Claire & Chris

Claire & Chris were married at a gorgeous village church where after the ceremony they had to break the ribbon seal on the church gates, which is a lovely little village tradition.    They went on to a marquee reception at Hardwick Hall...... we just managed to get some beautiful shots of the children, brides maids etc on the folly before thick black thunder clouds rolled in..... phew.  

Gary Grace - King of Swing

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

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.....

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

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...

Gorgeous girlies

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...