this crazy bunch...

Gorgeous girlies

2010-02-18T15:10:00.001-08:00

I had a great time recently photographing Georgia and Asha who, as you might have guessed, are sisters. With their blonde hair, blue eyes and enigmatic smiles, their proud mum got some beautiful images of her gorgeous girlies...

Annabel Williams Christmas Competition

2010-01-15T14:03:00.001-08:00

A great start to the New Year........ I've just found out I won the Annabel Williams Creative Christmas Competition...... Wow! A great achievement considering the high standard and boundless talent from all the other photographers. Here is Christmas summed up for me.....

My girls

2010-01-15T13:46:00.000-08:00

I was having some fun with my camera over Christmas and took some shots of my girls, including their cousin, Mia.

Jenni ........

2009-10-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

Dena, Michael, Amber and Eva

2009-09-18T04:44:00.000-07:00

I recently had the pleasure of doing a family portrait shoot for Dena and her family. The girls were just delightful, Amber in particular liked being photographed and we had a wonderful day, even if it was a little chilly. Thank you to you all.

Keisha & Adam

2009-09-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

I met Keisha in the Lake District where her shoot took place. She is interested in modelling and managed to convince her partner, Adam to come along too. Here are some of their snaps.....

Ben!

2009-06-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to shoot my first doggie portrait last week. Ben, an Old Scottish Sheepdog, has quite a personality, especially for a more mature pooch, and he seems to have a perchance for cocktail sausages......... here's a few of my favourite images.

Lifestyle shoot for Bryony

2009-05-10T13:12:00.000-07:00

I was asked by an acquaintance of mine to shoot some photographs of her daughter as she wanted some images to apply for her London auditions. It was an absolute pleasure to shoot Bryony and the images of her are stunning. You can't even tell how cold the wind was blowing off the North Sea when we went outside! I hope she succeeded and that we'll see her in productions across London soon.
Claire

Made with Love

2009-04-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new blog which is part of Burns Rowatt Photography. I've recently given birth to a beautiful baby girl - Freya India and what better way to start the blog off than with images of her and her big sister Erin. Enjoy.

Claire